AI Agent Engineer

Location: Dublin, Ireland

Position Summary

The AI Agentic Engineer will work directly with business stakeholders to understand use cases, shape requirements and deliver scalable, supportable AI agents and agentic workflows.

Reporting to the Senior Manager Enterprise AI Solutions, this role owns the design, build and technical testing of approved agent solutions, partnering with the AI Solution Architects for design approval and with QA engineers to support formal testing and production readiness. This role is responsible for embedding compliance by design, promoting reuse of approved components and patterns, minimising agent sprawl and ensuring high-quality operational support for agents in production

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Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Partner directly with business stakeholders to understand business problems, use cases, process requirements and expected outcomes for new AI agents and agentic workflows.
• Own the end-to-end technical delivery of assigned agents, including solution design, configuration, build, unit testing and technical validation.
• Work closely with the AI Architect to align proposed solutions to enterprise architecture standards and obtain design approval before deployment.
• Partner with QA engineers as needed to support test planning, defect resolution, evaluation activities and production readiness.
• Collaborate with colleagues across IT platforms, cyber security, legal and other control functions to optimise agent performance and embed compliance by design.
• Promote reuse of approved agent patterns, shared components and existing solutions to reduce duplication and minimise agent sprawl across the enterprise.
• Support deployment, monitoring, issue resolution, maintenance and continuous improvement of agents already in production.
• Maintain clear technical documentation, implementation notes and operational handover materials to support sustainable service operations.
• Operate within a Kanban-based workflow, balancing delivery capacity between new agent development and operational support for existing agents.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or a related field.
• Experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry or related AI and automation platforms
• Familiarity with GitHub, version control, release management and DevOps toolchains.
• Experience working with enterprise governance, responsible AI, security and compliance requirements.
• Experience in DevOps, platform engineering, automation or software engineering, with hands-on responsibility for design, build, testing and operational support.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Experience working across architecture, engineering, QA, cyber security, legal and platform teams in a controlled enterprise environment.
• Experience with AI agents, workflow automation and integration patterns.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to platform ecosystems such as SAP, Salesforce or ServiceNow and their AI capabilities.
• Familiarity with agile or Kanban delivery methods, structured testing approaches and operational service support.
• Experience operating in global, matrixed or regulated enterprise environments.

Why join Aptiv

You grow at Aptiv.

Aptiv's winning culture is global by design. We bring together diverse perspectives, cultures, and business contexts to solve our customers' toughest challenges. In this environment, every individual can grow, lead, and make an impact, regardless of background, because inclusion fuels how we innovate and win. 

You make an impact at Aptiv.

One of the strengths of humanity is our drive to progress, to improve, to achieve more tomorrow than we did yesterday. People need solutions they can trust when it matters most. At Aptiv, you are building those solutions every day.

You have support at Aptiv.

We ensure you have the resources and support you need to take care of your family, your physical health, and your mental health with a competitive benefits package.

Your Benefits at Aptiv:

• Benefits/Perks: Personal holidays, Healthcare, Pension, Tax saver scheme, Free Onsite Breakfast & Lunch, Discounted Corporate Gym Membership.
• Multicultural environment
• Learning, professional growth and development in a world-recognized international environment.
• Access to internal & external training, coaching & certifications.
• Recognition for innovation and excellence.
• Access to transportation: Grand Canal Dock is well-connected to public transportation, including DART trains, buses, and bike-sharing services, making it easy to get to and from the area.

At Aptiv, we deliver innovative solutions that people trust when it matters most. 

Progress is never static. It is about reaching further, exploring new possibilities, and enabling mobility. Aptiv empowers customers to create solutions people rely on—advancing safety and autonomy in Automotive and Commercial Vehicles, enabling mission-critical performance in Aerospace & Defense, and powering intelligent systems across Energy, Enterprise, and Telecommunications. We also drive precision and efficiency in Industrials & Robotics and support life-critical innovation in Medical technologies.  

Guided by our winning culture and values to Think & Act Like Owners, as One Team, and Play to Win, we turn commitment into results and achieve more together.  

Join Us to Deliver Innovative Solutions That People Trust! 

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