AI Architect

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; Dallas, Fort Worth (TX, TX); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc. seeks an AI Architect to lead enterprise AI strategy, governance, and scalable platforms. You will shape agentic AI, knowledge architectures, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver trusted AI transformations.

The role requires deep cloud AI expertise, governance, and leadership to guide global enterprise initiatives and ensure secure, business-aligned outcomes.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, software engineering, or cloud platforms.
• 7+ years of AI/ML, Generative AI, or Agentic AI solution design.
• Deep expertise with cloud AI platforms, LLMs, governance, and data strategies.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise AI strategy, architecture standards, and roadmaps.
• Architect and govern AI platforms across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
• Design Agentic AI solutions, including autonomous agents and multi-agent systems.
• Drive interoperability standards and enterprise integration patterns.
• Establish AI governance frameworks, security, risk, and compliance.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Software engineering

Cloud platforms

AI/ML design

Leadership & stakeholder mgmt

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science / AI / Data Science or related field

Cloud certifications (Microsoft Azure / AWS / Google Cloud)

Tools

Microsoft AI Foundry

Amazon Bedrock

Google Vertex AI

Job description

Function Cloud & Data Engineering Our Company

We’re Hitachi Digital Services, a global digital solutions and transformation business with a bold vision of our world’s potential. We’re people-centric and here to power good. Every day, we future-proof urban spaces, conserve natural resources, protect rainforests, and save lives. This is a world where innovation, technology, and deep expertise come together to take our company and customers from what’s now to what’s next. We make it happen through the power of acceleration. Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to bring a better tomorrow closer to today. We don’t expect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.

Job description Overview

The AI Architect will lead the strategy, architecture, governance, and adoption of enterprise AI, Generative AI, and Agentic AI solutions. This role is responsible for defining scalable AI platforms, intelligent agent ecosystems, enterprise knowledge architectures, and governance frameworks that enable secure, trusted, and business-aligned AI transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Define enterprise AI strategy, architecture standards, reference architectures, and roadmaps.
• Architect and govern AI platforms leveraging Microsoft AI Foundry, Amazon Bedrock, and Google Vertex AI.
• Design and implement Agentic AI solutions, including autonomous agents, multi-agent systems, orchestration, memory frameworks, and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Drive adoption of interoperability standards such as MCP, A2A, OpenAPI, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Build enterprise knowledge architectures using Knowledge Graphs, Ontologies, Semantic Layers, Metadata Management, and Agentic Retrieval.
• Architect RAG solutions utilizing vector databases, graph databases, hybrid search, and enterprise knowledge platforms.
• Establish AI Governance and Agent Governance frameworks covering security, compliance, risk management, responsible AI, and policy enforcement.
• Implement AI observability, tracing, monitoring, evaluation, and performance measurement using OpenTelemetry and cloud-native tools.
• Partner with business, product, security, data, and engineering leaders to deliver strategic AI initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, architecture governance, and best practices for LLMOps, MLOps, CI/CD, and cloud-native operations.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies, agent frameworks, and industry standards to drive innovation and competitive advantage.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, software engineering, or cloud platforms.
• 7+ years of experience designing and delivering AI/ML, Generative AI, or Agentic AI solutions.
• Deep expertise with Microsoft AI Foundry, Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, LLMs, RAG, Knowledge Graphs, and AI governance.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), enterprise integration, security, and scalable distributed systems.
• Proven leadership experience influencing executive stakeholders and leading cross functional teams.

Preferred

• Master's degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, or related field.
• Cloud and AI certifications from Microsoft, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Experience leading enterprise AI transformation programs in large global organizations.

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About us

We’re a global, team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can make a positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can bring a better tomorrow closer to today, this is the place for you.

Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth. We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic.

Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.

Hitachi brings together the world’s greatest minds to help breathe life into new possibilities – and drive innovation for a better future.

That’s why we look for individuals who share our pioneering spirit, have imaginative ideas and are fearless when it comes to tackling the world’s biggest challenges.

Our people love technology – and they love making a difference. They have a passion for finding new solutions and working with brilliant colleagues. Every day they dedicate themselves to a huge range of exciting projects, contributing to the Hitachi vision around the globe. From engineering new sustainability solutions that conserve water and energy to creating the infrastructure for the smart cities of tomorrow, there’s no challenge too great for our pioneers. And there’s no shortage of opportunities for you to make a difference. Come and experience the dynamic, collaborative and creative environments where your ideas are welcome and new discoveries are waiting.

To help you grow to your full potential, we strive to support our employees in their career aspirations and promote the freedom to explore new horizons.

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