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Agentic AI Engineer, Automation

Workplace
On-site
Commitment
Full-time
Seniority
Junior
Salary
$220,000 - $292,000/yr
Posted
Location
Costa Mesa, United States

We are looking for an Agentic AI Engineer to automate engineering workflows, build new capability through agents, and improve how engineers access and act on their data. You will own agent pipelines end to end: orchestration logic, tool and data integrations, evaluation harnesses, and guardrails. Much of the work is getting agents to drive legacy engineering software which were built for human operators rather than programmatic control. You will also use agents to build new tools as programs evolve and requirements change, standing up capability on program timelines rather than software release cycles.

Responsibilities

  • Build and deploy multi-agent pipelines that compress the engineering design loop, including automated case setup, batch submission, and post-processing of solver runs across CFD, FEA, thermal, and electromagnetics
  • Design, implement, and evolve how agents interact with classical engineering software: tool calling, prompt engineering, task decomposition, state management, retries, and human-in-the-loop checkpoints,
  • Automate data extraction and aggregation across solvers, test benches, and program systems, and build the dashboards that give engineers and leadership rapid access to their own results
  • Build bespoke tooling through agents for engineering sub-disciplines, including aerodynamics, thermal, GNC, structures, and avionics, that brings new capability in-house
  • Choose which model to run at each stage of agent work, from planning through tool development to execution, and tune routing, context management, and caching so agents run efficiently against token cost and latency budgets
  • Build the evaluation harnesses, guardrails, and sandboxed execution needed to defend agent behavior before it is deployed on a program
  • Mentor engineers who are not ML specialists, and work with them to identify and scope the projects where agents deliver the highest impact

Requirements

  • MS or PhD in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering, computer science, data science, or machine learning
  • 0-3 years of professional experience, with demonstrated hands-on work implementing agentic AI systems
  • Strong programming skills in Python and MATLAB, and working knowledge of at least one additional core language such as Java, Go, or C++
  • Experience with Model Context Protocols, including building and maintaining MCP servers
  • Experience building agentic systems, including multi-agent orchestration, tool calling, prompt engineering, integration into classical software systems and retrieval-augmented generation
  • Experience with data extraction, aggregation, and sanitization techniques, and with building production data pipelines from heterogeneous engineering and test sources
  • Proficiency developing on Linux, with containerized deployment via Docker and Kubernetes
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice to have

  • Experience deploying LLM applications in accredited or otherwise restricted cloud environments
  • Experience with cost and latency optimization at scale, including caching, batching, and prompt and context efficiency
  • Experience with structured output, function calling, and prompt optimization at production scale
  • Experience building knowledge graphs or semantic layers over engineering data
  • Familiarity with engineering toolchains such as PLM systems, requirements management tools, solvers, and test data systems

Benefits

  • The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
  • At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.