AI Solutions Automation Engineer

Basic Job Functions:

Nucor Business Technology (NBT) is seeking an AI Solutions Automation Engineer to lead the design and development of AI-powered automation and testing solutions for the software delivered to our steelmaking divisions. This role is primarily focused on building intelligent test automation frameworks AI-driven quality assurance pipelines and automated MDM solutions - leveraging machine learning and generative AI to eliminate manual effort across the software development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate is deeply hands-on with test automation and AI/ML tooling capable of building scalable frameworks for test data generation autonomous test execution and continuous quality validation. They will partner closely with developers data teams architects and business stakeholders to embed automation at every stage of delivery from development through production support.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Design build and maintain AI-powered testing automation agents that autonomously generate execute and evaluate test cases as an in-line part of the SDLC integrated into CI/CD pipelines via tools such as Azure DevOps Tosca K6 or Playwright.
• Build scalable ML-driven test data generation frameworks based on real steel manufacturing process data enabling realistic and repeatable test scenarios across enterprise systems.
• Design and deploy automated MDM validation pipelines that use AI/ML to detect anomalies enforce data quality standards and reduce manual master data effort across divisions.
• Develop and deploy production-ready AI solutions including agentic workflows data pipelines and intelligent automations that eliminate manual repetitive processes across testing MDM and solution support.
• Provide post-launch support including monitoring defect triage and iterative improvement of automated frameworks; deliver documentation and knowledge transfer so solutions can be maintained and extended by others.
• Partner with developers data teams architects and business stakeholders to continuously expand automated test coverage improve data quality and align automation with NBT delivery standards.

This is a fulltime permanent position with the Nucor Business Technology Team. Teammate location may be based in Irving TX Charlotte NC or any Nucor steelmaking division with the agreement of that division. Travel is required up to 50%.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US (Nucor Business Technology (NBT) will not sponsor the need for a visa now or in the future).

Safety is the most important part of all jobs within Nucor; therefore candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to initiate lead and uphold safety policies practices procedures and housekeeping standards at all times.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Business or related field OR equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of hands-on experience in test automation QA engineering or AI/ML development.
• Prior hands-on experience building AI or ML solutions that scale in a production environment.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing automated test frameworks (e.g. Tosca K6 Playwright or similar).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and source control tools such as Azure DevOps and Git.
• Data analysis experience using structured and unstructured data from a variety of enterprise sources.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with and testing software solutions such as Oracle EBS SAP Microsoft Dynamics PSI Manufacturing Execution systems.
• Hands-on experience with AI tools like Claude ChatGPT Co-Pilot Codex.
• Experience in utilizing and deploying modern data architecture including tools such as Snowflake Azure Data Lake Informatica IICS and Databricks.
• Experience working with a fully integrated SLDC including tools like Azure DevOps Git CI/CD and testing automation software such as Tosca K6 Playwright.