Full-Time

AI Engineer

Time-Series Signal Processing

Updated on 9/4/2026

BrightAI

BrightAI

51-200 employees

AI-powered proactive asset monitoring for infrastructure

No salary listed

Palo Alto, CA, USA

In Person

Bachelor's

Category
AI & Machine Learning (1)
Required Skills
Python
TensorFlow
Keras
PyTorch
Xgboost
Machine Learning

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Requirements
  • 2+ years of experience developing signal processing and ML solutions for time-series sensor data. Track record of bringing at least one ML solution to market.
  • Deep understanding of digital signal processing (DSP) methods: filtering, sampling, windowing, FFT, feature extraction, etc.
  • Hands-on experience with RNNs (especially LSTMs/GRUs) and/or temporal convolutional networks for time-series modeling.
  • Proficiency with tree-based and gradient- boosting models (XGBoost, LightGBM, Random Forests) applied to time-series and sensor data, including hyperparameter tuning and explainability.
  • Experience working with SCADA systems and industrial telemetry data (high-frequency sensor feeds, time-stamped operational data, multi-channel ingestion from physical assets).
  • Proven experience with time-series data from physical sensors such as IMUs, microphones, vibration or pressure sensors.
  • Strong coding skills in Python and fluency with ML/DL frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras).
  • Experience in optimizing and deploying models in real-time or near-real-time environments, including edge devices or resource-constrained embedded systems.
  • Fluency with best practices in data labeling, augmentation, and evaluation for time-series tasks.
  • Excellent problem-solving and collaboration skills with the ability to work across teams.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to convey findings and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Educational Background: Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, with a strong focus on signal processing, time-series analysis, and machine learning.
  • Strong academic or industry track record in time-series modeling, signal processing, or real-time AI systems.
Responsibilities
  • Design and implement real-time signal processing and ML pipelines for multi-modal time-series data such as those acquired from IMUs, microphones, pressure or force sensors, ultrasonic transducers, and similar sensor sources.
  • Develop and deploy ML models for time-series classification, prediction, anomaly detection, activity recognition, condition monitoring and pattern analysis.
  • Lead research and implementation of RNN-based architectures (especially LSTMs and their variants) as well as temporal transformer models as needed.
  • Build and tune classical and tree-based ML models (XGBoost, LightGBM, Random Forests, and other gradient-boosted ensembles) for time-series tasks, including feature engineering and model interpretability (e.g., SHAP).
  • Work with SCADA systems and industrial telemetry data—ingesting and modeling high-frequency, multi-channel operational data streams from physical assets.
  • Collaborate with hardware, embedded, and product teams to integrate models into edge devices and IoT platforms.
  • Drive experimentation and optimization of signal-processing techniques (e.g., filtering, feature extraction, event detection) to enhance model input quality.
  • Design and maintain scalable workflows for ingesting, labeling, training, and evaluating multi-channel time-series datasets.
  • Stay current with advances in time-series modeling, signal processing, and real-time inference, and incorporate them into product roadmaps.
  • Ensure model robustness, performance, and reliability in production environments, including edge deployments.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience building end-to-end AI systems for structural health monitoring, condition monitoring, anomaly detection, activity recognition, or motion tracking.
  • Experience with predictive maintenance on industrial equipment using SCADA/telemetry data.
  • Familiarity with experiment tracking and model lifecycle tooling (e.g., MLflow, DVC).
  • Exposure to streaming/online inference patterns (e.g., EWMA normalization, windowed feature extraction on live data).
  • Proficiency in embedded software or deploying models to constrained environments (e.g., using TFLite, ONNX, or custom firmware).
  • Familiarity with containerized workflows and Linux-based development environments.
  • Experience with Agile workflows and tools such as JIRA, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Prior work in startup or high-pace teams with experience in building real-time systems from the ground up.

BrightAI provides an AI and IoT platform, Stateful, that monitors critical infrastructure in real time and manages assets proactively. It collects data from sensors, drones, and robotics, and uses multimodal AI to detect issues, predict failures, and deliver actionable insights to field teams. The system can retrofit legacy infrastructure, enabling large service companies to modernize without replacing systems, with asset visibility, wearables, and autonomous inspections supported by edge computing. BrightAI targets utilities, water, HVAC, and manufacturing customers, aiming to shift infrastructure management from reactive to proactive and create high switching costs through an integrated hardware-software stack.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$66M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2019

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What believers are saying

  • BrightAI reported over 250,000 AI endpoints across 25,000-plus locations in November 2024.
  • Pelsis expanded BrightAI-powered pest products in February 2025 across food and pharma markets.
  • Series A capital funds a new San Francisco headquarters and 100-plus hires in 2025.

What critics are saying

  • Sales depend on giant contracts; one delayed utility rollout can stall revenue recognition.
  • Pelsis and Azuria partnerships concentrate execution risk in narrow verticals and long procurement cycles.
  • Palantir, Siemens, and Trimble can bundle adjacent tooling and compress BrightAI’s moat by 2027.

What makes BrightAI unique

  • Stateful OS fuses sensors, robotics, and multimodal AI into retrofit infrastructure control.
  • Azuria and Osmose deployments prove BrightAI sells into mission-critical, high-switching-cost workflows.
  • BrightAI’s 2025 Series A from Khosla and Inspired validates enterprise demand.

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