AI Engineering Lead

Posted 16 Days Ago
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Dearborn, MI, USA
Hybrid
85K-192K Annually
Senior level
Automotive
The Role
Leads the architecture, development, deployment, and scaling of enterprise AI solutions, including generative AI, copilots, agentic systems, RAG, conversational interfaces, and intelligent automation. Establishes AI engineering, MLOps, LLMOps, governance, monitoring, and responsible AI practices. Partners with product, engineering, analytics, and business teams to deliver measurable outcomes, builds reusable frameworks and accelerators, and mentors AI engineers while driving enterprise AI adoption.
Summary Generated by Built In

As the AI Engineering Lead, you will architect, build, and scale AI-powered solutions that accelerate both the delivery of Integrated Services Data, AI & Analytics (ISDAIA) products and the adoption of AI capabilities across the Integrated Services business.

You will lead the development of enterprise-grade AI applications, agentic systems, copilots, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solutions, and intelligent workflow automation that transform how teams discover insights, make decisions, and deliver value.

This role combines hands-on technical leadership with product thinking and strategic execution. You will partner closely with Product Managers, Engineering Teams, Analytics Leaders, and Business Stakeholders to identify high-value use cases, develop reusable AI capabilities, and enable responsible AI adoption at scale.

You will play a key role in shaping the future AI ecosystem for Integrated Services by building scalable frameworks, shared services, and AI-enabled experiences that improve business outcomes, operational efficiency, and speed to delivery.

Responsibilities

Strategic Thinking & Leadership

  • Partner with business leaders and product teams to identify high-value AI opportunities and translate them into scalable AI-powered solutions.

  • Define and communicate AI solution vision, roadmaps, and measurable success metrics.

  • Drive AI strategy across Generative AI, Agentic AI, conversational experiences, AI-enabled analytics, and intelligent automation initiatives.

  • Establish governance frameworks for Responsible AI, security, compliance, scalability, and enterprise adoption.

  • Lead cross-functional AI programs and influence executive stakeholders through compelling business cases, demonstrations, and measurable outcomes.

Technical Leadership & Expertise

  • Architect and oversee end-to-end AI solutions, including:

    • Conversational AI and Copilot experiences

    • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures

    • Agentic AI frameworks and multi-agent orchestration systems

    • AI-powered analytics and insight generation solutions

    • Natural language interfaces for analytics and business intelligence

    • Intelligent workflow automation and decision-support capabilities

    • Semantic search and enterprise knowledge management solutions

  • Strong proficiency in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services for AI development (Vertex AI, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataflow).

  • Experience designing and deploying enterprise AI solutions leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs), foundation models, prompt engineering, and model evaluation frameworks.

  • Experience building AI systems using Python-based ecosystems and modern AI frameworks.

  • Experience with vector databases, embeddings, semantic search, grounding techniques, and retrieval architectures.

  • Implement scalable AI Engineering, MLOps, and LLMOps practices including CI/CD, prompt versioning, testing, governance, monitoring, and lifecycle management.

  • Proficiency in Git, Docker, API-based deployments, cloud-native architectures, and scalable AI services.

  • Apply strong software engineering practices including modular design, testing, observability, security, and documentation.

  • Establish reusable AI frameworks, accelerators, and engineering patterns that improve speed, consistency, and quality of delivery.

  • Evaluate emerging AI technologies and identify opportunities to accelerate analytics delivery and business adoption.

  • Support architectural reviews and ensure best practices across AI systems, platforms, and products.

  • Implement Responsible AI principles including governance, explainability, privacy, security, and ethical AI compliance.

Delivery Focus

  • Own end-to-end AI solution delivery in partnership with Product, Engineering, Data, and Business teams.

  • Ensure production-grade deployment of AI applications, copilots, and agent-based solutions using containerization, orchestration, and scalable cloud infrastructure.

  • Build reusable AI accelerators, frameworks, and services that improve speed-to-delivery across the ISDAIA portfolio.

  • Partner with product teams to embed AI capabilities directly into dashboards, self-service analytics platforms, applications, and business workflows.

  • Influence investment decisions using measurable business impact, adoption metrics, operational efficiencies, and ROI analysis.

  • Establish monitoring frameworks for AI performance, solution effectiveness, reliability, governance, and user adoption.

Team Development & Community Leadership

  • Lead and mentor AI engineers while establishing best practices for enterprise AI development.

  • Build AI engineering standards, reusable frameworks, shared tooling, libraries, and delivery patterns across ISDAIA.

  • Promote knowledge sharing through Communities of Practice and AI Centers of Excellence.

  • Foster a culture of experimentation, continuous learning, innovation, and engineering excellence.

  • Support talent development in emerging AI disciplines including Generative AI, Agentic AI, conversational experiences, and intelligent automation.

  • Serve as a thought leader for enterprise AI adoption and AI-enabled transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a related field (Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent).

  • 5 to 8 years of experience delivering enterprise software, analytics, data, or AI solutions.

  • 5+ years of experience using Python-based development technologies and modern software engineering practices.

  • 3+ years of experience designing, deploying, and supporting AI/ML or Generative AI solutions in production environments.

  • Experience building and deploying Generative AI, conversational AI, Copilot, or agent-based solutions.

  • Experience acting as a senior technical lead facilitating solution trade-offs and architectural decisions.

  • Experience using Cloud AI Platforms (GCP preferred).

  • Strong understanding of APIs, cloud-native architectures, CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise application development.

  • Hands-on experience with Generative AI technologies, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and enterprise AI deployment.

Preferred Requirements

  • Master’s Degree in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field.

  • Experience managing and growing high-performing AI engineering teams.

  • Experience developing enterprise copilots, AI assistants, agent-based systems, and intelligent automation solutions.

  • Experience implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures, vector databases, semantic search, and knowledge-grounding strategies.

  • Strong working knowledge of GCP and enterprise AI architecture patterns.

  • Expertise in open-source technologies such as Python, LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, SQL, Spark, and modern AI development frameworks.

  • Experience working with Vertex AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or comparable enterprise AI ecosystems.

  • Experience building reusable AI platforms, accelerators, frameworks, and enablement capabilities.

  • Experience deploying AI solutions into business workflows, analytics products, self-service insights platforms, or decision-support solutions.

  • Experience implementing Responsible AI, AI governance, MLOps, and LLMOps practices at enterprise scale.

 

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
  • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

  • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more

  • Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more

  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases

  • Tuition assistance

  • Established and active employee resource groups

  • Paid time off for individual and team community service

  • A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day

  • Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time

 
For a detailed look at our benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR
This position ranges from salary grade 6-8 and ranges from $85,400-$192,000.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
 
Visa sponsorship IS available for this position.
Relocation assistance IS provided for this position.
 
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
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Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field
  • 5 to 8 years of experience delivering enterprise software, analytics, data, or AI solutions
  • 5+ years of experience using Python-based development technologies and modern software engineering practices
  • 3+ years of experience designing, deploying, and supporting AI/ML or Generative AI solutions in production environments
  • Experience building and deploying Generative AI, conversational AI, Copilot, or agent-based solutions
  • Experience acting as a senior technical lead facilitating solution trade-offs and architectural decisions
  • Experience using cloud AI platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform
  • Strong understanding of APIs, cloud-native architectures, CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise application development
  • Hands-on experience with Generative AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, and enterprise AI deployment
  • Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field
  • Experience managing and growing high-performing AI engineering teams
  • Experience developing enterprise copilots, AI assistants, agent-based systems, and intelligent automation solutions
  • Experience implementing RAG architectures, vector databases, semantic search, and knowledge-grounding strategies
  • Strong working knowledge of GCP and enterprise AI architecture patterns
  • Expertise in Python, LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, SQL, Spark, and modern AI development frameworks
  • Experience with Vertex AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or comparable enterprise AI ecosystems
  • Experience building reusable AI platforms, accelerators, frameworks, and enablement capabilities
  • Experience deploying AI solutions into business workflows, analytics products, self-service insights platforms, or decision-support solutions
  • Experience implementing Responsible AI, AI governance, MLOps, and LLMOps practices at enterprise scale

Ford Motor Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ford Motor Company and has not been reviewed or approved by Ford Motor Company.

  • Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage start on day one with options that include zero-premium plans, free mental health support, and wellness resources. For represented hourly employees, health plans are described as low-cost with strong coverage value.
  • Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match and additional company contributions is available from day one, alongside life and disability coverage. Pension eligibility in certain situations and financial-planning support reinforce long‑term security.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave, fertility, surrogacy, and adoption benefits, plus a ramp‑up program for returning parents, reflect a family‑focused package. Flexible Family Care days and generous time‑off options help address short‑term caregiving and personal needs.

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HQ: Dearborn, MI
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Year Founded: 1903

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