Principal Agentic AI Expert — Energy AI Transformation

Equinor; Stavanger; On-site; NOK 2,000,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Equinor is seeking a Principal Agentic AI Expert to push the boundaries of AI in the energy sector. You will lead design and development of agentic AI solutions, work hands-on with LLMs, orchestration and enterprise integrations, and mentor colleagues across a global organization.

From ideation to production, you will evaluate models, establish scalable AI practices, and collaborate with engineers, geoscientists and business teams to deliver measurable business value.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in operations research, applied mathematics, computer science, data science, control/automation, engineering or a related discipline.
• Strong practical experience with generative AI and modern language models.
• Proven ability to build and deploy AI solutions in production environments.
• Expertise in AI agents, RAG, model evaluation, AI engineering, multimodal AI or applied machine learning.
• Strong software engineering skills and a willingness to stay hands-on.
• Curiosity, creativity and a passion for making new technology useful.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of advanced agentic AI solutions.
• Explore and apply emerging techniques in AI agents, reasoning systems, orchestration and multimodal AI.
• Work hands-on with large language models, retrieval systems, AI agents and enterprise integrations.
• Partner with engineering and product teams to bring solutions from idea to production.
• Evaluate models, frameworks and architectures, identifying what creates real business value.
• Help establish best practices for scalable, reliable and responsible AI.
• Mentor colleagues and contribute to the growth of Equinor's AI community.
• Represent Equinor in external AI communities, conferences and collaborations when relevant.

Skills

Generative AI

Language models

Production deployment

AI engineering

Education

Advanced degree (MS/PhD)

Tools

Azure AI Foundry

LangGraph

Job description

Equinor is seeking a Principal Agentic AI Expert to push the boundaries of AI in the energy sector. You will lead design and development of agentic AI solutions, work hands-on with LLMs, orchestration and enterprise integrations, and mentor colleagues across a global organization.

From ideation to production, you will evaluate models, establish scalable AI practices, and collaborate with engineers, geoscientists and business teams to deliver measurable business value.