Principal AI Software Engineer (AHT)

Role overview

Core responsibilities

• Define, develop, and deliver mathematical and statistical models and algorithms for prediction, optimization, and classification.
• Apply machine learning to structured and unstructured datasets for autonomy, pattern recognition, target detection and tracking, recommendation, decision support, signal processing, and robotic systems.
• Design, develop, document, test, debug, and deploy AI/ML applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deploy solutions in development and production environments.
• Present technical progress and results to internal and external stakeholders.

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related STEM field with five years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with three years of relevant experience.
• Four additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Experience implementing or applying AI models or algorithms and developing systems with AI/ML frameworks or libraries.
• Experience across data preparation, model training and fine-tuning, architecture modification, and system performance evaluation.
• Ability to perform rapid prototyping and proof-of-concept implementations.

Technical qualifications

• Familiarity with neural networks, CNNs, LSTMs, transformers, supervised and unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, and statistical or graphical models.
• Familiarity with computational and statistical learning theory.
• Experience with Flask or FastAPI, source control, and basic software architecture concepts.
• The role requires an active Secret clearance and the ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with AWS or other commercial cloud platforms.
• Experience with microservices, containerization, container orchestration, DevOps, DevSecOps, or MLOps.
• Familiarity with explainable AI, adversarial AI, active learning, or third-wave AI approaches.
• Hands-on LLM experience, modeling and simulation, or vector and graph databases.

Travel and clearance

• Travel is listed as 10% of the time.
• Clearance is required to start, with Secret listed as the clearance type.

Compensation

• The primary level salary range is listed as $125,300 to $187,900.
• The posting states that compensation depends on role scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills, and market conditions.