Mohamad at the helm of a sailboat

FIELD NOTES HUMAN CURIOSITY. INDUSTRIAL IMPACT.

An engineer's mind.
A different point of view.

Mohamad
Amin Al Hajj.

I build AI that earns its place in industry,
and lead the people who make it useful.

THE PRACTICEApplied AI · Industrial systems · People

THE PRESENTAI Development Manager · SKF

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01 / A LOOK INSIDE

Good answers start
with good evidence.

A little window into how I think about AI.
Pick a question. Follow the source. See what holds up.

THE EVIDENCE ROOMINTERACTIVE ILLUSTRATION · PUBLIC CASE NOTES
01 / THE QUESTION

What went into SKF’s customer-facing assistant?

A guided example using this site's published case notes.

02 / THE EVIDENCE
01
The problem

Ready to follow the source

02
The contribution

Ready to follow the source

03
The delivery status

Ready to follow the source

03 / THE GROUNDED ANSWER

The answer belongs here. The evidence comes first.

Choose a question, then trace its evidence.

CURATED EXAMPLE / NO LIVE INFERENCE
Mechanical engineeringApplied AIProduction systemsTeam leadershipTorino → Utrecht

02 / Work & impact

What the work
delivered.

Customer-facing products, engineering tools in use, and outcomes reported by users.

01

Customer experienceDelivered

SKF's first customer-facing GenAI assistant

A multi-agent assistant built for L1/L2 technical questions, using SKF product knowledge and retrieval.

02

Engineering decisionsDeployed

Product recommendations inside engineering software

AI recommendation and optimization deployed in engineering tools, using customer requirements to guide product selection.

03

AI strategy & R&DVision + funnel implemented

Set R&D's AI vision; built SKF's intake funnel

Set the direction for AI in R&D and implemented a shared intake funnel for all AI initiatives within SKF, taking ideas into discovery and prioritization.

04

AI enablementSoftware guidance delivered · Embedded AI planned

AI enablement from practical guidance to adoption planning

Shaping AI enablement across software development and embedded AI, connecting practical guidance, team capabilities, and adoption priorities. Practical software-development guidance delivered; embedded AI enablement remains planned.

03 / Selected work

Made to work
outside the demo.

One connected practice: set direction, test promising ideas, deliver useful products, and run AI where it belongs.

GenAI + decision support · Delivered

AI shaped around real product work.

Delivered SKF's first customer-facing multi-agent technical assistant and recommendation/optimization in engineering software. Applied work also includes RAG monitoring and evaluation. Current Product Assistant support is coordinated with AI Products, which retains product ownership.

customer-facing product assistant
GENAI
recommendation and optimization deployed in engineering software
AI
FIELD SYSTEM / 03 WORK MODEL
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KNOWLEDGE INTO PRODUCT
  1. 01Customer + engineering needs
  2. 02Product knowledge + constraints
  3. 03GenAI, retrieval + optimization
  4. 04Deployed product workflows

↳ Customer-facing GenAI and recommendation/optimization systems delivered for real SKF workflows.

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04 / The route here

One career.
Four turns.

From mechanical systems in Italy to industrial AI leadership in the Netherlands. The curiosity stayed the same; the scale changed.

  1. 01
    2019

    Turin, Italy

    Research intern

    Mechanical engineering research at Politecnico di Torino and SKF GmbH.

  2. 02
    2020–23

    Utrecht, Netherlands

    AI specialist

    Optimization, forecasting, and analytics for real engineering decisions.

  3. 03
    2023–25

    SKF · Utrecht

    Senior AI specialist & team lead

    Production GenAI, customer-facing assistants, and team delivery.

  4. 04
    2025–now

    SKF · Utrecht

    AI development manager

    Leading four AI specialists and keeping delivery close to its users.

Mechanical engineering → applied AI → people leadershipExplore the full background

05 / On the record

Ideas that made it
past the whiteboard.

2patent applications/records1publication
Research · 2022Condition-Based Monitoring on High-Precision Gearbox for Robotic ApplicationsPatent record · Industrial process monitoringEstimate grinding-mill fill levels from bearing loadsPatent record · Bearing-life estimationUpdate a bearing's estimated life from operating conditions

07 / Notes from the work

Ideas in progress.

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