AI Engineer

Requisition ID:  35187  

At Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies, our 8,000+ global associates proud to come to work each day, knowing that what we do impacts the lives of patients around the world. For Terumo, for Everyone, Everywhere.

We make medical devices and related products that are used to collect, separate, manufacture and process various components of blood and cells. With our innovative technologies and service offerings, we touch a patient’s life every second of every day and are committed to continuing to increase the number of patients we serve. Advancing healthcare with heart.

With some of the best and brightest minds in the industry, an unmatched global footprint, comprehensive benefits and a distinct culture, Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies is a great place to work, grow and be part of a team that is focused on making a difference. Join us and help shape wherever we go next. You create your future and ours.

AI Engineer

JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking a motivated AI Engineer who, working under general direction, designs, builds, and operates AI-enabled capabilities in production environments. Responsible for implementing reliable AI services, products, and workflows, integrating with enterprise systems, and applying practical engineering discipline to deliver secure, maintainable solutions under real constraints.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Product Management

• Designs and implements AI-enabled services, products, and workflows, taking use cases from POC and prototype through production release and maintenance.
• Develops and maintain software components required to integrate AI capabilities into applications and operational workflows.
• Establishes reliable delivery practices for AI services, including automated build/release patterns and operational readiness.
• Monitors system behavior and performance, troubleshooting issues and driving improvements to reliability, latency, and cost.
• Applies practical MLOps practices appropriate to the solution (versioning, evaluation, monitoring signals, and safe rollout patterns).
• Reviews and improves code quality (including AI-assisted code) to ensure correctness, security, and maintainability.
• Partners with product and cross-functional stakeholders to translate requirements into deliverable scope, surfacing tradeoffs early and keeping work unblocked.
• Documents system behavior, operational procedures, and key design decisions to support long-term supportability.  

Responsible & Compliant AI

• Follow medical device quality system processes, documentation standards, and audit expectations.
• Support AI risk assessment, validation, traceability, and performance monitoring activities.
• Contribute to explainability, bias evaluation, and safety controls.
• Document best practices and key learnings to support organizational knowledge sharing.

Collaboration & Learning

• Partners and collaborates with business stakeholders, Digital Transformation team, ITS team members, and Terumo Corporate associates to deliver enterprise and corporate solutions
• Document methods, architecture decisions, and model evaluations.
• Engage in continuous learning on medical device regulations, AI governance, and emerging AI technologies.
• Mentor other team members and contribute to a collaborative, growth-oriented team culture.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• Participates in evaluation of tools and approaches that improve engineering productivity and operational reliability of AI systems.
• Contributes to shared engineering standards and best practices across AI projects.
• Supports knowledge sharing through documentation, demos, education events, and peer collaboration.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or related field; or equivalent education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job may be considered.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience building and operating production-grade software services, including exposure to AI/ML or LLM-based capabilities.
• Hands-on experience deploying and supporting solutions in production environments (Azure preferred) that integrate with enterprise systems and data sources.
• Experience with modern engineering practices, including source control, automated testing, and release management.

Skills

• Strong debugging and systems-thinking skills; ability to diagnose issues across service boundaries.
• Practical ability to deploy and operate AI/ML or LLM-based systems in real environments.
• Familiarity with MLOps or production support practices, such as versioning, evaluation signals, monitoring, and safe rollout patterns.
• Ability to make disciplined tradeoffs across scope, timelines, and operational risk.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills; effective collaboration across technical and non-technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Exposure to:

• Medical device or healthcare industry (internship, course, lab, project)
• Data platforms (Spark, Databricks, Hadoop)
• Experience with agent-based architecture or conversational AI platforms
• Understanding of regulated software concepts (e.g., GxP, ISO 13485, ISO 42001, MDSAP, IEC 62304*, SaMD guidance*)
• Familiarity with responsible AI, model interpretability, or bias mitigation Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Typical Office Environment requirements include: reading, speaking, hearing, close vision, traverse, bending, sitting, and occasional lifting up to 20 pounds.

Target Pay Range:  $126,800.00 to $158,500.00  -  Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data
Target Bonus on Base:  7.0%

We anticipate this requisition will be open for a minimum of five days, from    . We encourage your prompt application.

At Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies, we provide competitive total reward offerings that consist of compensation, benefits, recognition, along with a wealth of other well-being, work-life and recognition programs which support in unlocking the potential for you and your family. Included in our expansive list of benefits offerings are multiple group medical, dental and vision plans, a robust wellness program, life insurance and disability coverages, also a variety of voluntary programs such as group accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance and much more. To help you save for retirement, we offer a 401(k) plan with a matching contribution and for work-life balance we have vacation and sick time programs for associates. For us, it’s about protecting the personal welfare of our associates and their families, helping to achieve personal goals and offering those extra touches for convenience, security and overall peace of mind.

• Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies is part of Terumo Group, founded in 1921 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
• In 2024, Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies reached $1.5 billion in revenue.
• We employ nearly 8,000 associates globally, with global headquarters in Lakewood, CO, U.S., and regional headquarters in Brussels, Buenos Aires, Singapore and Tokyo.
• We manufacture devices, disposable sets and solutions at our facilities in Belgium, India, Japan, Northern Ireland, the U.S. and Vietnam. Our global presence enables us to serve customers in more than 130 countries.
• Our core values help set our direction, guide our actions and keep us true to our corporate mission of contributing to society through healthcare.
  • Respect – Appreciative of others
  • Integrity – Guided by our mission
  • Care – Empathetic to patients
  • Quality – Committed to excellence
  • Creativity – Striving for innovation
• We contribute to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS), raising $2.4 million USD since 2025.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer.  All applicants will be afforded equal opportunity without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, military status or an unfavorable discharge from military service.

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies is committed to providing a safe, healthy and secure working environment. Our Colorado campus locations are tobacco-free workplaces, and we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing and detailed background verification.