Avathon
Senior Solutions Architect (Pre-Sales)
Pleasanton, California, United States · Senior
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About the role
- Avathon is looking for a Senior Solutions Architect to lead pre-sales efforts of generative and agentic AI architectures for our customers across industrial sectors including Energy, Mining, Manufacturing, and Aerospace & Defense.
- You will be the technical anchor across the sales lifecycle - translating customer business objectives into concrete architectures built on Avathon's Computational Knowledge Graph (CKG), Model Hub, Agent Foundry, and Visual AI (VAIA) capabilities, integrated with hyperscaler infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Oracle) and customers' existing OT/IT systems.
- This role sits at the intersection of frontier AI and industrial transformation - partnering closely with account teams, forward-deployed engineering, and product to turn complex, multi-stakeholder requirements into production-grade AI solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement AI architectures that orchestrate complex workflows across enterprise and industrial systems, leveraging Avathon's Computational Knowledge Graph, Model Hub (industrial LLMs), Agent Foundry, and Visual AI (VAIA) - integrated with hyperscaler services (GCP, AWS, Oracle) and industrial data sources (SCADA, OPC-UA/DA, MQTT, historians).
- Lead thought leadership initiatives - representing Avathon at industry events and run demonstrations (e.g., ARC Industry Forum, Offshore Technology Conference, Hannover Messe, MINExpo International, ADIPEC), publishing technical content (blogs, whitepapers, reference architectures), and sharing best practices with the broader industrial AI community.
- Define and implement evaluation frameworks for AI systems - model performance benchmarking, output quality assessment, and operational monitoring (AIOps) - ensuring deployed solutions meet enterprise reliability and governance standards.
- Cutting-Edge AI Innovation -- Join a team at the forefront of AI, developing groundbreaking solutions that shape the future.
- Meaningful Impact -- Work on AI-driven projects that drive real change across industries and improve lives.
Requirements
- 5+ years of specific domain experience (software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, data/analytics, AI infrastructure, or security).
- At least 6 years' experience in customer facing roles
- Experience working with industrial data (SCADA, OPC-UA, MQTT, historians) or in industrial enterprise environments (Energy, Mining, Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense).
- Candidates must be located in the Bay Area and report into the Pleasanton HQ.
- 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting experience in enterprise SaaS applications.
- A certificate or demonstrated experience in Data Science or Machine Learning
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent listening and documentation skills
- Demonstrated leadership in coordinating and driving cross-functional efforts
- Flexibility to travel ~30-50% or as business needs require
- It Would Be Great If You Had:
- Experience with computer vision, vision-based AI modeling, or multi-modal systems.
Compensation
- $160,000 - $220,000. Candidates must be located in the Bay Area and report into the Pleasanton HQ.
Benefits
- With capabilities spanning digital twins, normal behavior modeling, natural language processing, and computer vision, Avathon delivers real-time predictive intelligence and agentic decision-making at industrial scale.
Company info
- Develop strategic technical roadmaps and implementation plans for generative and agentic AI solutions that align with customers' business objectives and existing OT/IT architecture.
- Who We Are & Why Join Us
- Avathon is the leading Industrial AI autonomy platform, helping customers across heavy industries -- energy, mining, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, and logistics -- accelerate the journey toward autonomous operations.
Equal opportunity
- Avathon is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Avathon is committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us to discuss how we can assist you.
- If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us to discuss how we can assist you.
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