Sr. Director, AI Architecture

**Job Description Summary**
The AI Architect is the senior technical leader for the team building AI enabled engineering capabilities across the business organizations of an aero engine and propulsion OEM. The role sets the reference architecture, selects and sequences the use cases worth pursuing, validates feasibility through proof of concept builds, and leads and coaches the engineers who deliver them, ensuring everything the team ships is deliverable inside aerospace constraints on data, security, and export control. It pairs hands on technical ownership with the second line leadership, operating plan and budget ownership, and governance responsibilities of the Sr. Director, Architecture (SPB1) standard, with five AI Engineers, one aligned to each business, as direct reports (growing to include team leads), and the mandate to grow the function as the portfolio expands. Deep credibility in the physics and engineering of the product, turbomachinery, aerodynamics, combustion, heat ...