Sr.Engineer Data Science & Agentic AI

At Niagara, we're looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Sr.Engineer Data Science & Agentic AI

As a Data Science & Agentic AISr.Engineer,you will develop, design, implement, and deliver advanced data science, machine learning, and agentic AI products for all aspects of Machine Maintenance. The role creates novel predictive and prescriptive maintenance solutions, including AI agents and multi-agent workflows that can retrieve knowledge, reason over asset and maintenance data, use approved tools and APIs, and recommend or automate maintenance actions withappropriate humanoversight. You will perform data wrangling, exploratory, descriptive, predictive, prescriptive, and agent-enabledanalysisand visualization on both a recurring and ad hoc basis in support of the Projects Manager and the Maintenance user base. The Data Science & Agentic AISr. Engineerwillidentifynew opportunities for intelligent process automation, Agentic AI, KPIs, visualizations, reports, dashboards, and decision-support products by aligning organizational insight requests with leadership's strategicobjectives.

Detailed Description

• Full Spectrum Data Science and Agentic AI Management

• Lead the entire data science, machine learning, and agentic AI lifecycle, from problem definition and data collection through model/agent design, deployment, monitoring, governance, and continuous improvement.

• Ensure seamless integration and coordination across data pipelines, ML/DL models, LLM applications, agentic workflows, APIs, and business processes,optimizing forsafety, scalability, efficiency, and business impact.

• Establish robust monitoring mechanisms for deployed models and AI agents, enabling proactive identification of performance, reliability, drift, safety, cost, and governance issues.

• ML/DL and Agentic AI Strategy Development:

• Define and execute the overall machine learning, deep learning, and Agentic AI strategy aligned with business goals,maintenancereliability priorities, and enterprise technology standards.

• Work closely with stakeholders toidentifyopportunities for advanced analytics, predictive modeling, AI agents, and intelligent workflow automation that improve maintenance reliability, decision quality, and operational efficiency.

• Agentic AI Strategy and Execution:

• Define and lead the Agentic AI roadmap for predictive maintenance,maintenanceknowledge management, work-order triage, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and prescriptive reliability workflows.

• Design, build, and deploy AI agents and multi-agent workflows using large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), vector search, tool/function calling, workflow orchestration, and secure API integrations.

• Integrate agentic workflows with CMMS/EAM, maintenance, asset, IoT, historian, PLC/SCADA, cloud, and enterprise data platforms whilemaintaininghuman-in-the-loop controls for higher-risk actions.

• EstablishAgentOps,LLMOps, andMLOpspractices for prompt/version management, agent evaluation, observability, guardrails, traceability, cost monitoring, model drift detection, and continuous improvement.

• Implement agentic AI safety, privacy, and security controls, including least-privilege access, data protection, prompt-injection mitigation, approval gates, audit trails, and responsible AI governance.

• ML/DL and Agentic AI Implementation and Execution:

• Drive large-scale data science, ML/DL, and Agentic AI projects thatleveragedata transformation, machine learning models, LLM applications, and intelligent workflow automation.

• Develop first-class predictive maintenance tools, AI agents, and insights for customers by balancing data complexity, coding/visualization platforms, reliability requirements, risk controls, and client demands.

• Automate and streamline projects, reports,maintenanceworkflows, and agent-enabled decision processes to increase efficiency, scalability, and adoption.

• Develop alternative procedures, data products, agent tools, and processing methods tooptimizedata interactions, human-machine collaboration, and new insights.

• Contribute to storyboarding activities, developing recommendations for an executive-level audience, and producing leadership-quality deliverables

• Manage and review ad hoc automation, AI agent, analytics, and information product support requests.

• Collaboration: Work closely with project management teams, IT professionals, reliability engineers, maintenance leaders, and business stakeholders toidentifyopportunities for AI agents, ML models, and automation to enhance maintenance execution and project management.

• Documentation: Document project requirements, methodologies, architecture decisions, agent workflows, evaluation results, risks, and outcomes. Prepare technical reports, presentations, and user guides to effectively communicate AI/ML/Agentic AI solutions to stakeholders.

• Research and Innovation: Stay updated with the latest advancements in AI/ML, Agentic AI, LLMs, RAG, vector search, orchestration frameworks, and industrial automation. Conduct research and experiments to explorenew approachesand improve existing models and agents.

• Ethical, Legal, and Responsible AI Considerations: Ensure compliance with ethical standards and legal requirements when dealing with sensitive data, privacy, bias, explainability, autonomy, human oversight, and potential misuse of AI/ML models or AI agents.

• Training and Knowledge Sharing: Shareexpertisein AI/ML, Agentic AI, responsible automation, and insights with colleagues, stakeholders, and team members. Conduct training sessions or workshops tofacilitateeffectiveutilizationof machine learning programs, AI agents, libraries, and governance practices.

• Knowledge of data acquisition and data Engineering for manufacturing

• Please note that this job description is not designed tocontaina comprehensive list of activities, duties,or responsibilities that arerequired ofthe employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities,and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.

Data Science & Agentic AI Manager is estimated to travel 10-30%

• Pleasenotethis job description is not a full list of activities,dutiesor responsibilitiesrequired ofthe employee for this job.Duties,responsibilities,and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.

WorkExperience/KSA's

Required:

• 5-7 years - Experience in Python, R, or another programming language

• 5-7 years - Experience with TensorFlow,PyTorch, scikit-learn, or comparable ML frameworks

• 3-5 years - Experience in Industrial ML, Automation, Data Science, AI, or related fields

• 3-5 years - Experience with cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP

• 2-4 years - Experience with natural language processing (NLP), LLM applications, prompt engineering, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)

• 2-4 years - Experience designing or deploying Agentic AI solutions, AI agents, RAG applications, LLM-powered workflows, or intelligent automation

• 2-4 years - Experience with agent orchestration and LLM application frameworks or platforms such asLangChain,LlamaIndex, Microsoft Semantic Kernel,AutoGen, Azure AI Foundry, OpenAI API, or equivalent

• 3-5 years - Experience with Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning, or advanced predictive modeling

• 2-4 years - Experience with ethical, legal, privacy, security, and responsible AI considerations in machine learning and agentic AI systems

• 2-4 years - Experience implementing AI guardrails, prompt/agent evaluation, telemetry, human-in-the-loop review, and model or agent monitoring

• *Experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Preferred:

• 7-10 years - Experience in Python, R, or another programming language

• 7-10 years - Experience with TensorFlow,PyTorch, scikit-learn, or comparable ML frameworks

• 5-7 years - Experience in Industrial ML, Automation, Data Science, AI, or related fields

• 5-7 years - Experience with cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP

• 3-5 years - Experience with natural language processing (NLP), LLM applications, prompt engineering, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)

• 3-5 years - Experience leading production Agentic AI, LLM, RAG, or multi-agent orchestration initiatives in industrial, manufacturing, maintenance, reliability, or enterprise operations environments

• 5-7 years - Experience with Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning, or advanced predictive modeling

• 3-5 years - Experience with ethical, legal, privacy, security, and responsible AI considerations in machine learning and agentic AI systems

• 3-5 years - Experience withAgentOps/LLMOpspractices, including monitoring, evaluation, versioning, safety testing, audit trails, and cost/performance optimization

• *Experience may include a combination of work experience and education

PreferredCompetenciesand Skills

• Proficiencyin Azure MLStudioand related tools for model development, deployment, and monitoring.

• Proficiencyin Agentic AI and LLM application development, including prompt engineering, RAG, vector search/embeddings, function/tool calling, and agent workflow orchestration.

• Experience with Agentic AI frameworks or platforms such asLangChain,LlamaIndex, Microsoft Semantic Kernel,AutoGen,CrewAI, Azure AI Foundry, OpenAI API, or equivalent.

• Ability to design secure AI agent integrations with APIs, databases, CMMS/EAM platforms, cloud services, and industrial data sources while enforcing least-privilege access and approval gates.

• Ability to evaluate andmonitorAI agent performance using offline and online evaluations, trace logs, quality metrics, guardrails, human feedback, and incident response processes.

• Understanding of Responsible AI, privacy, prompt-injection risks, model/tool misuse, auditability, and governance for autonomous or semi-autonomous AI agents.

• Proficiencyin using query languages such as SQL, Hive, Pig. Etc.

• Proficiencyin, but not limited to:

• Microsoft Office Applications - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, Visio, etc.

• Proficiencyin applied statistical skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc.

• Basic understanding of data acquisition and processing tools and techniques and developing algorithms on common platforms to generate outputs

• Scripting and programming skills such as Python, SQL, JavaScript, C++, C#, or API-based integration for analytics, automation, and AI agent tool development

• Basic understanding of PLC/SCADA systems such SIEMENS S7, ALLEN BRADLEY,BnR,Edge data Management,etc.

• Understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms, such as k-NN, Naive Bayes, SVM, decision forests, gradient boosting, neural networks, and LLM-based approaches

• Preferred experience with common data science and AI toolkits, such as R, Weka, Python, NumPy, Matplotlib, Pandas, MATLAB, Azure ML, and LLM/agent development libraries

• Able to translate data, model outputs, and AI agent recommendations into actionable decisions for senior management

• Strong analytical andproblem-solvingskills

• Self-motivated with a proven record of taking initiative

• Able to work with minimal supervision

• Detail-oriented with excellent oral and written communication skills

• Able to execute tasks in a very dynamic and ever-changing environment

Education

Minimum Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial/Automation Engineering, or other related fields or equivalent experience

• Preferred:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial/Automation Engineering, or related field

Certification/License:

• Required: N/A

• Preferred: N/A

Typical Compensation Range

Pay Rate Type: Salary $111,766.36 - $159,267.07 / Yearly

Benefits

Our Total Rewards package is thoughtfully designed to support both you and your family:

Regular full-time team members are offered a comprehensive benefits package, while part-time, intern, and seasonal team members are offered a limited benefits package.

• Paid Time Off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time
• Paid parental and caregiver leaves
• Medical, including virtual care options
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) with company match
• Health Savings Account with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Expanded mental wellbeing benefits including free counseling sessions for all team members and household family members
• Family Building Benefits including enhanced fertilitybenefits for IVF and fertility preservation plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements
• Income protection including Life and AD&D, short and long-term disability, critical illness and an accident plan
• Special discount programs including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, airport parking, etc.
• Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan and scholarship opportunities
• And more!

* *Los Angeles County applicants only** Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the California Fair Chance Act, and any other applicable local and state laws.

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