We are looking for a highly skilled Senior AI / ML Engineer (AI Lead) to take ownership of Custom Surgicals AI technical direction and help translate real-world clinical data into robust scalable AI systems.
This role combines hands-on technical leadership with strong product and system thinking. You will design build and guide AI / ML solutions across computer vision multimodal models and emerging AI capabilities working closely with Engineering Product and clinical stakeholders.
You will play a key role in shaping how AI is applied across Custom Surgicals products ensuring technical excellence while enabling long-term scalability reliability and regulatory readiness.
Tasks
- Own and drive the technical direction of AI / ML development across Custom Surgical;
- Design implement and maintain computer vision and multimodal ML systems for real-world clinical data;
- Lead model development from experimentation to production ensuring robustness performance and scalability ;
- Define best practices for training pipelines evaluation deployment and monitoring of ML models;
- Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering to align AI capabilities with real user workflows;
- Mentor and support junior and mid-level AI / ML engineers through reviews guidance and technical leadership;
- Contribute to architectural decisions around data pipelines model lifecycle and infrastructure ;
- Ensure AI systems are built with quality safety and regulatory constraints in mind;
- Stay up to date with advances in AI / ML and assess their relevance for real-world medical applications.
Requirements
Strong experience as an AI / ML Engineer working on production-grade systems;Solid background in computer vision and deep learning ;Hands-on experience with PyTorch or TensorFlow ;Strong proficiency in Python and ML experimentation workflows;Experience taking ML models from research to production environments ;Ability to design and reason about end-to-end ML systems not just individual models;Experience collaborating with software engineers and product teams;Fluency in English (spoken and written);Based in Munich or willing to relocate (on-site collaboration required).Nice to have (but not required) :
Experience with LLMs or multimodal AI systems ;Background in medical imaging healthcare or regulated environments ;Experience with cloud-based ML infrastructure (e.g. GCP AWS);Prior experience in a technical leadership or mentoring role ;Familiarity with data annotation workflows or weak supervision techniques.What we expect from Custom Surgical Candidates :
You are an owner you take end-to-end responsibility for complex technical problems and drive long-term improvements;You have a growth mindset and enjoy building systems that evolve over time;Youre proactive and solutions-oriented you work across teams to unblock progress and deliver outcomes when it matters;You are open sincere and comfortable giving and receiving frequent feedback ;You thrive in an international young and flexible company ;You communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders;You enjoy mentoring others and raising the technical bar of the team.Benefits
Time flexibility and trust-based working culture;Home office when needed with on-site collaboration in Munich;No unnecessary bureaucracy high autonomy to shape AI architecture and priorities;WellPass / Deutschlandticket JobRad bike leasing with insurance;Direct impact on products used daily by clinicians worldwide;The opportunity to define how AI is responsibly deployed in a regulated medical domain.Key Skills
Administrative Skills,Facilities Management,Biotechnology,Creative Production,Design And Estimation,Architecture
Employment Type : Employee
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1
Yearly Salary Salary : 90000 - 105000