AI/ML Engineer

The Opportunity:
This position is for an AI/ML Engineer looking for new challenging problems. You will support the development of AI/ML algorithms in a multitude of disciplines from object detection/classification, natural language processing, reinforcement learning, and large language models. Additionally, we have a team of excellent researchers and software developers who are eager to mentor. 

Responsibilities:

Our ideal candidate is an AI/ML engineer with experience working in research teams prototyping and developing AI/ML algorithms. This candidate will be joining our team of AI/ML engineers and researchers to apply cutting-edge AI/ML algorithms in a variety of domains to the mission needs of our customers.

As an AI/ML Engineer, your responsibilities include:

• Working as part of a small team consisting of developers and researchers to implement machine learning algorithms to solve a broad set of challenges for our various customers

• Analyzing large multi-domain datasets such as images, text, and/or graph data to identify statistically relevant features to build models that provide analysts with actionable data

• Using cloud services to train and deploy ML models

• Reviewing relevant publications to understand and apply cutting edge concepts to defense and commercial applications

• Writing technical documentation supporting code, program capabilities, and user-guides

Qualifications:

Required: 

• Effective communicator with the ability to write and present technical reports

• Experience with Python and any of the following Python data science / machine learning libraries: Pandas, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, Keras, Pytorch

• Experience with one or more of the following:

  • Applying unsupervised and/or supervised machine learning techniques

  • Applying and/or developing algorithms based in statistical analysis

  • Analyzing large datasets and building models to perform inference

• BS in machine learning, computer science, mathematics, or relevant fields

• 2+ years of experience developing AI/ML applications, data science, and/or algorithm development

• Active TS/SCI with Poly U.S. Government Security Clearance

Desired:

• MS or PhD in machine learning, computer science, mathematics, or relevant fields

• Experience leading an interdisciplinary team of researchers and software developers

• Experience with any of the following AI/ML domains:

  • Large Language Models and experience identifying ways to incorporate them into new areas and applications

  • Object detection algorithms such as YOLO and Faster-RCNN

  • Natural Language Processing algorithms such as Transformers and RNNs

  • Applying Transformer-based architectures to domains in other areas outside of NLP such as computer vision

  • Generative Adversarial Networks and Variational Autoencoders

  • Reinforcement learning and familiarity with OpenAI Gym, RLlib, and Stable Baselines

  • Applying clustering algorithms and/or deep neural networks to real life problems

  • Implementing tracking & fusion and pattern-of-life algorithms

• Experience with Machine Learning libraries and frameworks such as Hugging Face and LangChain

• Experience with Linux

• Familiarity with using AWS cloud computing resources such as EC2, S3, Lambda, etc.

• Experience with any of the following additional languages: C++, Java, and/or C#

• Experience implementing algorithms on the GPU in Python or C++ using CUDA and other CUDA libraries

• Experience with implementing tracking and fusion, and pattern-of-life algorithms

• Experience in application deployment, virtualization, and containerization

• Experience working with various Remote Sensing datasets (e.g. EO/OPIR/SAR images, passive RF, etc.)

• Experience shaping and writing proposals