AI​/ML Engineer III

Title: AI/ML ENGINEER III

Location: Englewood, CO (Onsite)

Pay Rate: $68.00 per hour

Hours:40 hours per week

Duration: Contract (5 months+)

Summary:

Serve as the primary technical lead and expert for AI/ML development on a fast-paced team prototyping new autonomous technologies for an innovative Joint Task Force. This highly autonomous position focuses on rapidly architecting proof-of-concept builds for autonomy, perception systems, and advanced analytics. Ideal candidates will bridge the gap between high-level leadership vision and technical execution while mentoring growing engineers.

• Serve as the primary day-to-day AI/ML expert, performer, and technical lead for a rapid R&D prototyping team.

• Rapidly define architecture, technical direction, and requirements for new AI/ML initiatives and prototypes without regular technical oversight.

• Architect and build end-to-end AI/ML prototypes quickly, managing data ingestion, feature engineering, training pipelines, model deployment, and evaluation.

• Lead the design and development of advanced machine learning models, including deep neural networks, reinforcement learning systems, and generative AI algorithms.

• Translate high-level conceptual guidance from leadership into actionable requirements, designs, roadmaps, and technical approaches.

• Collaborate with software, systems, hardware, and data science teams to integrate AI/ML prototype components into larger autonomous platforms.

• Help Program Managers identify staffing, tooling, and data requirements while identifying and managing technical risks during execution.

• Develop and oversee robust validation and testing frameworks to ensure models meet performance, safety, and compliance standards.

• Lead the development and integration of signal processing, computer vision, and planning algorithms to advance autonomous system functionality.

• Design and execute large-scale simulations and modeling of AI/ML systems on CPU/GPU platforms.

• Prepare and execute demonstration plans, technical briefings, and trade studies for leadership and program stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Applied Statistics, or a related STEM discipline with 6+ years of related experience (or 9+ years of related experience in lieu of a degree); a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning is preferred.

• Proficient in machine learning frameworks (e.g., Tensor Flow, PyTorch) and implementing advanced techniques such as supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning (e.g., PPO, Actor/Critic).

• Proficient in developing, deploying, and optimizing AI/ML models (including ANNs, CNNs, RNNs, and transformers) for production applications.

• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, C++, C#, or Java.

• Proven track record of delivering rapid prototypes or research models under tight schedule pressure and evolving requirements.

• Experience leading teams or projects, including a strong ability to coach, mentor, and "upskill" engineers with developing AI/ML backgrounds.

• Knowledge of regulatory and cybersecurity requirements for AI/ML systems in aerospace and defense applications.

• Preferred experience establishing ML engineering practices (MLOps, data versioning, validation frameworks) and working with hardware acceleration (e.g., CUDA, TensorRT).

• Preferred familiarity with early-stage autonomy R&D, multimodal sensor fusion research, or integrating ML models into embedded/real-time platforms.

• Pay Rate: $68.00 per hour

• Available health, life, vision, and dental insurance

• 401K Matching

• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge, high-impact autonomous technologies in a collaborative environment
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