Senior Agentic AI Engineer

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers – amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life‑saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility – our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Rockwell Automation is looking for an experienced Agentic AI Engineer to serve as a technical leader within our Data Science and Innovation Organization. This role is crucial for executing our enterprise AI vision by architecting, implementing, and deploying sophisticated Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions. We are looking for someone who is specialized in Generative AI – including RAG pipelines, agentic frameworks, and LLM implementation.

You will report to the Director MLE and Data Science Innovation.

• Architect and implement scalable end‑to‑end Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, including data ingestion, document processing, embedding generation, and integration with vector and No
  
  SQL databases.
• Design, engineer, and deploy production‑ready multi‑agent systems and services using frameworks such as Microsoft Semantic Kernel, Azure AI Foundry Agents, or Google Agent Development Kit (ADK).
• Lead the development of robust ML‑Ops infrastructure for AI systems, leveraging Azure Machine Learning (AML) or Kubeflow for pipeline orchestration, alongside Docker for containerization, and deploy inference services on server‑less platforms like Azure Container Apps or Google Cloud Run.
• Optimize model serving layers and high‑throughput data processing pipelines to achieve ultra‑low latency and efficient resource utilization using advanced libraries (e.g., Polars).
• Design and implement secure system architectures that comply with enterprise‑wide data governance and security policies, including PII filtering and guarded conversation frameworks.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and manage Azure infrastructure‑as‑code; implement centralized observability (logging and alerting) to support automated and reproducible CI/CD pipelines.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. (no employment visa sponsorship).

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience in AI/ML engineering and agentic AI product development.
• Master of Science in Business Analytics, Data Science, or a similar quantitative discipline.
• Expert‑level proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Hands‑on experience developing and deploying generative AI solutions, RAG pipelines, and multi‑agent frameworks across major cloud vendors.
• Experience with cloud platforms – Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with MLOps and orchestration tools such as Docker, Airflow, Kubeflow, and Azure Machine Learning (AML).
• Experience with vector search platforms like Azure Cosmos DB for Postgre
  
  SQL, Redis, Azure AI Search, or pgvector/Mongo Atlas.
• Familiarity with advanced statistical modeling techniques such as causal inference or matrix factorization.
• Familiarity with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies.

• Health Insurance – Medical, Dental, and Vision.
• 401(k).
• Paid Time Off.
• Parental and Caregiver Leave.
• Flexible Work Schedule – work with your manager to enjoy flexibility that fits your personal life.
• Benefits information available at

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation.

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans.

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Rockwell Automation’s hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.