AI Lead Engineer

The opportunity

Hitachi Energy isestablishinganAI Center of Competence (CoC)to accelerate engineering productivity improve design quality and enable next-generation intelligent engineering solutions across civil mechanical electrical controls and software disciplines.

The AI Lead Engineer will shape the vision establish foundational capabilities (governance platforms operating model) and deliver early AI pilots that create tangible value for engineers and project teams.

This is ahands-on leadership rolecombining technical depth domain understanding and strong stakeholder engagement.

How youll make an impact

• Establish the AI Center of Competence from the ground up
  Define the mission operating model governance framework and technical standards for responsible AI adoption. Build trusted partnerships with IT cybersecurity legal and engineering leadership to ensure scalable secure and compliant AI deployment across disciplines.
• Deliver measurable engineering productivity gains within the first year
  Identify and execute 23 high impact AI pilots (e.g. engineering documentation automation design knowledge retrieval controls/code assistance) that demonstrably reduce engineering cycle time improve quality and free up expert capacity.
• Translate engineering pain points into deployable AI solutions
  Work hands-on with civil mechanical electrical controls and software teams to deeply understand workflows tools (PLM CAD ERP document systems) and constraints turning real world challenges into practical high value AI applications.
• Build AI-ready data foundations for long term scale
  Enable structured governed and discoverable engineering data by advancing data ownership metadata standards lineage tracking and access control laying the groundwork for advanced capabilities such as knowledge graphs and intelligent agents.
• Bridge strategy and execution in industrial AI adoption
  Act as a trusted advisor to engineering leadership clearly articulating AI opportunities risks and ROI while personally leading prototyping experimentation and early deployment in enterprise environments.
• Shape the future of intelligent engineering at scale
  Define the roadmap beyond initial pilots including AI assisted design reviews engineering copilots and cross disciplinary knowledge systems.

Your background

• Strong expertise in applied AI and machine learning
  Proven experience designing and deploying AI solutions in enterprise environments with particular depth in Generative AI LLMs NLP and document intelligence.
• Experience building production grade AI systems
  Familiarity with the full AI lifecycle including data pipelines model development MLOps practices and deployment on modern cloud platforms.
• Understanding of engineering or industrial environments
  Exposure to engineering heavy domains such as power systems mechanical electrical controls automation or similar industrial contexts.
• Experience working with complex engineering systems and data
  Familiarity with tools and enterprise systems such as PLM ERP CAD/CAE requirements management or large scale document management environments.
• Strong stakeholder leadership and influence
  Demonstrated ability to collaborate across engineering IT and leadership teams translating technical AI concepts into practical value for non-AI specialists.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to build from zero
  Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments establishing new capabilities shaping strategy and driving adoption of emerging technologies across organizations.

What we offer

• Collective agreement
• Flexible working time
• Health care and wellness allowance
• Fantastic career possibilities within Hitachi Energy both within Sweden and globally
• Mentor to support you throughout onboard phase
• Various trainings and education supporting employee development
• Diversified company with over 70 nationalities working in Sweden
• Supplementary compensation for parental leave
• Employee Benefit Portal with thousands of discounts and perks

More about us

Are you ready for a new exciting challenge Does the above description sound like you Welcome to apply! Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis so dont delay apply today!

Recruiting Manager Kyle Chan will answer your questions about the position. Union representatives Sveriges Ingenjörer: Nawzad Rashid 46 107-38 91 48; Ledarna: Frank Hollstedt 46107-38 70 43; Unionen: Karin Ulvemark 46 107-38 51 42 and Ingrid Rinaldo 46 107-38 58 19. All other questions can be directed to Talent Acquisition Partner Fredrik Söder