Member of Technical Staff, Agentic AI Architect

Micron Technology, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Micron Technology, Inc. is seeking an experienced Member of Technical Staff to architect autonomous AI Agents for Smart Manufacturing AI Pathfinding & Innovation.

You will design multi-step agents, orchestrate LLMs with internal APIs, and drive production-grade pipelines in the cloud and on Kubernetes. You will mentor engineers, profile workloads, and advance security controls to mitigate prompt-injection risk while pushing the performance limits of agentic systems in a fast-paced semiconductor

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant industry experience in large-scale data/ML pipelines and/or production AI systems.
• Experience optimizing inference engines (vLLM, TensorRT-LLM) for autonomous AI Agent workloads.
• Proficiency with Large Language Models (LLMs), including prompt engineering and function calling.
• Experience designing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines with embeddings and vector search.
• Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, or CrewAI.
• Familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools, plugins, and skills, and the A2A protocol.
• Strong scripting and programming skills; cloud environment development.
• Experience with Kubernetes for deploying AI Agents and scalable workloads.
• Knowledge of PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn; ML tooling and profiling.
• Ability to mentor engineers on agentic design paradigms and optimization techniques.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop autonomous AI Agents capable of multi-step reasoning and tool execution to automate complex manufacturing workflows.
• Implement Agentic frameworks to orchestrate LLM interactions with internal APIs, databases, and software tools.
• Build and maintain agent evaluation harnesses to benchmark accuracy and task success across complex workflows.
• Analyze and profile agent and inference workloads to identify bottlenecks using profiling tools.
• Implement interoperable multi-agent systems using A2A protocol and MCP, including tools and plugins.
• Create/maintain CI/CD pipelines for deploying AI Agents to Kubernetes and cloud environments.
• Design and implement security controls for autonomous AI Agents, including sandboxing and prompt-injection mitigation.
• Mentor engineers on agentic system design paradigms and optimization techniques.

Job description

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever.Job Summary – Member of Technical Staff - Agentic AI Architect, Smart Manufacturing AI Pathfinding & Innovation (AIPI)Join an inclusive team passionate about one thing: using their expertise in the relentless pursuit of innovation for customers and partners. The memory solutions we build help make everything from virtual reality experiences to breakthroughs in neural networks possible. We do it all while committing to integrity, sustainability, and giving back to our communities. Because doing so can fuel the very innovation we are pursuing.The Smart Manufacturing and AI team at Micron Technology is looking for an ambitious engineer (Member of Technical Staff | MTS) to deliver industry-winning Agentic AI solutions that power Micron’s dominance in the highly competitive memory solutions market. This role sits at the intersection of applied Agentic AI engineering and production systems work: you will architect autonomous AI Agents and the agentic and data pipelines that power them, build robust CI/CD deployment paths to Kubernetes and containers, and push the limits of agent performance profiling and evaluation to turn massive data and compute into measurable manufacturing impact. Qualified applicants will have experience across data/cloud technologies and systems engineering, with extensive practice modeling data, querying, and deploying scalable pipelines to execute AI agents. You will collaborate with Data Scientists, Data Engineers and expert users to build and deploy scalable Agentic AI solutions that drive value and insight from Micron’s manufacturing processes and systems.If you enjoy solving hard problems at scale, thrive on turning speculative research into production-grade systems, and want to see your work drive silicon to market, this is the team for you.Responsibilities include, but not limited to:Design and develop autonomous AI Agents capable of multi-step reasoning, planning, and tool execution to automate complex manufacturing workflows.Implement Agentic frameworks to orchestrate LLM interactions with internal APIs, databases, and software tools.Build and maintain agent evaluation harnesses to benchmark agent accuracy, reliability, and task success across complex, multi-step workflows.Analyze and profile agent and inference workloads (e.g., tool-calling latency, multi-agent orchestration) to identify and resolve bottlenecks in compute and latency, using agent observability and profiling tools (e.g., PyTorch Profiler, LangSmith, OpenTelemetry).Implement interoperable multi-agent systems using the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol and the Model Context Protocol (MCP), including MCP tools, plugins, and skills.Create/maintain CI/CD pipelines for deploying AI Agents to Kubernetes and containerized environments in the cloud.Design and implement security controls for autonomous AI Agents, including sandboxing, access control, and mitigation of prompt-injection and tool-misuse risks.Mentor engineers on agentic system design paradigms and optimization techniques.Education Qualifications:Technical Degree required (Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field). Ph.D. is a plus.Minimum Qualifications:Experience optimizing inference engines (vLLM, TensorRT-LLM) for autonomous AI Agent and LLM workloads.Experience developing GenAI applications and AI Agents using one or more frameworks. Microsoft Agent Framework or Google Agent Development Kit preferred.Proficiency with Large Language Models (LLMs), including prompt engineering, function calling/tool use, and Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning.Experience designing and implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, including document ingestion, chunking, embeddings, and vector search.Experience building and operating end-to-end systems that automate the testing, evaluation, and deployment of autonomous AI Agents.Familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools, plugins, and skills, and the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol for building interoperable multi-agent systems.Understanding of AI Agent security practices, including sandboxing, access control, and mitigating prompt-injection and tool-misuse risks.Familiarity with machine learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, etc).Strong scripting and programming skills, with software development skills and a desire to work in a cloud environment.8+ years of relevant industry experience, spanning large-scale data/ML pipelines and/or production Agentic AI systems.Outstanding analytical thinking, interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.Ability to prioritize and meet critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment.Experience with Kubernetes for orchestrating containerized applications, including deployment and scaling of AI Agent workloads.Preferred Qualifications:Experience designing and coordinating Multi-Agent Systems, including collaboration between specialized agents.Experience designing and operating agent swarms for distributed, parallelized task execution.Experience with agent profiling and evaluation tooling to identify performance regressions and bottlenecks across agent pipelines.Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, or CrewAI.Proficiency in TypeScript and/or Rust.Demonstrated ability to study and transform data science prototypes into production solutions.Knowledge of computer vision and/or signal processing, including techniques for classification and feature extraction.As a world leader in the semiconductor industry, Micron is dedicated to your personal wellbeing and professional growth. Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future. We offer a choice of medical, dental and vision plans in all locations enabling team members to select the plans that best meet their family healthcare needs and budget. Micron also provides benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury, and paid family leave. Additionally, Micron benefits include a robust paid time-off program and paid holidays. For additional information regarding the Benefit programs available, please see the Benefits Guide posted on micron.com/careers/benefits.Micron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.To learn about your right to work click here.To learn more about Micron, please visit micron.com/careersFor US Sites Only: To request assistance with the application process and/or for reasonable accommodations, please contact Micron’s People Organization at [e-mail] or 1-800-336-8918 (select option #3)Micron Prohibits the use of child labor and complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and other international and industry labor standards.Micron does not charge candidates any recruitment fees or unlawfully collect any other payment from candidates as consideration for their employment with Micron.AI alert: Candidates are encouraged to use AI tools to enhance their resume and/or application materials. 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