About the Company
The AI Lab integrates applied AI research, engineering workflows, manufacturing processes, and enterprise platforms to deliver high-value AI solutions across Cummins’ global operations. We drive both rapid PoCs and full-scale production deployments.
About the Role
This senior role focuses on leading AI solution strategy, architecture alignment, and end-to-end execution across complex enterprise environments. The AI Lab Solution Architect works cross-functionally with LLM scientists, platform architects, product architects, domain experts, and global stakeholders to design, scope, and deliver PoCs and production-grade AI systems. This role emphasizes solution ownership and delivery excellence, rather than direct people management of an AI team.
Responsibilities
- AI Solution Leadership
- Lead the design, scoping, and structuring of AI solutions aligned with business objectives.
- Translate business requirements into end-to-end AI solution architectures.
- Define solution roadmaps from ideation → PoC → production deployment.
- Ensure alignment across modeling, data, engineering, platform, and infrastructure components.
- Technical Oversight & Architecture Governance
- Review and validate solution architectures, prototypes, and implementation plans.
- Ensure AI solutions meet enterprise standards for scalability, security, reliability, and performance.
- Guide cross-functional teams across research, development, data pipelines, modeling, engineering, and deployment.
- Drive technical risk identification and mitigation strategies.
- Cross-Functional Coordination
- Partner with Solution Architects, Platform Architects, Domain Experts, and IT stakeholders.
- Work closely with global engineering, manufacturing, service, and enterprise platform teams.
- Align priorities, scope, dependencies, and measurable success metrics.
- Act as the primary solution owner across multiple stakeholder groups.
- End-to-End Delivery Management
- Lead the lifecycle of AI initiatives from concept validation to enterprise rollout.
- Drive execution planning, milestone tracking, and delivery accountability.
- Ensure high-quality and timely deployment of AI solutions.
- Communicate solution progress, trade-offs, and outcomes to business and technical leadership.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in AI, Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields; OR equivalent industry experience.
- Strong experience delivering production AI/LLM systems in enterprise environments.
- Proven experience leading complex AI solution design and cross-functional delivery.
- Deep understanding of full AI lifecycle (requirements → exploration → data → modeling → engineering → infrastructure → deployment).
- Experience working in multi-region, cross-functional enterprise settings.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder alignment, and structured problem-solving skills.
Required Skills
- Experience with cloud platforms and enterprise AI infrastructure.
- Experience in engineering, manufacturing, or industrial AI applications.
- Experience managing large-scale AI solution portfolios or multi-stream AI programs.
Preferred Skills
- Leadership role driving high-impact AI solution initiatives across Cummins.
- Opportunity to shape enterprise AI architecture and delivery standards.
- High strategic visibility and direct influence on enterprise AI transformation.
Pay range and compensation package
Job Systems/Information Technology
Organization Cummins Inc.
Role Category On-site with Flexibility
Job Type Exempt - Experienced
ReqID 2426824
Relocation Package Yes
100% On-Site No
Equal Opportunity Statement
We are committed to diversity and inclusivity.
