Forward Deployed Engineer – MEP Design

About this role

AI2IO helps organizations navigate the complex landscape of technology solutions, from foundational IT services and system support to advanced software integration, automation, and cutting-edge AI implementations. Our expertise spans IT infrastructure management, custom software development, seamless system integrations, and optimization of low-code business automation, empowering clients to maximize their existing technology investments. Join us and be part of a team where your voice matters, your work makes an impact, and your growth is a shared priority. Position Title Forward Deployed Engineer– MEP Design Position Location Remote – work virtually from anywhere in the United States Salary AI2IO recognizes salary ranges from job boards do not necessarily reflect our pay ranges. In many instances we out-compete those ranges for well-qualified candidates. Job Summary The Forward Deployed Engineer – MEP Design is a hands-on, execution-focused role within AI2IO, embedded with the MEP Design department of DLB Associates and its family of affiliate companies. Working on a forward-deployed model, this individual is employed by AI2IO but works with and for the design teams day to day, turning the department’s priorities into working AI tools, workflows, and processes that engineers and designers use on real projects. This is a builder’s role, not a strategy role. Design leadership identifies where improvement is needed and owns the roadmap; the Forward Deployed Engineer takes that roadmap and makes it real, using the AI platforms available across the organization—including Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and AI2IO’s CORE AI platform—to design, build, test, deploy, and support solutions. The role favors configuring and extending proven, off-the-shelf platforms and commercially available tools over custom development; solutions that require custom software are handed off to AI2IO’s DevOps team. Success is measured by tools in use on live projects and hours returned to the design teams, not by plans or presentations. The ideal candidate comes from the MEP consulting world. They have produced construction documents, worked through deadline weeks and QA/QC reviews, and understand that a sealed drawing carries the Engineer of Record’s professional responsibility. They know the difference between a tool that is technically impressive and one an engineer will trust on a deliverable. Somewhere along the way, they became the person in their office who automates things, and they want to do that full time. Because this role bridges two organizations, the Forward Deployed Engineer serves as the Design department’s advocate and translator within AI2IO—representing the department’s priorities of engineering accuracy, defensibility, practicality, and speed to usable results, while working within AI2IO’s security, governance, and development standards. The position reports to AI2IO’s AI Strategy Enablement leadership and takes day-to-day priorities from Design department leadership. The Engineer works closely with the AI Enablement Program Manager to convert successful engagements into reusable patterns, training material, and adoption signals. They also serve as a key feedback channel back to AI platform owners — surfacing capability gaps, training needs, and governance issues observed in the field. Essential Functions Build Deploy AI Solutions Translate Design department roadmap priorities into working AI solutions—agents, automations, scripts, prompt libraries, and Claude and Microsoft 365 Copilot workflows—moving quickly from requirement to usable tool and iterating from there. Evaluate commercially available AI tools, industry software, and native platform features first, selecting and configuring off-the-shelf solutions wherever they meet the need, and pursuing custom development only when no suitable option exists. Build tools that fit the way MEP teams already work, integrating with the department’s existing design, documentation, and project