AI Architect (Autonomous Mining)

Location: Shanghai, China

Company

hirify.global develops heavy equipment, industrial technology, and digital solutions for mining and autonomous operations.

What you will do

• Define enterprise AI architecture strategy, technical roadmaps, reference designs, reusable frameworks, and governance standards.
• Architect AI-enabled autonomous haulage, mining trucks, fleet intelligence, route optimization, mission planning, traffic management, and site orchestration.
• Design Physical AI and embodied AI systems for perception, world understanding, reasoning, planning, action execution, closed-loop learning, and human-AI interaction.
• Lead architectures for generative AI assistants, LLMs, RAG, multi-agent systems, enterprise search, and operational decision support.
• Integrate AI across Atlas, MineStar, connected equipment, operational data platforms, cloud infrastructure, digital twins, knowledge graphs, and semantic search.
• Lead data governance, responsible AI, lifecycle management, monitoring, validation, cybersecurity, privacy, and regulatory compliance while mentoring technical teams and supporting executive decisions.

Requirements

• Master's degree in artificial intelligence, computer science, robotics, autonomous systems, electrical engineering, data science, systems engineering, mining engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, systems engineering, autonomy, robotics, or platform architecture, including 5+ years designing and deploying AI solutions in production.
• Experience delivering large-scale enterprise or industrial AI platforms and leading cross-functional technology initiatives.
• Expertise in generative AI, LLMs, agentic AI, multi-agent systems, machine learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, prompt engineering, and RAG architectures.
• Knowledge of Physical AI, embodied AI, world models, autonomous decision-making, behavioral AI, human-AI collaboration, robotics foundation models, and edge AI.
• Experience with autonomous vehicle technologies including perception, localization and mapping, sensor fusion, path planning, controls architecture, vehicle intelligence, and functional safety.
• Experience with Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, AWS, Kubernetes, microservices, distributed computing, event-driven systems, and REST APIs.
• Knowledge of knowledge graphs, ontology engineering, vector databases, semantic search, digital twin architecture, data governance, and enterprise knowledge systems.
• Programming experience with Python, C++, C#, or Java; demonstrated strategic thinking, systems thinking, technical leadership, collaboration, executive communication, problem solving, and business acumen.

Nice to have

• Ph.D. in artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, autonomous systems, computer science, electrical engineering, mining engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience with autonomous mining, autonomous trucks, heavy equipment, mining or construction technology, industrial automation, robotics, or intelligent transportation systems.
• Experience with MineStar or equivalent fleet management platforms, AI-enabled equipment, industrial AI assistants, edge AI deployment, autonomous platforms, digital twins, operational simulation, or agentic AI frameworks.
• Publications, patents, research contributions, or technology commercialization in AI, robotics, autonomous systems, Physical AI, or mining technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role within hirify.global's Technology, Digital and Data career area.
• Work focuses on building scalable, commercially deployable AI solutions for autonomous mining and more sustainable industrial operations.
• hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer; qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted during the posting period from November 4, 2026 through December 3, 2026.