AI Solution Architect

AI Solution Architect

The AI Solution Architect is responsible for the architecture and design of enterprise AI solutions, with a primary focus on AI agents and agentic workflows that support Aptiv business priorities. This role defines and maintains reusable design standards, reference patterns, templates and test frameworks to enable scalable, secure and efficient delivery across the enterprise. The position partners with business stakeholders and technical delivery teams to translate approved use cases into high-quality solution designs that are aligned with enterprise architecture, platform standards and governance requirements.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Analytics and AI Architecture, this role works in close collaboration with platform architects, solution architects, cyber security architects, enterprise architects, DevOps engineers and business requestors, the AI Solution Architect develops both high-level and low-level designs that maximise reuse, improve delivery efficiency and reduce unnecessary proliferation of agents and tooling. The role also assesses emerging platforms, models and tools to inform Aptiv’s enterprise AI development approach and ensure solutions are built on the most appropriate, supportable and scalable capabilities.

Roles and Responsibilities

- Design and deliver scalable, secure, and business-focused AI agent solutions and intelligent workflows.
- Develop architecture standards, reusable frameworks, and best practices for AI assistants, agents, and automation solutions.
- Partner with business stakeholders and technical teams to define requirements, identify opportunities, and translate ideas into practical AI solutions.
- Establish testing, evaluation, and governance frameworks to ensure AI solutions are reliable, safe, compliant, and fit for purpose.
- Collaborate with architects, engineers, and security teams to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, data, integration, and compliance standards.
- Drive reuse, simplification, and adoption of enterprise AI platforms, reducing duplication and promoting standardized approaches.
- Evaluate emerging AI technologies, platforms, and architectural patterns to support innovation and continuous improvement.
- Contribute to the evolution of Aptiv’s enterprise AI strategy, architecture standards, and delivery capabilities.

Required Experience and Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or a related field.
- Strong solution, application or enterprise architecture experience in complex global environments.
- Hands-on experience designing AI, automation, integration or workflow solutions on enterprise cloud platforms.
- Experience with generative AI, AI agents, copilots, RAG and workflow orchestration.
- Strong knowledge of high- and low-level design, architecture documentation and design assurance.
- Experience testing and evaluating AI or software solutions, including non-functional quality.
- Experience taking solutions from concept to delivery across business and technical teams.
- Understanding of enterprise integration, security, identity, data, support and reuse principles.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry and related cloud and security capabilities.
- Ability to balance speed, maintainability, cost, risk, control and business value.
- Strong communication, documentation and stakeholder management skills.
- AI-ready data engineering for AI/ML pipelines, feature stores and vector databases.
- Advanced conceptual, logical, physical and semantic data modelling.
- Design of automated, scalable and resilient batch and streaming ETL/ELT pipelines.
- Management of data lifecycles and storage tiers across lakes and warehouses.
- Data quality, privacy, lineage and secure governance for compliant AI solutions.

Why join Aptiv

You grow at Aptiv.

Aptiv's winning culture is global by design. We bring together diverse perspectives, cultures, and business contexts to solve our customers' toughest challenges. In this environment, every individual can grow, lead, and make an impact, regardless of background, because inclusion fuels how we innovate and win.

You make an impact at Aptiv.

One of the strengths of humanity is our drive to progress, to improve, to achieve more tomorrow than we did yesterday. People need solutions they can trust when it matters most. At Aptiv, you are building those solutions every day.

You have support at Aptiv.

We ensure you have the resources and support you need to take care of your family, your physical health, and your mental health with a competitive benefits package.

Preferred Experience

- Microsoft certifications in Azure, Copilot, Power Platform or solution architecture.
- Experience with enterprise AI governance, architecture review boards, privacy and cyber security review processes.
- Experience designing solutions that integrate with platforms such as ServiceNow, SAP, Salesforce or similar enterprise applications.
- Knowledge of AI evaluation disciplines such as prompt testing, safety testing, hallucination reduction, grounding design and operational monitoring.
- Familiarity with DevOps, GitHub, CI/CD and release management practices for AI or software delivery.
- Experience in regulated, global or matrixed organisations with strong governance and control expectations.
- Awareness of emerging standards, protocols and patterns relevant to enterprise agentic AI, including reusable tool integration and multi-agent orchestration approaches.

Your Benefits at Aptiv:

- Benefits/Perks: Personal holidays, Healthcare, Pension, Tax saver scheme, Free Onsite Breakfast & Lunch, Discounted Corporate Gym Membership.
- Multicultural environment
- Learning, professional growth and development in a world-recognized international environment.
- Access to internal & external training, coaching & certifications.
- Recognition for innovation and excellence.
- Access to transportation: Grand Canal Dock is well-connected to public transportation, including DART trains, buses, and bike-sharing services, making it easy to get to and from the area.

At Aptiv, we deliver innovative solutions that people trust when it matters most.

Progress is never static. It is about reaching further, exploring new possibilities, and enabling mobility. Aptiv empowers customers to create solutions people rely on—advancing safety and autonomy in Automotive and Commercial Vehicles, enabling mission-critical performance in Aerospace & Defense, and powering intelligent systems across Energy, Enterprise, and Telecommunications. We also drive precision and efficiency in Industrials & Robotics and support life-critical innovation in Medical technologies.

Guided by our winning culture and values to Think & Act Like Owners, as One Team, and Play to Win, we turn commitment into results and achieve more together.

Join Us to Deliver Innovative Solutions That People Trust!

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