Wigand / Seetharaman Building AI Agents for Engineers

Best Practices for Product Development
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-56990-969-0
Verlag: Hanser Publications
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten

While rule-based automation follows predefined instructions to perform repetitive tasks, AI agents act autonomously and are able to make decisions in complex, dynamic situations. This book shows how to build AI agents for product development, particularly hardware development. It is aimed at development engineers, designers and engineering managers.

The book covers the following topics:
- Basic principles and architectures of agentic systems
- Technological components of agentic systems: frameworks and patterns for designing agents as well as interfaces to CAx, PLM, and ERP systems
- Governance, change management, and role responsibilities
- Outlook: vision of a future engineering organization

Step by step, the book demonstrates how AI agents can be developed by using low-code platforms. It also considers Multi-Agent Systems (MAS). MAS go one step further by combining several AI agents that interact with each other to achieve common or individual goals. The book provides criteria for selecting pilot projects and guides you through the project phases of the implementation. Use cases from the industry—from automotive tier suppliers to consumer goods OEMs up to engineering service providers—provide valuable practical insights from engineering leaders at companies such as NASA, Miele, IMS Gear or ARRK Engineering. They show how AI agents can reduce costs in product development and provide a competitive advantage through shorter time-to-market cycles.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wigand, Tobias

Seetharaman, Ram Dhiwakar

Weitere Mitwirkende

Finocchiaro, Michael

Klutzny, Felix

McClelland, Ryan

Schmidt, Patrick

Stähle, Eric

Über Autor(innen)

Schmidt, Patrick
Dr. Patrick Schmidt, Head of Systems and Process Engineering, Miele

Stähle, Eric
Eric Stähle, Development Engineer at IMS Gear

Klutzny, Felix
Felix Klutzny, Consultant Digital Engineering, ARRK Engineering

McClelland, Ryan
Ryan McClelland, AI Infusion Lead and Mechanical Engineer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Wigand, Tobias
Tobias Wigand is a trained mechanical engineer with over 15 years of experience in product development. He currently works as an Account Executive at Synera GmbH.

Seetharaman, Ram Dhiwakar
Ram Dhiwakar Seetharaman is Head of AI and Product Manager at Synera GmbH. He has a background in computational mechanics and has more than 5 years of experience in building AI for engineering.

Finocchiaro, Michael
Michael Finocchiaro, Independent PLM and Engineering AI Consultant

Tobias Wigand is a trained mechanical engineer with over 15 years of experience in product development. He currently works as an Account Executive at Synera GmbH.
Ram Dhiwakar Seetharaman is Head of AI and Product Manager at Synera GmbH. He has a background in computational mechanics and has more than 5 years of experience in building AI for engineering.
Michael Finocchiaro, Independent PLM and Engineering AI Consultant
Felix Klutzny, Consultant Digital Engineering, ARRK Engineering
Ryan McClelland, AI Infusion Lead and Mechanical Engineer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dr. Patrick Schmidt, Head of Systems and Process Engineering, Miele
Eric Stähle, Development Engineer at IMS Gear