AI Solutions Lead Engineer

Triz Engineering Solutions is looking for an AI Solutions Lead Engineer to join our South African team, based at either our Durbanville (Cape Town)
or
Centurion (Gauteng) office.

At Triz, you can build your career within an international engineering company, develop your technical expertise through challenging commercial vehicle programs, and work alongside experienced engineers in a collaborative, team-oriented culture.

If you are looking for long-term career opportunity, professional growth and meaningful engineering work, we would like to hear from you.

Triz Engineering is a specialist commercial vehicle engineering partner focused on product development, systems integration, validation and launch. We work across medium- and heavy-duty trucks, delivery and vocational vehicles, bus and coach, fire and emergency, and other specialty and off-highway applications. Our teams support programs at both vehicle and system level, taking end-to-end development responsibility from concept through integration, compliance and release.

As an AI Solutions Lead Engineer, you will identify and drive high-impact AI opportunities across the business, owning the business vision, priorities and outcomes while working with technology partners and internal teams to implement practical AI-enabled solutions. This is a business and product ownership role, not a software development or coding position.

• Identify and prioritise high-value AI opportunities across engineering and business workflows.
• Build business cases and define requirements, success measures and implementation priorities.
• Own AI solution backlogs, business outcomes and specialist engineering knowledge.
• Collaborate with technology partners and internal teams to pilot, implement and improve AI solutions.
• Drive adoption, training, change management and continuous improvement of AI-enabled workflows.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Engineering, Innovation, Operations or a related field.
• 5+ years’ experience in operations, product development, innovation, continuous improvement or business transformation.
• Experience in product ownership, backlog management or business analysis.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and manage external technology partners.
• Strong problem-solving, business, organisational and English communication skills.
• Experience in manufacturing or engineering environments preferred.
• South African Citizenship
• Willingness to travel internationally.

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