IT Principal Technical Lead, AI & Automation

Location: Remote, United States; remote-eligible employees cannot be located in the listed excluded states, including Kentucky. Regular hours are day shift.

Salary: $155,900–$204,645 per year, depending on experience, skills, background, and location.

Company

hirify.global provides semiconductor test and measurement technologies and services across the product life cycle, serving customers through facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America.

What you will do

• Develop enterprise AI strategy, standards, governance frameworks, usage policies, and responsible adoption practices.
• Partner with business leaders across engineering, design, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, HR, and sales to prioritize high-value AI and automation opportunities.
• Evaluate, select, implement, and manage the lifecycle of AI platforms, tools, and services.
• Lead cross-functional delivery of AI and automation solutions from concept through production.
• Create reusable implementation patterns, templates, best practices, and accelerators for enterprise adoption.
• Measure adoption, business impact, and operational effectiveness while advising leaders and mentoring technical staff.

Requirements

• Minimum 15 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree, 12 years with a master's degree, 8 years with a PhD, or equivalent experience.
• Experience building or leading AI, automation, analytics, or digital transformation capabilities in a complex enterprise.
• Strong understanding of AI platforms, copilots, agents, automation technologies, large language models, and implementation patterns.
• Experience integrating AI solutions with enterprise applications, business processes, and data platforms.
• Strong communication, leadership, facilitation, stakeholder-management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to build standards and structure in ambiguous environments while prioritizing secure, maintainable, measurable business outcomes.

Nice to have

• Experience with manufacturing systems, engineering systems, supply chain processes, enterprise applications, or other operational business environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability coverage.
• 401(k) with company match and employee stock purchase plan.
• Paid time off, flexible spending or savings accounts, and quarterly profit-sharing bonuses.
• Focus on customer value, ownership, respectful communication, and developing people.