Capgemini Invent / Synapse - Principal AI/ML Engineer (Hardware Products)

About Capgemini Invent

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

About the Synapse team

Synapse is a product development consultancy working with the world’s most ambitious companies to envision, create, and launch breakthrough AI-powered intelligent products. Sitting at the intersection of hardware, embedded systems, and AI, we specialize in engineering-led innovation that transforms business and unlocks entirely new market categories.

YOUR ROLE

In this role you will play a key role in:

· Defining and developing next-generation products powered by agentic AI — where LLMs interpret goals, reason across context, and interact with the physical world through sensors, lightweight actuators, and digital APIs.

· Leading technical architecture for prototypes and MVPs involving embedded AI, vision, audio, and multimodal inputs.

· Translating real-world customer problems into scalable product concepts and guiding cross-functional engineering teams to bring those to life.

· Collaborating with designers, hardware engineers, and data specialists to align on technical feasibility, user value, and system integration.

· Supporting proposal and pitch development for new business opportunities, including thought leadership and client engagement.

YOUR PROFILE

We would love to see a candidate with:

Education & Experience

• Master’s or equivalent specialism in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, or a related technical discipline. PhD a plus.

• 8 years of experience in AI/ML or intelligent systems development , including around 2 years integrating GenAI or LLMs into physical products.

• Proven success leading end-to-end development of AI-driven physical products or systems in domains like smart devices, industrial automation, or healthcare.

Technical Expertise

• Hands-on experience with GenAI: fine-tuning and deploying LLMs, vLLMs, or multimodal models (e.g. OpenAI, Mistral, LLaVA, RAG). Experience with voice modalities a plus.

• Strong background in Python and ML frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX.

• Fluency in model compression, distillation, pruning, or quantization.

• Experience designing for and deploying on embedded systems, edge devices, or resource-constrained hardware. Cloud ecosystem (Azure, GCP, AWS) experience a plus.

• Understanding of sensor interfaces (e.g., mic, camera, pressure) and actuator control.

• Knowledge of privacy-preserving AI techniques and secure model deployments.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Prior experience in roles combining R&D with client-facing activities.

• Ability to translate business or user needs into technical strategies and system design.

• Familiarity with platform thinking and “buy vs build” tradeoffs.

• Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical ideas to clients, technical teams, and executive stakeholders.

• Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical teams.

• Recognized thought leadership and/or research publications in AI, Gen AI, or embedded systems is highly desirable.

WHAT YOU’LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE?

Empowerment: At Capgemini Invent, we:

· Lead the change and take initiative

· Find the work-life balance that suites us

· Craft or own path through learning and career development programs

Energy: At Capgemini Invent, we:

· Connect as a global community of 13,000 colleagues worldwide

· Celebrate our diverse perspectives and draw from strength from our differences

· Have fun by providing a range of clubs, events and get togethers to celebrate our wins and successes

Experiences : At Capgemini Invent, we:

· Work internally and with clients to make a difference

· Push boundaries to reimagine what’s possible

· Work to build a more sustainable and inclusive future

NEED TO KNOW

Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory or environmental demands may be referenced in an attempt to communicate the manner in which this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Capgemini will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodations do not pose an undue hardship.

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ABOUT CAPGEMINI

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

Job: Technology Strategy

Organization: INVENT PEOPLE NACP

Title: Capgemini Invent / Synapse - Principal AI/ML Engineer (Hardware Products)

Location: CA-San Francisco

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