Manager, AI/ML Engineering

Stellantis; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & well-being coverage

Family building benefit

17+ paid holidays

401(k) match

Company vehicle lease program

Tuition reimbursement

Volunteer hours

Job summary

Stellantis seeks a Manager of AI/ML Engineering — North America to lead a cross‑functional AI/ML team, while staying hands‑on to design, build, and ship production AI/ML solutions, including user touchpoints and apps. You anchor delivery, set technical bar, and raise team craft across regions.

You’ll balance data science with software delivery, partner with global teams, and drive end‑to‑end AI/ML programs with a strong emphasis on production health and standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, applied mathematics, or a related field.
• Minimum 8 years of software engineering, including hands-on solution development and leadership/coordinator experience.
• Proven track record shipping and operating production software and ML/AI-powered products.
• Strong Python and ML libraries; experience across data, modeling, and software.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a AI/ML engineering team of engineers, providing day-to-day direction, coaching, and career development.
• Personally own and ship hard AI/ML solutions end-to-end, including data pipelines, modeling, services, and user-facing apps.
• Design and implement ML models for structured, time-series, and unstructured data; own validation and error analysis.
• Partner with program/product management to align scope, priorities and delivery commitments.
• Collaborate with MLOps to production-release and operate models in production.

Skills

Python

ML libraries

AWS

Databricks

Full-stack

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/computer science/applied mathematics or related field

Tools

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Role Summary

The Manager of AI/ML Engineering — North America leads a team of AI/ML engineers and delivers alongside them. This is a deliberate player‑coach role: you manage, coach, and grow the team and stay hands‑on — personally designing, building, and shipping complete production AI/ML solutions, including the user touchpoints and applications on top of them.
You are the delivery anchor for this team: you own the team's commitments and their production health, take the hardest solutions yourself, set the technical bar, and raise the craft of the engineers around you. The role is engineering‑first — you lead by building — and balances a team rooted in data science and ML with strong software and solution‑delivery depth. The team operates in a global environment and there is functional interaction across regions.

The Manager of AI/ML Engineering — North America leads a team of AI/ML engineers and delivers alongside them. This is a deliberate player‑coach role: you manage, coach, and grow the team and stay hands‑on — personally designing, building, and shipping complete production AI/ML solutions, including the user touchpoints and applications on top of them.
You are the delivery anchor for this team: you own the team's commitments and their production health, take the hardest solutions yourself, set the technical bar, and raise the craft of the engineers around you. The role is engineering‑first — you lead by building — and balances a team rooted in data science and ML with strong software and solution‑delivery depth. The team operates in a global environment and there is functional interaction across regions.

How We Operate

Our products are owned end‑to‑end by engineering — from design through production and into maintain‑and‑optimize. Direction, requirements, and priorities come through our program and product‑management partners. This is a deliberate operating model: the role succeeds through strong delivery inside that partnership — shaping requirements, pushing back with evidence, and building trust — not through sole control of product direction. Leaders here own products and stay close to the work; this is not a pass‑through people‑management position — you are expected to contribute code and solutions directly.

Key Responsibilities

• Team leadership & growth
  
  
  
  • Lead and manage a AI/ML engineering team of engineers — day‑to‑day direction, coaching, performance, and career development. Some of these engineers may functionally work on programs outside your direct remit, and you will manage engineers that contribute to your programs from other regions.
  
  
  • Contribute to hiring: interview, raise the bar on engineering craft, and help grow the team through the active pipeline.
  
  
  • Develop engineers toward the full‑stack AI/ML profile (data, modeling, services, application layers); mentor through code review and pairing.
  
  
  
  


• Hands‑on delivery (player‑coach)
  
  
  
  • Personally own and ship hard solutions end‑to‑end — data pipelines, model/inference services, agentic/LLM components, APIs, and the user touchpoints (apps, dashboards) on top.
  
  
  • Spend a substantial share of your time building and reviewing code — you stay in the work, not just over it.
  
  
  • Design and implement ML models on structured, time‑series, and unstructured data; own validation, evaluation, and error analysis on the team's deliverables.
  
  
  
  


• Solution & product delivery -
  
  
  
  • Own the team's delivery of production AI/ML solutions and their production health end‑to‑end.
  
  
  • Set and enforce engineering standards — architecture, code review, testing, CI/CD.
  
  
  • Work closely with the dedicated MLOps team and hand off for production release and operation
  
  
  • Build to their readiness standards and gates, and route production‑driven code changes back through your team.
  
  
  
  


• Cross‑functional leadership
  
  
  
  • Partner with program and product‑management teams on scope, priorities, and delivery commitments; communicate progress with evidence.
  
  
  • Operate within a global organization
  
  
  • Coordinate with functional leads and globally dispersed project teams
  
  
  • Build products with global platforms and standards.
  
  
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, applied mathematics, or a related field, or related field.


• A minimum of 8 years in software engineering, including substantial hands‑on solution development — services, APIs, and user‑facing touchpoints/apps (front‑end/full‑stack) — and experience leading or coordinating a team of engineers.


• A track record of shipping and operating production software — you have owned systems in production, not just delivered projects — and you remain hands‑on today.


• Practical experience delivering ML/AI‑powered products.


• Strong Python and common ML libraries; ability to work across data, modeling, and software concerns.


• Cloud (AWS preferred) and modern data/ML platforms (e.g. Databricks/Spark).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building agentic/LLM‑based systems and adopting AI‑assisted development tooling across a team.


• Automotive, industrial, IoT, or other regulated/embedded‑adjacent domain experience; time‑series or vehicle data a plus.


• Familiarity with MLOps concepts (CI/CD for ML, model registry, monitoring, retraining).


• Front‑end/full‑stack delivery experience (dashboards, internal tools, product UIs).


• A track record as a player‑coach — leading a team while still contributing code.

Our Benefits — Designed With You In Mind

Comprehensive Health & Well‑being Coverage

From your very first day, you’ll have access to medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage — ensuring you and your family stay healthy and protected. Also, our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers confidential support for personal and professional challenges, always ready when you need it.

Family Building Benefit

We proudly support all paths to parenthood- including fertility and infertility treatments, adoption services, and gestational surrogacy.

Generous Paid Time Off

We believe in work‑life balance. That’s why we offer: 17+ paid holidays, including shut‑down from December 24th through New Years Day every year. Vacation, float & wellbeing days, sick time and fully paid parental leave when your family needs you most.

Competitive Retirement Savings Plans

We Help You Plan For The Future With

• An employer match on contributions to your 401k, Roth, and Catch‑Up plans


• An employer contribution, even if you don’t contribute

Income Protection & Insurance Options

Benefit from both employer‑provided and voluntary plan offerings, including life insurance, group accident, critical illness, etc. - supporting the needs of you and your family and ensuring peace of mind.

Company Vehicle Lease Program

Eligible employees and their immediate families can participate in the company vehicle lease program, providing access to Stellantis vehicles with insurance, maintenance, and unlimited miles included. Plus, take advantage of exclusive discounts on Stellantis products.

Support for Your Growth and Giving Back

We believe in investing in your future and your passions:

• Tuition reimbursement


• Student loan refinancing programs


• 18 paid volunteer hours each year to make a difference in your community

And so much more!

When you join us, you’re not just building a career — you’re joining a company that supports you, inside and outside of work.

At Stellantis, we assess candidates based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We welcome applications from all people without regard to sex, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any characteristic protected by law. We believe that diverse teams reflect our identity as a global company, enabling us to better address the evolving needs of our customers and care for our future.

EOE / Disability / Veteran