Job Description
Job Title:
Engineering Manager – AI & IT Applications
Job Location:
Chennai, India
Join Us!
We combine
AtkinsRéalis
project management expertise and Hitachi Energy's deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon!
The Engineering Manager – AI & IT Applications is accountable for end‐to‐end engineering ownership of a large and diverse enterprise application landscape, spanning engineering platforms, ERP systems, business applications, SaaS tools, and AI-enabled systems.
The role leads application Discover → Separate → Migrate → Stabilize programs, ensures regulatory and AI governance compliance, and builds sustainable internal engineering capability with minimal vendor dependency.
What will you do?
Own engineering delivery and operational accountability across Discover → Separate → Migrate → Stabilize phases
Drive application rationalization, modernization, and standardization across a complex software estate
Lead SAP and non‐SAP migrations, including ERP consolidation and Oracle → SAP transformations
Own engineering decision authority across assigned portfolios, including technology selection and decommissioning
Establish and enforce engineering standards, delivery governance, and operating models (Agile, DevOps, ITSM)
Ensure secure run operations, performance, security, and lifecycle management post‐migration
Build, mentor, and lead high‐performing internal engineering teams across application domains
Lead vendor separation, knowledge transition, and cost optimization, reducing long‐term dependency
Partner with senior business, IT, security, data privacy, and architecture leaders to align outcomes
AI & Regulatory Accountability
Own engineering accountability for AI-enabled and AI-embedded applications
Ensure compliance with EU AI Act, GDPR, and enterprise AI governance requirements, including:




AI system inventory accuracy
Risk classification and human oversight requirements
Technical documentation and audit readiness
Partner with Legal, Risk, and Data teams to ensure compliant AI adoption and operations
Financial & Risk Accountability
Own application portfolio run costs, transformation budgets, and vendor spend optimization
Drive measurable ROI from application rationalization and modernization
Proactively manage delivery, operational, security, and regulatory risks
Experience, Education and other Required:
15+ years
of experience in enterprise application engineering and delivery
Proven leadership in large‐scale application separation, migration, or carve‐out programs
Strong experience managing
mixed on‐prem, SaaS, cloud, and AI‐enabled application landscapes
Demonstrated success leading multi‐technology, multi‐vendor global environments
Skills & Expertise
Mandatory:
Enterprise application engineering & lifecycle management
SAP ERP and large-scale SAP / non‐SAP migrations
Complex engineering application landscapes (CAD, BIM, simulation tools)
Delivery governance, operating models, and standards
Senior people leadership and capability building
Vendor separation and knowledge transition
Preferred:
AI/ML‐enabled enterprise applications and governance
Oracle to SAP migration experience
EU AI Act or regulated AI system exposure
What we offer:
In return, we offer a wide range of rewards and benefits,
20 days Privilege Leave,



13 days Emergency leave and 14 Public holidays per year
Global Career Progression Opportunities
Medical Insurance, Life Insurance
ED&I;:
When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Linxon - we encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more - so whoever you are, we hope you'll see things our way, too.
About Linxon
Building the infrastructure to power the world with carbon-free energy.
We combine
AtkinsRéalis
project management expertise and Hitachi Energy's
leading
technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon.
Linxon's vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.
As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy, and transportation.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.
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Worker Type
Employee
Job Type
Regular
At Linxon, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

📌 Engineering Manager Ai & It Applications (Chennai)
🏢 Linxon
📍 Chennai