Director of AI/ML Engineering — Agentic & GenAI Leader

Stellantis; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellantis North America seeks a Director of AI/ML Engineering to build and lead a 6-8 engineer team, delivering production AI solutions for engineering, quality and vehicle-data use cases. This hands-on leader blends software development with ML, driving end-to-end delivery and production health across the portfolio.

You will work with product management and MLOps partners, shape requirements, and ensure standards while collaborating with a global AI/ML organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering or equivalent experience.
• At least 12 years in software engineering with leadership roles.
• Proven track record shipping and operating production software.
• Hands-on ML/AI product development experience with judgeable outcomes.
• Experience with LLMs and agentic/AI-powered systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead North America AI/ML engineering team (6-8 engineers) and hire.
• Deliver end-to-end production AI/ML solutions including data pipelines, services and dashboards.
• Set engineering standards (architecture, CI/CD) and review code.
• Partner with program/product-management and cross-region teams.
• Grow a regional engineering hub and influence global platforms.

Skills

Strong Python

Cloud AWS

LLM-based development

Leadership experience

Production software delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Databricks

Spark

APIs

Job description

Stellantis North America seeks a Director of AI/ML Engineering to build and lead a 6-8 engineer team, delivering production AI solutions for engineering, quality and vehicle-data use cases. This hands-on leader blends software development with ML, driving end-to-end delivery and production health across the portfolio.

You will work with product management and MLOps partners, shape requirements, and ensure standards while collaborating with a global AI/ML organization.