Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Industrial AI Solution Architect IRC296178
Function: Software Product Engineering
Location: United States - San Jose, CA (Remote)
Experience: 10-15 years
Responsibilities
What You Will Do
- Customer Solutioning & Architecture: Architect comprehensive Physical AI solutions that seamlessly integrate advanced AI models with existing IT systems and Operations Technology (OT) on the manufacturing floor.
- Bridge the Digital and the Physical: Translate the capabilities of autonomous AI agents into concrete, scalable industrial workflows.
- Drive Customer Transformation: Lead technical workshops and deep-dive discussions with client engineering and operational leaders. Communicate complex AI concepts into actionable operational strategies.
- IT/OT Integration Strategy: Design secure, robust data pipelines bridging modern AI software environments with standard industrial protocols, enterprise systems (e.g., AVEVA PI, SAP, Maximo), and PLCs.
- Impact Realization: Continually align technical solutioning with measurable impact on the actual manufacturing facilities, focusing on execution velocity, safety, and operational ROI.
Requirements
What We Are Looking For
- OT & IT Integration Expert: Deep expertise in connecting modern cloud/IT infrastructure with OT systems. Understanding of legacy industrial environments.
- Manufacturing Acumen: Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, supply chain logistics, or energy grids. Past impact on actual manufacturing facilities.
- The Transformation Communicator: High emotional intelligence and excellent communication skills. Ability to translate AI hype into structural reality and guide senior operational leaders.
- Highly Technical Foundation: Deep technical understanding of APIs, AI agentic frameworks, and system architecture.
- Industrial Automation (Bonus): Hands-on experience with or strong understanding of manufacturing automation (e.g., standard PLCs like Siemens, Allen Bradley, or Mitsubishi).
Experience & Education Requirements
- Experience: 7+ years dedicated to technical solution architecture, IT/OT integration, or systems engineering, with a proven track record in customer-facing technical leadership.
- Domain Expertise: Proven experience working with asset-heavy industries (Manufacturing, Energy, Utilities) and deep familiarity with their IT/OT environments.
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
We Offer
- Competitive Salary: Starting pay range of $180,000 to $220,000 (base salary only).
- Exciting Projects: Work on market-defining products using the latest technologies.
- Collaborative Environment: Collaborate with a diverse team of highly talented people in an open, laidback environment.
- Work-Life Balance: Flexible work schedules and opportunities to work from home.
- Professional Development: Continuing education classes, professional certification and training, and international knowledge exchanges.
- Excellent Benefits: Competitive salaries, health and life insurance, disability insurance, 401K plan, flexible spending accounts, PTO, and holidays.
About the Company
GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company, is a trusted digital engineering partner to the world’s largest and most forward-thinking companies. Since 2000, we’ve been at the forefront of the digital revolution – helping create some of the most innovative and widely used digital products and experiences. Today we continue to collaborate with clients in transforming businesses and redefining industries through intelligent products, platforms, and services.