Senior Manager – Intelligent Systems Engineering

Overview

Who we are

To save time applying Toyota does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other work authorization for this position at this time.

This position is based out of Toyota Headquarters in Plano TX

Who were looking for

Toyota is looking for team members who are passionate about technology and interested in joining a collaborative and highly motivated team as aSenior Manager Intelligent Systems Engineering.

The primary responsibility of this role is to lead a hands-on engineering function that accelerates the practical adoption of AI automation and agentic capabilities across engineering teams. This role turns emerging AI opportunities into reusable patterns prototypes and secure implementation guidance that improve engineering productivity and delivery quality.

Reporting to the General Manager Cloud Computing Engineering the person in this role will join the Engineering Cloud and Software Development team to build and maintain secure scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure and systems.

What youll be doing

• Identify high-value opportunities to apply AI automation and agent-based workflows across the engineering stack and build working prototypes that demonstrate measurable engineering value
• Define practical patterns for AI agents across planning coding testing security review deployment and operations with clear human-in-the-loop checkpoints
• Translate prototypes into reusable patterns reference implementations and adoption guidance that move teams beyond isolated experiments
• Partner with security & architecture teams to define safe AI implementation guardrails for identity access data exposure prompt and context handling logging and auditability
• Lead mentor and develop a team of engineers; drive adoption across DevEx platform engineering security and product engineering through credibility and execution
• Incubate emerging ideas validate technical feasibility and transition mature capabilities to long-term owning teams
• Drive measurable improvements in developer productivity delivery quality and engineering speed while reducing duplication across teams experimenting with AI

What you bring

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field or equivalent years of experience (an additional 4 years if no degree)
• 10 years of software engineering experience
• 3 years leading engineering teams in AI automation platform engineering DevOps or cloud engineering
• Hands-on experience building or enabling internal developer platforms automation frameworks or reusable engineering capabilities at enterprise scale
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools agent frameworks CI/CD platforms cloud-native architecture and secure implementation patterns (identity access secrets auditability)
• Demonstrated ability to drive adoption across cross-functional teams through influence credibility and practical execution

Added bonus if you have

• Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field
• 12 years of software engineering experience
• 5 years in a senior engineering leadership role at a large enterprise
• Hands-on experience with agent frameworks (e.g. LangChain AutoGen Semantic Kernel) LLM platforms (AWS Bedrock Azure OpenAI Anthropic Claude) evaluation harnesses and Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar secure tool-use patterns

What well bring

During your interview process our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-leading benefits and career development opportunities. A few highlights include:

• A work environment built on teamwork flexibility and respect
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career as well as tuition reimbursement
• Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount
• Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable)
• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family
• Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Referral services related to prenatal services adoption childcare schools and more
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts (Health Savings Account Health Care FSA Dependent Care FSA)
• Relocation Assistance (if applicable)

Belonging at Toyota

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace all perspectives and value unique human experiences. Respect for all is our North Star. Toyota is proud to have 10 different Business Partnering Groups across 100 different North American chapter locations that support team members efforts to dream do and grow without questioning that they belong.

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