Principal Consultant, Industrial Agentic AI

• Multiple locations
• Hybrid

Job Description

Are you motivated by shaping how industrial organizations adopt and scale Agentic AI in realworld environments Do you thrive at the intersection of strategy and execution helping customers move from emerging AI concepts to robust productionready solutions that transform how industrial software and systems are built and operated

Etteplan is strengthening its Advisory Services capabilities and is now looking for a Principal Consultant Industrial Agentic AI to join our newly established Advisory team within Software and Embedded Solutions (SES).

As Principal Consultant you lead the conversations that matter most: the early-stage engagements where industrial clients are trying to frame the problem understand whats feasible and decide on the way forward. You bring your technical depth to create credibility with architects and the advisory seniority to earn the trust of C-level executives.

Your role

As a Principal Consultant Industrial Agentic AI you operate at the intersection of industrial domain understanding advanced AI architectures and software & embedded engineering practices. You lead earlyphase engagements helping customers frame complex challenges assess feasibility and maturity and define clear directions for adopting Agentic AI in industrial contexts.

You act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders ensuring continuity from advisory work into implementation and delivery collaborating closely with delivery teams and parallel you play a key role in building and scaling Etteplans internal Agentic AI capabilities acting as a role model and technical leader across Advisory Services and Business Units.

Your main responsibilities include

Leading earlyphase client engagements related to Agentic AI including discovery framing feasibility assessment and directionsetting in industrial environments.

Advising customers on Agentic AI adoption focusing on robustness scalability safety and value creation in real production systems.

Translating industrial challenges into clear agentbased AI problem statements architectures and roadmaps.

Supporting sales and presales by providing insight credibility and technical leadership in strategic customer discussions.

Contributing to the development and refinement of Etteplans Agentic AI offerings methods and best practices.

Build agentic AI capability across Business Units acting as a mentor and role model for lead engineers and architects

Driving an AIfirst mindset in how software and embedded systems are designed developed and maintained in industrial contexts.

What you bring

You have deep expertise in Agentic AI autonomous agents multi-agent systems tool-using agents orchestration patterns and you know how those concepts need to be adapted when the environment is industrial: reliability matters safety is non-negotiable observability is essential and the edge cases arent hypothetical.

But technical depth alone isnt what makes this role work. What sets the right person apart is the ability to use that depth in client conversations to listen well ask the questions that unlock what a client actually needs and translate complexity into clarity without losing precision. Clear structured communication style and the ability to operate across executive architectural and engineering levels will help navigate in complex ambiguous industrial environments.

You will thrive here if:

You find early-stage ambiguous client engagements energizing

You are comfortable discussing with senior stakeholders and have the courage to challenge in a constructive and evidence-based manner

You think business value first technology second. An outcomedriven mindset with focus on measurable business and operational impact is what is needed in this role

Youve seen AI initiatives fail in production and know why and how to help clients avoid it

Experience & background

8 years in consulting advisory advanced technology or other senior clientfacing roles with direct experience leading engagements with senior stakeholders not just supporting teams that do it

Deep expertise in Agentic AI architectures and concepts with hands-on understanding of how these play out in industrial embedded or edge environments

Demonstrated ability to take complex ambiguous business and engineering challenges and turn them into structured directions

Background in industrial manufacturing energy automotive defense or other complex engineeringdriven domains.

Experience with AIenabled transformation initiatives platform development or largescale software modernization.

Solid foundation in modern software engineering and architecture with understanding of embedded and hardwareconstrained environments.

Ability to operate comfortably in international and multidisciplinary environments.

Strong understanding of industrial AI requirements including reliability observability safety and lifecycle management.

Advisory & consulting capabilities with strong ability to bridge strategy and execution

Why Etteplan

At Etteplan you will work at the forefront of Industrial AI helping shape how intelligence is embedded into industrial products systems and development processes. You will join a newly established Advisory team with strong strategic backing and leading consultants in the areas of cyber security data and design.

You will have the opportunity to:

Take a leading role in defining and scaling Agentic AI within a global engineering company.

Work with industryleading customers on complex meaningful challenges.

Join a collaborative growing advisory team where your expertise will be valued and trusted!

Preferred locations for this role include Katowice Poznan and Wroclaw. The role offers opportunities for international collaboration and some travel may be required.

Sounds like the right opportunity for you

Apply through our recruitment system latest by the 21st June 2026. Please note that we will review applications already during the application period. For additional information please contact Nilesh Sakarikar ().