AI Principal Solution Architect & Consultant – Smart Manufacturing & Operations - 69007

hitachi; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi is seeking an AI Principal Solution Architect to define the technical vision for enterprise-scale AI across Smart Manufacturing and Industrial Operations. You will design IT-OT architectures integrating MES, SCADA, PLCs, IoT, and cloud platforms, while leveraging GenAI, Digital Twins, and automation to deliver measurable outcomes.

You will engage executives to assess needs, lead architecture workshops, and create transformation roadmaps, mentoring teams and shaping strategic offerings

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience leading digital transformation initiatives within manufacturing, industrial automation, or smart factory environments.
• Deep expertise in AI/ML, GenAI, Agentic AI, Physical AI, Industrial AI, digital twins, and intelligent automation technologies.
• Proven experience architecting enterprise-scale IT-OT solutions integrating MES, SCADA, PLCs, historians, IoT, robotics, edge computing, and cloud platforms.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, industrial control systems, and Factory of the Future architectures.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex business challenges into scalable, secure, and production-ready technical solutions.
• Experience leading technical strategy, architecture governance, solution design, and executive-level client engagements.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and consulting skills with the ability to influence business and technology leaders.
• Experience developing reusable frameworks, reference architectures, and AI accelerators while mentoring cross-functional engineering teams and driving innovation across global organizations.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical vision and architecture for enterprise-scale AI solutions across Smart Manufacturing and Industrial Operations.
• Design end-to-end IT-OT architectures integrating MES, SCADA, PLCs, historians, IoT, robotics, edge computing, and cloud platforms.
• Leverage GenAI, Agentic AI, Physical AI, digital twins, and automation technologies to create scalable solutions.
• Engage with executive stakeholders to assess needs, lead architecture workshops, and create transformation roadmaps.
• Develop solution strategies, reference architectures, implementation approaches, and executive presentations.
• Provide architectural governance, mentor technical teams, and collaborate with global engineering and partner ecosystems.

Skills

AI/ML

GenAI

Agentic AI

Industrial AI

Digital twins

IT-OT architecture

MES/SCADA/PLCs

Edge computing

Cloud platforms

Executive stakeholder consulting

Mentoring teams

Tools

AI accelerators

Job description

Function

IoT

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

Meet our Team:

Join our Smart Manufacturing & Operations team, where we help global manufacturers accelerate their digital transformation through AI-driven innovation. Our experts partner with customers to modernize factory operations, bridge IT and OT environments, and build intelligent, connected manufacturing ecosystems. Working alongside industry specialists, architects, data scientists, and engineering teams, you'll shape the next generation of Factory of the Future solutions by combining AI, industrial automation, cloud, and edge technologies to solve complex business challenges and deliver measurable operational outcomes.

What You’ll Be Doing

As an AI Principal Solution Architect, you will define the technical vision and architecture for enterprise-scale AI solutions across Smart Manufacturing and Industrial Operations. You will design end-to-end IT-OT architectures integrating MES, SCADA, PLCs, historians, IoT, robotics, edge computing, and cloud platforms while leveraging GenAI, Agentic AI, Physical AI, Industrial AI, digital twins, and automation technologies. You will engage with executive stakeholders to assess business needs, lead architecture workshops, and create transformation roadmaps. Additionally, you will support strategic pursuits by developing solution strategies, reference architectures, implementation approaches, and executive presentations. You’ll provide architectural governance throughout delivery, mentor technical teams, and collaborate with global engineering and partner ecosystems to develop innovative offerings, reusable accelerators, and differentiated intellectual property that advance our Smart Manufacturing portfolio.

What You Bring to the Team

• 15+ years of experience leading digital transformation initiatives within manufacturing, industrial automation, or smart factory environments.


• Deep expertise in AI/ML, GenAI, Agentic AI, Physical AI, Industrial AI, digital twins, and intelligent automation technologies.


• Proven experience architecting enterprise-scale IT-OT solutions integrating MES, SCADA, PLCs, historians, IoT, robotics, edge computing, and cloud platforms.


• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, industrial control systems, and Factory of the Future architectures.


• Demonstrated ability to translate complex business challenges into scalable, secure, and production-ready technical solutions.


• Experience leading technical strategy, architecture governance, solution design, and executive-level client engagements.


• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and consulting skills with the ability to influence business and technology leaders.


• Experience developing reusable frameworks, reference architectures, and AI accelerators while mentoring cross-functional engineering teams and driving innovation across global organizations.

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.