AI Engineer

As an AI Engineer at Terberg Special Vehicles, you'll work in a multidisciplinary product team on the innovative "Mechanic of the Future" platform.

Your Impact

Do you want to help shape the digital future of our service technicians? You'll develop, integrate, and maintain advanced AI solutions that directly contribute to more efficient service, improved customer satisfaction, and a future-proof organization. You'll have the freedom to pioneer, innovate, and truly make a difference within a family-owned company with international ambitions.

What will you do?

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines (batch and real-time) and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines.
• Integrate and manage data from diverse sources (cloud and on-premises), including setting up vector databases and embedding models.
• Perform data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, and evaluation using Python, (No)SQL, (Py)Spark, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and relevant AI/ML libraries.
• Fine-tune and evaluate large language models (LLMs) for domain-specific tasks, including prompt engineering.
• Apply CI/CD, version control, and documentation for structured and reproducible development.
• Ensure reliable, secure, and compliant data flows and AI models, following governance and ethical AI principles.
• Monitor and optimize the performance and cost-efficiency of data pipelines and AI models.
• Collaborate with software engineers, data scientists, product owners, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality AI solutions.
• Document model behavior, performance metrics, and decision logic for transparency and reproducibility.

Your Profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field (Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering).
• At least 3 years of experience as an AI/Data Engineer or similar role.
• Experience with Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Python, (No)SQL, (Py)Spark, and CI/CD.
• Knowledge of building and maintaining data pipelines, vector databases, and embedding models.
• Proactive, independent, and strong communicator; you enjoy working in an agile team and take initiative.
• Quality, security, and compliance are important to you, and you are always looking for improvement and innovation.

What do we offer?

• A key role in an innovative team shaping Terberg's digital transformation.
• Work at a family-owned company with a friendly atmosphere, short lines of communication, and international ambitions.
• Friday afternoons off, excellent employment conditions according to the Metal & Technology Collective Labor Agreement.
• Opportunities for personal development via the Terberg Academy.
• Hybrid working is possible.
• Direct influence on the future of our products and services.

As a colleague at Terberg, you will enjoy a great role at one of the most prominent and largest manufacturing companies in the Netherlands. We work from Monday to Friday morning, leaving Friday afternoons free. The atmosphere in our family-owned company is pleasant, and you'll be part of a motivated team. We value your input, and your ideas are always heard. Staying up-to-date in your field is important to us; you'll have access to numerous training and growth opportunities through the Terberg Academy. This position comes with an excellent benefits package and we adhere to the Metal and Technology Collective Labor Agreement (CAO).

Is this your dreamjob?

Are you the AI Engineer who will help us make the Mechanic of the Future a reality? Apply directly via our website or contact Bjorn Frank, for more information. You can also contact Diederik Stratenus at We look forward to your contribution to our team

Terberg Special Vehicles is a global leader in the development, production, and service of specialized vehicles. As a family business, we have been committed to our people for over 150 years Innovation is our strength, and sustainability is our answer. Since 2014, we have been investing in electrically powered vehicles and are actively testing hydrogen solutions. We aim to care for our environment responsibly so that future generations can also enjoy a good life on our planet.

We do not appreciate acquisition efforts in response to this vacancy. Unsolicited submissions of candidates will not be taken into consideration.