AI Solutions Engineer

Atkore • Mokena, IL

7d • $110,400 - $151,800 • Onsite

About The Position

Atkore is forging a future where our employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders, and communities are building better together – a future focused on serving the customer and powering and protecting the world. With a global network of manufacturing and distribution facilities, Atkore is a leading provider of electrical, safety, and infrastructure solutions. We are looking for an AI Solutions Engineer to support Atkore’s newly established AI team. The AI Solutions Engineer will be a member of the Enterprise Architecture, Data Services and Automation (RPA/AI) team. This team works across all business and IT teams to turn Atkore strategy into executable and scalable platforms, delivering secure, resilient integration and automation to connect processes, applications and data end-to-end. This role reports to the Director of IT Enterprise Architecture, Data Services and Automation (RPA/AI) and will be based in our Mokena, Illinois office.

Requirements

• BS / BA in Computer Science, Business or related field of study
• At least 5 years of experience in backend software development or enterprise systems integration
• Proficiency in Python, RESTful API design, and data serialization formats such as JSON and YAML
• Experience working with enterprise data platforms, message queues, or service buses
• Working knowledge of AI and agent-based architectures, including LLM APIs (e.g. MCP, A2A, etc.), embeddings, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) concepts
• Hands‑on experience with public cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
• Familiarity with data platforms and analytics ecosystems supporting structured and unstructured enterprise data
• Familiarity with Software Development Life Cycle and Agile delivery processes
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Must embrace and foster an environment that supports our core values of Accountability, Teamwork, Integrity, Respect, Excellence

Nice To Haves

• Experience integrating with legacy systems, manufacturing, or operational technology (OT) environments preferred

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain AI agent runtime environments supporting internal AI tools and solutions
• Develop and manage connectors and integrations with enterprise platforms such as ERP, MES, CRM, databases, and file systems
• Standardize and expose data and process access through well-defined REST, GraphQL, or asynchronous APIs
• Implement observability, logging, and error-handling frameworks to monitor AI agent behavior and performance
• Partner closely with business analysts, product owners, and application teams to translate AI use cases into production-ready integrations
• Contribute to shared metadata standards, interface contracts, and integration patterns to enable safe and reusable AI capabilities
• Support secure and scalable AI adoption by aligning with cyber security, data governance, and infrastructure standards
• Stay current on emerging AI agent architectures, integration frameworks, and enterprise AI best practices
• Work closely with Data Engineering, Application Integration, and other IT teams to enable AI use cases across Atkore operations

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401k
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Any leave required under federal, state, or local law

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level