AI Solutions Architect

Materion Brush; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Materion is seeking an experienced AI Solutions Architect to lead the design, development, and deployment of enterprise AI solutions across manufacturing data and business functions. The role acts as a SME for AI initiatives, partnering with IT, Data, Security, and Business teams to deliver scalable, secure, high-impact AI capabilities.

You will work hands-on in Python and cloud services, building data pipelines, implementing enterprise AI architectures, and leading governance and compliance for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/IT/DS/Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of software, data, or solution-architecture experience.
• Hands-on AI/ML or LLM solutions experience.
• Strong coding and API development experience with cloud platforms.
• Ability to design scalable AI and data architecture patterns and guide teams.
• Understanding of responsible AI, data protection, security, and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and deployment of enterprise AI solutions across the organization.
• Build data pipelines and integrations to support AI use cases and copilots.
• Establish reusable frameworks and standards; conduct design reviews with engineering teams.
• Drive AI adoption with governance, security, and compliance in mind.
• Lead implementation of enterprise copilots including Copilot and GPT-like solutions.
• Collaborate with IT, Data, Security, and Business teams to enable smarter operations.

Skills

AI/ML

APIs

Python

Cloud platforms

Data pipelines

System design

RBAC/security/compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Microsoft Copilot

Python

RAG

vector databases

semantic layers

RBAC

Job description

At Materion, everyone is included, respected and offered opportunity to grow. Join us!

Materion is seeking an experienced AI Solutions Architect to lead the design, development, and implementation of enterprise AI solutions. The position serves as the subject matter expert for AI initiatives, providing strategic leadership and hands-on technical execution across manufacturing data, enterprise copilots, and governed AI capabilities. The role partners with IT, Data, Security, and Business teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-impact AI solutions that enable smarter operations and decision-making.

You Will Have an Opportunity to:

Build and Deliver AI Solutions

Design, develop, operationalize, and deploy AI/ML and LLM-based solutions in production.

Build data pipelines and integrations to support AI use cases.

Implement enterprise AI architectures, including RAG, vector databases, semantic layers, orchestration frameworks, and AI assistants.

Work directly in code, including Python, APIs, and cloud services, to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Architecture and Technical Leadership

Understand business issues, value, requirements, and success criteria.

Drive successful AI adoption through people, process, system, and data improvements.

Define scalable architecture patterns and make design decisions across data ingestion, model integration, tuning, and application layers.

Establish reusable frameworks and standards, conduct design reviews, and guide engineering teams.

Manufacturing Data Integration

Build and optimize pipelines for manufacturing and operational data.

Support predictive maintenance, quality metrics, and process optimization use cases.

Partner with OT and data teams to ensure reliable, secure data flow.

Enterprise Copilot and AI Enablement

Lead implementation of enterprise copilots, including Microsoft Copilot and custom GPT solutions.

Connect AI solutions securely to internal data sources.

Identify and deliver AI use cases across business functions.

Governance and Compliance

Support and advise the Materion AI Committee.

Establish guardrails for responsible AI use, data protection, and model governance.

Ensure alignment with security and compliance requirements.

Leadership and Delivery

Act as the subject matter expert supporting Materion's AI Committee.

Implement guardrails for responsible AI, security, and data protection.

Ensure solutions align with enterprise policies and compliance requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Engineering (or a related field), or equivalent practical experience.

Minimum 5 years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or solution architecture roles.

Proven hands-on experience with AI/ML or large language model solutions.

Strong coding and API development experience and experience with cloud platforms and modern data architecture.

Strong understanding of APIs, data pipelines, and system design and the ability to design and implement systems independently.

Ability to define scalable AI and data architecture patterns and the ability to guide engineering teams and conduct design reviews.

Understanding of responsible AI, data protection, security, and compliance requirements.

Preferred

Experience in manufacturing or industrial environments, including IT/OT integrations.

Familiarity with Microsoft Copilot, Azure OpenAI, or similar platforms.

Experience with data lakes, streaming, or large-scale telemetry data.

Experience with Azure, Python, modern AI/ML frameworks, RAG, vector databases, semantic layers, orchestration frameworks, identity and access controls (including authentication and RBAC), and NIST or similar compliance frameworks.

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The selection of the person to be hired for this position is contingent on the candidate having export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology which comes under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

The candidate selected will have to qualify as either a U.S. citizen, a U.S. National, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., a Person Admitted into the U.S. as an Asylee or Refugee., a National of a country that is not prohibited from having access to U.S. controlled technology (via a letter of assurance), or a Person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on Materion's determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with Materion's business requirements.

Materion Corporation and its subsidiaries (the "Company") is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the Company's policy to not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of