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At Cerence, we are bringing together Voice AI, Industry 4.0, Digital Twins, Edge AI, and intelligent automation to create the next generation of connected worker and smart manufacturing solutions.\nRole Overview\nThe Senior Technical Solution Architect will lead the design and architecture of next-generation Industrial AI solutions that connect frontline workers, frontline processes, and enterprise systems through voice, AI, and digital twin technologies.\nThis role bridges frontline workers, factory-floor operations, enterprise applications, Industrial AI platforms, and operational technology (OT) environments to deliver next-generation voice-enabled, digital twin, and connected worker solutions for manufacturing environments.\nYour Impact\nDefining end-to-end Industry 4.0 and Industrial AI solution architectures.\nShape smart manufacturing platform roadmaps.\nConnect frontline workers, industrial assets, enterprise systems, and AI platforms through intelligent workflows.\nWork with System provider companies and their end-to-end applications to integrate the Cerence solution.\nDrive deployment of Voice AI, Edge AI, and embedded Small Language Models (SLMs) across manufacturing environments.\nInfluence product direction through customer engagements, pilots, and production deployments.\nLead technical discussions with customers, partners, product teams, and engineering organizations.\nKey Responsibilities\nIndustrial AI Architecture: Design scalable end-to-end architectures integrating Voice AI, SLMs into enterprise manufacturing systems.\nEnterprise & Factory Integration: Architect integrations with MES, ERP, PLM, WMS, CMMS, SCADA, and PLC environments.\nConnected Worker Solutions: Create architectures spanning mobile devices, rugged tablets, wearables, HMIs, industrial control panels, and factory-floor workflows.\nEdge AI & SLM Strategy: Define approaches for deploying SLMs and AI workloads across cloud, edge gateways, industrial PCs, and embedded environments.\nTechnical Leadership: Provide architecture governance, technical guidance, and solution leadership across multidisciplinary teams.\nSafety & Compliance: Ensure solutions meet industrial safety, cybersecurity, and compliance requirements.\nWhat You Bring\nMandatory (Must Have)\n5+ years of experience in Solution Architecture, Industrial AI, IIoT, Digital Twins, or Smart Manufacturing.\nStrong understanding of Industry 4.0 architectures, connected factories, Industrial IoT (IIoT), OT/IT convergence, digital threads, predictive maintenance, industrial analytics, and factory automation ecosystems.\nExperience designing solutions connecting frontline workers, frontline processes, industrial assets, and enterprise systems.\nProven experience with Digital Twin platforms such as NVIDIA Omniverse, NVIDIA Industrial Digital Twins, Azure Digital Twins, Siemens Digital Twin ecosystems, or similar solutions.\nExperience deploying and integrating Small Language Models (SLMs) in edge and industrial environments.\nStrong understanding of OPC UA, MQTT, PLC, SCADA, industrial telemetry, and operational technology integration.\nExperience integrating MES, ERP, PLM, WMS, CMMS, and enterprise manufacturing systems.\nCustomer-facing technical leadership experience and ability to engage senior stakeholders.\nGood to Have (Highly Valued Plus)\nExperience with Generative AI, LLMs, Agentic AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Knowledge Graphs, and Multimodal AI systems.\nExperience with Connected Worker platforms and Digital Manufacturing initiatives.\nIndustrial Cybersecurity standards including IEC 62443 and related OT security frameworks.\nExperience with Siemens, Rockwell Automation, Schneider Electric, ABB, Honeywell, or PTC ecosystems.\nPredictive Maintenance, Condition Monitoring, Factory Optimization, and Manufacturing Analytics solutions.\nWhy Join the Team\nHelp define how Voice AI and Industrial AI transform manufacturing operations worldwide.\nWork at the intersection of Industry 4.0, Digital Twins, Edge AI, and Conversational AI.\nShape products, customer solutions, and platform strategy in a rapidly growing market.\nInfluence real-world deployments that improve productivity, safety, and operational efficiency.\nEducation & Qualifications\nBachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Industrial Automation, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical discipline.\nWhat we offer\nWe offer a generous compensation and benefits package (in addition to the base salary), including:\nSalary range $132,200.00 USD - $211,400.00 USD / $187,014.75 CDN - $299,056.43 CDN It is not typical for offers to be made at or near the top of the range. The actual salary will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors. \nAnnual bonus opportunity \nInsurance coverage (medical, dental, vision, life, and disability) \nPaid time off \nPaid holidays \nCompany contribution to the 401(k) plan / CDN RRSP (Registered Retirement Savings Plan)\nEquity awards for certain positions and levels \nRemote and/or hybrid work available depending on the position \nAll compensation and benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of the underlying plans or programs, as applicable, and may be amended, terminated, or replaced from time to time.\nCerence Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNC and www.cerence.com) is the global industry leader in creating unique, moving experiences for the automotive world. Spun out from Nuance in October 2019, Cerence is a new, independent company that has quickly gained traction as a leader in the automotive voice assistant space, working with all of the world’s leading automakers - from Ford and Fiat Chrysler to Daimler, Audi and BMW to Geely and SAIC - to transform how a car feels, responds and learns. Its track record is built on more than 20 years of industry experience and leadership and more than 500 million cars on the road today across more than 70 languages.\nAs Cerence looks to the future and continues an ambitious growth agenda, we need someone to join the team and help build the future of voice and AI in cars. This is an exciting opportunity to join Cerence’s passionate, dedicated, global team and be a part of meaningful innovation in a rapidly growing industry.\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER\nCerence is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, genetic information and other protected classifications. Cerence Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.\nAll prospective and current Employees need to remain vigilant when it comes to executing security policies in the workplace. This includes:\n- Following workplace security protocols and training programs to familiarize with the ways to maintain a safe workplace.\n- Following security procedures to report any suspicious activity.\n- Having respect for corporate security procedures to allow those procedures to be effective.\n- Adhering to company's compliance and regulations.\n- Encouraging to follow a zero tolerance for workplace violence.\n- Basic knowledge of information security and data privacy requirements (e.g., how to protect data & how to be handling this data).\n- Demonstrative knowledge of information security through internal training programs.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7699,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity","Hybrid work","Insurance coverage","Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Artificial Intelligence","Conversational AI","Speech & Audio AI","Automotive Software"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-06T11:26:14Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":11,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.38,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":87,"expected_fill_days":26,"reasons":["conf:19","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-25T05:49:26Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":211400,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/cerence-senior-technical-solution-architect-industrial-ai","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/cerence-senior-technical-solution-architect-industrial-ai.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-25T21:49:42Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":30823,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-26T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":178070},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=178070"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcerence-senior-technical-solution-architect-industrial-ai"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcerence-senior-technical-solution-architect-industrial-ai"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcerence-senior-technical-solution-architect-industrial-ai"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/cerence-senior-technical-solution-architect-industrial-ai\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcerence-senior-technical-solution-architect-industrial-ai"}]}