Senior Architect, AI-Driven Automation Frameworks

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Chandler (AZ)

Hybrid

USD 150,000 - 200,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

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Annual bonus

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off and holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Iridium is seeking a hands-on technical leader to act as the technical authority over automation framework for the Solutions Automation team. You will translate long-term roadmaps into well-designed solutions, guiding design patterns, AI-integrated tooling, and architecture standards across the full stack from device-level integration to React front-ends.

You will mentor engineers, drive modernization, and help shape the technical roadmap while partnering with leadership and stakeholders to

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
10+ years of progressive engineering experience in software development, automation, and/or testing.
Demonstrated experience defining software architecture, framework design, and technical standards for automation or software development teams.
Comfort operating across the full stack, including low-level device or hardware integration, with the ability to reason about system behavior from the protocol layer up to the user interface.
Demonstrated experience integrating generative AI tooling into software development or test automation workflows, with the judgment to know where AI adds leverage and where it adds risk.
Strong understanding of modern software development practices, CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native architectures, and software testing principles (including test strategy, automation, and integration with the SDLC).
Proven ability to define and communicate technical vision, making architecture decisions that balance innovation with pragmatism, and to evaluate and introduce new technologies, tools, and patterns that improve team productivity.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly to both engineering and non-technical stakeholders.
Product-minded engineering judgment and strong design taste, with experience collaborating with product managers or directly with end users to ensure the team solves the right problems and ships tooling users genuinely want to use.
Curiosity and a growth mindset, with a pattern of learning new domains and tools quickly, sound judgment in assessing risks, tradeoffs, and second-order effects when making architecture decisions, and the willingness to change direction when new evidence contradicts earlier assumptions.
Bias for action and a track record of shipping complex technical initiatives end to end.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve the framework architecture for the Solutions Automation team, including design patterns, technology selection, and integration standards
Define standards and reference patterns for integrating generative AI into the software development lifecycle, including AI-assisted test generation, triage, and developer tooling, with clear attention to quality, code provenance, IP, and security
Prototype new frameworks, patterns, and AI-augmented tooling to validate architectural decisions before team-wide adoption
Partner with the associate director and engineering managers to shape and drive the long-term technical roadmap, establishing and maintaining technical standards, coding practices, and quality benchmarks, and reviewing and approving designs
Own lab and framework standardization, ensuring consistent environments and tooling across all teams, and drive technical modernization and platform scalability initiatives
Represent the Solutions Automation team (SAT) in Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs), Daily Change Control Boards (DCCBs), and other technical forums, and facilitate architecture reviews and technical workshops that elevate the team’s capabilities
Grow the technical depth of every engineer on the team through mentorship, design and code reviews, pairing on hard problems, and leading technical onboarding for new hires
Provide technical evaluation support during hiring, including the design of technical interview assessments and candidate evaluation