AI Engineering Lead—Adoption and Excellence

Overview

AI Engineering Lead—Adoption and Excellence  AI Engineering Lead—Adoption and Excellence will drive our organization's transformation into an AI-augmented engineering powerhouse. This role will shape how our 40+ engineers leverage AI to modernize legacy systems, accelerate development, and deliver breakthrough innovations.

• Project Scaffolding & Acceleration (40-50% initially, trending to 20%)
• Execute sprint-based rapid interventions:
  In 1-2 week sprints, transform critical but neglected codebases (e.g., convert a 10,000-line undocumented VB6 module into documented, tested, AI-ready C# with comprehensive handoff materials)
• Deploy for rapid engagements where product management identifies high-impact opportunities
• Create hand-off packages that enable seamless transitions to responsible teams, including architecture diagrams, test suites, and AI-ready documentation
• Serve as an AI pair programmer trainer for critical modernization initiatives
• Transform undocumented legacy code into maintainable, AI-ready codebases with 90%+ test coverage
• Innovation & Strategic Development (10-20% initially, trending to 40%)
• Identify opportunities for ML/AI enhancement across products and processes
• Evaluate and prototype AI-powered features such as:
  Fraud detection and automated validation systems;
  Intelligent reporting and analytics dashboards;
  Automating compliance reporting with NLP-based document analysis
• Own company-wide AI models, platforms, and tools inventory
• Develop AI capabilities for customer engagement, analytics, and operational excellence
• Stay current on emerging AI technologies and translate them into practical use cases
• Partner with leadership to define long-term AI strategy and roadmap
• Team Enablement & Culture Building (30-40%)
• Develop AI usage guidelines balancing innovation with compliance
• Lead cultural transformation initiatives across engineering teams
• Create role-specific training materials for different engineering disciplines
• Build and maintain a library of prompts, templates, and best practices
• Establish and coordinate an AI Champions network across all teams
• Own and expand AI Office Hours program with participation and adoption metrics
• Facilitate hands-on workshops and training programs
• Work with managers to integrate AI into sprint planning and workflows
• Convert AI skeptics through 1-on-1 sessions showing personalized productivity gains
• Create "safe failure" environments where engineers can experiment without judgment
• Document and address common concerns (job security, code quality, learning curve)
• Design engagement initiatives including challenges, contests, and gamified learning platforms
• Create success stories and showcase wins
• Report qualitative and quantitative impact metrics

• Seniority level:
  Mid-Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries:
  Motor Vehicle Manufacturing

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