AI Solution Engineer

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

In AECOM’s AI Engineering team your code will directly shape the physical world around us. We build AI-driven technology that revolutionises how infrastructure and buildings are designed and engineered; reducing waste, cutting CO₂, and making the built environment more efficient and sustainable. This is where software has measurable, real-world impact.

With our AI Engineering team we’ve created a unique setup: a lean, highly technical team with the speed and ownership of a start up, backed by the scale, resources, and domain expertise of one of the world’s leading engineering firms.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. We are leading the industry’s AI transformation, and with our people and technology we deliver excellence and innovate with impact.

We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams to solve the world’s most complex challenges. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

What You’ll Do

As part of our AI Engineering team, you will operate at the intersection of technology, product, and business - shaping how AI is applied across all of AECOM. You will turn ideas into validated solution concepts, helping the organization understand what is possible, valuable, and feasible.

• Identify and shape AI opportunities across the business

• Assess feasibility by balancing technical capability, business value, and complexity

• Design and build prototypes, demos, and MVPs

• Translate problems into structured approaches and PRDs

• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and domain experts

• Explore emerging AI models and tools

• Support the lifecycle from concept to production handover

• Operate flexibly across demos, prototyping, and exploration

As a AI Solution Engineer you might run a demo, support operational challenges, explore the latest LLM capabilities, join workshops, make discovery calls, and sometimes just spend a full day building PoCs and MVPs. No two days are the same

Qualifications

Must-Have Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, software engineering, innovation/entrepreneurship/technology or a related technical field or equivalent demonstrable experience

• Background in AI, engineering, data, product or consulting (mindset matters more than title)

• Understanding of AI/LLM capabilities and limitations, and familiarity with AI tooling (LLMs, APIs, MCPs, RAG systems)

• Ability to build prototypes using Python, web frameworks and similar tools, with good understanding of the idea-prototype-production lifecycle

• Experience translating ideas into structured approaches or prototypes, assess feasibility and communicate trade-offs

Preferred Skills

• Experience working with senior stakeholders to shape solutions

• Experience translating ideas into structured approaches or prototypes

• High-level understanding of cloud platforms, containers, and backend system

• Exposure to finance, operations, or commercial work

Additional Information

Our Hiring Process

• 25-minute screening call

• Take-home challenge: A hands-on task to assess your problem-solving and technical skills

• Combined technical and cultural interview (in-person)

• Whiteboard Interview: 1-hour with 2 of our engineers to discuss your solution to the take-home challenge

• Culture fit: 30-minute meeting with our leadership team

Why Join Us?

• Work on real-world problems where AI creates measurable impact.

• Be part of a team where your work matters, and your ideas become real.

• Collaborate with sharp, driven colleagues in a culture of trust, ownership, and high standards.

• Contribute to making the built environment smarter and more sustainable.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resourc