AI Automation Engineer
hitachienergy
Job Description
- Design and build AI-powered and agentic solutions that automate complex, repetitive, or decision-driven tasks across Common Shared Services processes.
- Develop applications leveraging large language models (LLMs) and multimodal foundation models using techniques such as Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), tool calling, structured outputs, and context engineering.
- Build, orchestrate, and govern AI agents using frameworks such as LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, Microsoft Agent Framework, Azure AI Foundry Agent Service, and Model Context Protocol (MCP).
- Develop APIs, integrations, and event-driven pipelines that embed AI capabilities into enterprise platforms including SAP, ServiceNow, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, data lakehouse environments, and existing automation technologies.
- Optimize models through prompt engineering, fine-tuning, distillation, and quantization to achieve the right balance of accuracy, performance, scalability, and cost.
- Establish AI evaluation and observability practices including automated evaluations, regression testing, tracing, quality monitoring, cost governance, and performance measurement.
- Apply Responsible AI and security-by-design principles, including content safety controls, human oversight, prompt injection protection, privacy safeguards, auditability, and regulatory compliance.
- Partner with business stakeholders, process owners, and analysts to identify automation opportunities, assess business value, and deliver impactful AI solutions.
- Translate technical concepts into actionable business insights while maintaining clear documentation, architecture definitions, and knowledge-sharing materials.
- For AI Delivery, drive the industrialization of validated AI use cases through scalable architectures, LLMOps/MLOps practices, CI/CD automation, deployment standards, and production support models.
- For AI Exploration, evaluate emerging AI technologies, conduct proofs of concept, benchmark new capabilities, and prototype innovative approaches including GraphRAG, agentic workflows, document intelligence, and multimodal AI solutions.
- Ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
- Live Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity by taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.