About this role
<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>The Impact You'll Make</b></H2> </div><div><div> <p> </p> <p>As our <strong>Associate Engineer</strong>, you’ll play a key role in enabling advanced AI‑driven solutions, automation capabilities, and digital innovation across our engineering ecosystem.</p> <p>You will enhance operational efficiency, streamline engineering workflows, and empower teams through intelligent tools and data‑driven insights—directly improving productivity, quality, and overall digital maturity within the organization.</p> <p>You’ll collaborate with cross‑functional teams and take ownership of key AI, automation, and digitalization initiatives, helping us move toward a more <strong>innovative, efficient, and digitally empowered</strong> future.</p> <p>This role is part of the <strong>AI, Automation & Digitalization team within the Fluid Conveyance Division at Danfoss Industries Private Limited, Pune</strong>, reporting to the <strong>Engineering Manager – AI, Automation & Digitalization.</strong></p> </div></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>What You’ll Be Doing</b></H2> </div><div><p style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> </p> <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Work with cross-functional teams (Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality) to identify business problems, define use cases, and perform root cause analysis.</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Design, develop, and deploy AI/ML and GenAI (LLM-based) solutions to solve real-world industrial and supply chain challenges.</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Develop end-to-end data and AI pipelines using Azure Databricks (PySpark, Delta Lake, Lakehouse architecture).</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Build and deploy LLM-powered applications such as copilots, intelligent assistants, and automation agents using techniques like prompt engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and vector search.</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Develop scalable Python-based data processing and AI services, including API integrations for enterprise applications.</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Translate business requirements into production-grade AI solutions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Work on data ingestion, transformation, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, and deployment lifecycle.</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Develop dashboards and visualizations (Power BI or similar) to communicate insights and drive decision-making.</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure adoption and usability of digital solutions.</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Contribute to automation initiatives to reduce manual effort and improve operational efficiency.</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Follow best practices in code quality, version control (Git), and basic MLOps (CI/CD, model monitoring). Ensure data quality, governance, and security best practices are followed</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>What We're Looking For</b></H2> </div><div><p style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> </p> <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or equivalent; OR Mechanical Engineering with proven experience in AI/Data/Automation.</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">1–3 years of hands‑on experience in AI, Data Engineering, Automation, or Digitalization roles.</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Strong academic background (First class / Distinction preferred).</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Demonstrated experience developing AI/ML models, including LLM‑based solutions for real‑world applications.</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Proven ability to work with complex datasets and deliver scalable, production‑ready AI solutions.</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <div>Strong Python programming skills for data processing, APIs, and machine learning development.</div> </li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <div>Hands‑on experience with Azure Databricks, including PySpark, Delta Lake, and pipeline development.Proficiency in SQL and solid understanding of data engineering concepts (ETL, big data processing, pipelines).</div> </li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <div>Working knowledge of Azure services such as ADLS, Azure ML, Azure Functions, and API integrations.</div> </li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <div>Familiarity with MLflow, model lifecycle management, or basic MLOps is a plus</div> </li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>What You'll Get from Us</b></H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p> <ol> <li><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12.0pt">We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12.0pt">You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12.0pt">We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12.0pt">You’ll receive benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great.</span></li> </ol></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Ready to Make a Difference?</b></H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12.0pt">If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now to start the conversation and learn more about where your career can go with us.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p> <hr> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12.0pt">All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.</span></p></div></div></div>