R&D Consultant - AI Integration Specialist

**Not just a job, but a career**Yokogawa, award winner for ‘Best Asset Monitoring Technology’ and ‘Best Digital Twin Technology’ at the HP Awards, is a leading provider of industrial automation, test and measurement, information systems and industrial services in several industries.Our aim is to shape a better future for our planet through supporting the energy transition, (bio)technology, artificial intelligence, industrial cybersecurity, etc. We are committed to the United Nations sustainable development goals by utilizing our ability to measure and connect.**About the Team**

Our 18,000 employees work in over 60 countries with one corporate mission, to "co-innovate tomorrow". We are looking for dynamic colleagues who share our passion for technology and care for our planet. In return, we offer you great career opportunities to grow yourself in a truly global culture where respect, value creation, collaboration, integrity, and gratitude are highly valued and exhibited in everything we do.# **Job Purposes**The R&D Consultant - AI Integration Specialist will help establish and coordinate KBC’s AI Centre of Excellence (AI CoE), led by Technology R&D, by enabling the organization to adopt and realize value from generative AI tools and solutions. The role supports a formal network of “AI champions,” delivers AI training and enablement, provides hands-on support to the user community, and builds advanced prototypes and AI-driven solutions that accelerate internal efficiency.The specialist will additionally support developer AI enablement (GitHub Copilot) by helping teams integrate AI into development workflows, sharing best practices, and running practical coaching sessions focused on real engineering use cases.## **Key Activities:*** Stand up and operate key AI CoE mechanisms: intake, triage, prioritization, and execution support for internal efficiency AI use cases and proof-of-concepts (PoCs).* Build and maintain a network of “AI champions,” starting with PoC owners and expanding across additional departments, to create scalable enablement and local expertise.* Design and deliver AI enablement: role-based training, playbooks, office hours, “day-in-the-life” examples, and coaching to help users adopt tools effectively (including prompts and context definition for PoCs).* Provide hands-on support to the AI user community: troubleshoot issues, guide responsible usage patterns, and help users select the right approach/tool for their scenario.* Build advanced AI solutions and prototypes (low-code/no-code where appropriate, and technical builds where needed), including Copilot Studio agents where applicable, and manage lifecycle: grounding/knowledge sources, validation, monitoring, and controlled updates.* Partner with IT and governance stakeholders to align with governance frameworks and safe use of generative AI with confidential company data.* Support Microsoft 365 Copilot rollout and adoption motions, leveraging the AI champion network to scale training and self-serve support.* Support developer enablement for GitHub Copilot: run coffee hours / clinics, curate best practices, and provide workflow guidance (planning vs agent mode, debugging patterns, instruction files such as agent.md/copilot-instructions.md) to improve outcomes.* Document standards, templates, SOPs, and “how we work” guidance for AI CoE operations, champion enablement, and solution lifecycle management. (Template-aligned expectation)# **Responsibilities*** **Solutions Analysis -** Analyze specific problems and issues to find the best solutions. Solutions could be technical or professional in nature.* **Data Collection and Analysis -** Conduct research using primary data sources, and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.* **Documentation and Backup -** Create and maintain technical and/or user documentation to a high standard, and back up files to ensure instant recovery if problems occur.* **Document Preparation -** Organize and prepare complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices, such as standard office software. Also responsible for gathering and summarizing data for special reports.* **Operational Compliance -** Identify, within the team, instances of noncompliance with the organization's policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, reporting these instances and escalating issues as appropriate.* **Personal Capability Building -** Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.# **Position Requirements**## **Behavioral Competencies:*** **Manages Complexity –** Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. For example, quickly determines the most critical data and focuses analysis there; recognizes even subtle symptoms that indicate problems; probes deeply for root causes; uses systematic problem-solving methods, well.* **Collaborates –** Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. For example, readily involves others to accomplish goals; stays in touch and shares information; discourages "us versus them" thinking; shows appreciation for others' ideas and input.## **Skills:*** **Computer Skills** - Works at an advanced level to understand and effectively use standard office equipment and standard software packages to support business processes. Typically works independently and provides guidance.* **Data Collection and Analysis** - Works with full competence to determine and analyze trends from data that is collected to assist in compiling reports that will help in decision-making. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.* **Analyze Current State/AS-IS State** - Works with full competence to understand business context, needs, rules, and architecture, as well as organizational structure, cultures, capabilities, and processes to document the current state of processes and the business. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance. Analysis skills , Process modeling/mapping* **Data Control** - Works with full competence to acquire, organize, protect and process data in order to fulfill business objectives. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.* **Define Future State/TO-BE State** - Works with full competence to envision and document the future state of processes and products by identifying the solution scope, potential value of the future state, and the changes to the process, products, organization infrastructure, capabilities, and technology necessary to achieve the desired future state. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance. Analysis skills* **Numerical Skills** - Works with full competence to understand numerical concepts and use them to carry out mathematical operations e.g. in order to analyze reports. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.* **Verbal Communication** - Works with full competence to express ideas, request actions, formulate plans, & policies by means of clear and effective verbal communications. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.* **Adaptive Mindset** - Works with full competence to shift into and out of a mental mindset associated with assessing the facts and circumstances of the current situation and/or environment, and making the appropriate/innovative adjustments to thinking and work habits to thrive in any scenario. Typically works #J-18808-Ljbffr