AI Engineer at Actalent
Fayetteville, TN
$65–$75/hrfrom the description
Jul 15, 2026
Fayetteville, TN
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A permanent, fully onsite engineering role at a manufacturing facility in Fayetteville, TN, focused on applying AI, machine data, and process analytics to improve equipment uptime, throughput, and quality across multiple production sites. Day-to-day work involves building machine monitoring dashboards, automated alerts, predictive maintenance models, and troubleshooting tools, using SQL, Python, and Power BI, with periodic travel between facilities.
Mid level · 2+ years · Huntsville, AL · Bachelor's required · Contract
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 100 people in the Huntsville, AL area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 60–150
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $114,269 (middle half $86,859–$140,248). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The job title says 'Permanent' but the posting body describes this as a staffing/contract placement through Actalent (a staffing firm), lists contract-style benefits with eligibility caveats, and the application deadline and 'temporary role' language in the benefits section all point to a contract engagement — classified as Contract accordingly.
Fayetteville, TN falls within the Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL combined area but is not itself within the Huntsville CBSA (26380); the nearest relevant CBSA is actually the Huntsville, AL metro. Fayetteville, TN is a small city without its own CBSA — the Huntsville, AL CBSA (26380) is the closest major metro and is used here as the best available approximation.
Power BI is listed in the Essential Skills section with the qualifier 'or similar analytics and reporting tools' — treated as a hard gate on the capability, with common alternatives noted.
IoT familiarity is listed under Essential Skills ('Familiarity with manufacturing systems, machine data, IoT technologies') — treated as required given its placement in the required qualifications block.
Machine monitoring dashboards, predictive maintenance, and OEE appear under 'Additional Skills & Qualifications' — treated as preferred.
The posting states 'Must be a citizen to be eligible,' implying a citizenship requirement, but no formal US security clearance is explicitly required — clearance is set to None.
The SOC classification is a close call between Data Scientists (15-2051) and Operations Research Analysts (15-2031). The role emphasizes AI/ML-driven analytics and predictive modeling (pointing to 15-2051), but also has a strong process improvement and operational analytics flavor (pointing to 15-2031). Data Scientists is selected as primary given the explicit AI and machine learning framing.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): predictive maintenance.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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