Lead AI Automation Engineer

• Compensation: USD 109,500 - USD 208,500 - yearly

About Abb Vie

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As aLead AI Automation Engineer, you will drive measurable business impact by designing and implementing AI-powered automation solutions that transform how our Corporate Services and HR business partners operate.

You willserve as the critical bridge between complex business needs and technical execution—deeply understanding current-state processes, translating inefficiencies into innovative automation opportunities, andleveragingenterprise tools and AI agents to deliver rapid ROI. This role uniquely combines hands-on technical leadership with strategic thinking:you will architect end-to-end solutions, build working prototypes, mentortheteam in design thinking and agentic development, and ensure every solution drives tangible efficiency gains and value for stakeholders.

This role reports to the Associate Director, BTS Corporate Services within the Business Technology Solutions department.

We set the vision for how data, analytics and AI automation enhance our enterprise systems. We work closely with business partners and technical implementors to bring that vision to life.

This is a hybrid role required to be on-site Tuesday through Thursday every week in Lake County, IL.

Responsibilities:

• Engage deeply with Corporate Services and HR stakeholders to understand current-state processes, pain points,constraints,to-be business requirements, and success metrics; translate these into technical solution designs that deliver measurable efficiency gains.
• Engineer and implement scalable AI automation solutions;delivering clean, scalable, production-ready code that integrates with enterprise systems and optimizes business partner workflows.
• Prioritize rapid prototyping and iterative development,building working MVPs quickly tovalidatesolutions with stakeholders, then refining based on feedback to accelerate time-to-value.
• Cultivate cross-team relationships while continuously expanding technical knowledge;identifying existing capabilities, shared platforms, and collaborative opportunities that maximize internal resources and drive productivity gains.

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree with 7years of experience;
  
  Master's Degree with 6years; or PhD with 2years of relevant experience.
• Pythonproficiencyrequired— expert-level ability to write production-quality code for automation, AI/ML implementations, and enterprise integrations.
• Familiarity with modern AI orchestration frameworks such as
  Lang Chain, Lang Graph, or equivalent technologies
  .
• Proficiency in designing and deploying AI integrations using
  Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) concepts.
• Experience with AI/ML frameworks and tools and understanding of LLM orchestration, agentic workflows, and prompt engineering.
• Proven ability to deliver andmaintainproduction-grade software in enterprise environments, including ongoing support, monitoring, and iterative improvements.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and diagnostic skills withabilityto understand business processes andidentifyautomation opportunities.
• Broad technicalproficiencyacross software development, data integration, cloud platforms, and enterprise systems — withabilityto rapidly…