AI Solutions Engineer

AI Solutions Engineer

Atkore is forging a future where our employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders, and communities are building better together – a future focused on serving the customer and powering and protecting the world. With a global network of manufacturing and distribution facilities, Atkore is a leading provider of electrical, safety, and infrastructure solutions.

We are looking for an AI Solutions Engineer to support Atkore's newly established AI team. The AI Solutions Engineer will be a member of the Enterprise Architecture, Data Services and Automation (RPA/AI) team. This team works across all business and IT teams to turn Atkore strategy into executable and scalable platforms, delivering secure, resilient integration and automation to connect processes, applications and data end-to-end.

This role reports to the Director of IT Enterprise Architecture, Data Services and Automation (RPA/AI) and will be based in our Mokena, Illinois or Dallas, Texas office.

The AI Solutions Engineer is responsible for building the technical interfaces, agent runtimes, and enterprise integrations that allow AI solutions to securely interact with Atkore's systems, data, and business processes. The AI Solutions Engineer will work closely with AI Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, Data Services, and business partners to translate AI use cases into scalable, reliable, and observable technical solutions. This role plays a critical part in operationalizing AI by connecting models and agents to real-world enterprise systems.

Design, build, and maintain AI agent runtime environments supporting internal AI tools and solutions

Develop and manage connectors and integrations with enterprise platforms such as ERP, MES, CRM, databases, and file systems

Standardize and expose data and process access through well-defined REST, GraphQL, or asynchronous APIs

Implement observability, logging, and error-handling frameworks to monitor AI agent behavior and performance

Partner closely with business analysts, product owners, and application teams to translate AI use cases into production-ready integrations

Contribute to shared metadata standards, interface contracts, and integration patterns to enable safe and reusable AI capabilities

Support secure and scalable AI adoption by aligning with cyber security, data governance, and infrastructure standards

Stay current on emerging AI agent architectures, integration frameworks, and enterprise AI best practices

Work closely with Data Engineering, Application Integration, and other IT teams to enable AI use cases across Atkore operations

BS / BA in Computer Science, Business or related field of study

At least 5 years of experience in backend software development or enterprise systems integration

Proficiency in Python, RESTful API design, and data serialization formats such as JSON and YAML

Experience working with enterprise data platforms, message queues, or service buses

Working knowledge of AI and agent-based architectures, including LLM APIs (e.g. MCP, A2A, etc.), embeddings, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) concepts

Hands-on experience with public cloud platforms (Azure preferred)

Familiarity with data platforms and analytics ecosystems supporting structured and unstructured enterprise data

Familiarity with Software Development Life Cycle and Agile delivery processes

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills

Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Experience integrating with legacy systems, manufacturing, or operational technology (OT) environments preferred

Must embrace and foster an environment that supports our core values of Accountability, Teamwork, Integrity, Respect, Excellence

Join our team and align yourself with an industry leader!

As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay for this position is $ 110,400 - $151,800. Placement in the range depends on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, relevant experience, skills, seniority, performance, shift, travel requirements, and business or organizational needs and may change over time. Other compensation may include, but not limited to, overtime, shift differentials, bonuses, commissions, stock, and other incentives.

Benefits available include:

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

Life insurance

Short-term and long-term disability insurance

401k

Paid Time Off

Paid holidays

Any leave required under federal, state, or local law

Benefits are subject to vesting and eligibility requirements. Applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis.

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