Lead AI Engineer - Digital Service Solutions
Hitachi, Ltd.3 months ago
Kraków, PolandStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define and own the AI R&D capability strategy and architecture for digital service solutions.
- Establish architectural principles and standards for cloud-native, industrial-scale, long-lifecycle AI services.
- Translate service and domain needs into AI models, use cases, and solution designs embedded in operational workflows.
- Design and govern AI model lifecycles covering problem framing, validation, deployment, monitoring, and controlled evolution.
- Lead the design and governance of agentic AI workflows combining reasoning, orchestration, and automation.
- Collaborate with data platform, digital platform, and IT teams on scalable data pipelines, feature management, and analytics services.
- Establish controls for AI quality, explainability, bias mitigation, ethical use, and regulatory alignment.
- Guide architecture decisions and capability development as a technical authority across Service R&D.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, data science, engineering, or a related technical field.
- Proven experience designing, implementing, or governing applied AI/ML solutions in industrial, IoT, or service-oriented environments.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end AI pipelines, including data preparation, model development, deployment, and monitoring.
- Experience integrating AI into enterprise-scale digital solutions using cloud platforms, microservices, and MLOps practices.
- Ability to translate AI techniques into interpretable and operationally relevant outcomes.
- Experience working cross-functionally across R&D, engineering, service, and digital organizations.
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence architecture and solution decisions.
- Experience with LLM-based systems, agentic AI, or advanced analytics platforms is advantageous.
- Familiarity with AI governance, ethics, compliance, and regulated industrial environments is beneficial.
Benefits
- Private medical care and life insurance.
- Fitness and wellness programs, a benefits platform with discounts and perks, and Employee Capital Plans (PPK).
- Equipment for working from home or allowances for setting up a home workplace.
- Spectacles and contact lenses allowance, company events, team-building activities, and psychological support.
- Free parking is available.
- Full-time, on-site role in Krakow, Poland; additional benefits may depend on the role, grade, and business requirements.
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About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd. builds industrial, energy, rail, and digital systems for governments and enterprises, combining operational technology with IT, cloud, and data infrastructure services. Its portfolio spans power grids, factory automation, data centers, rail systems, and consulting delivered through units such as Hitachi Vantara, Hitachi Rail, and Hitachi Energy. Founded in 1910 and headquartered in Tokyo, it is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and operates globally across critical infrastructure markets.