AI Engineer, Lead; Intelligence Center

Lead AI Engineer

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The Air & Space Intelligence Department delivers impactful engineering analyses to rapidly transform current and future warfighter operations in contested and denied environments. We accomplish this through close interaction with our United States Air Force (USAF), United States Space Force (USSF), Office of the Under Secretary of War for Intelligence & Security (OUSW(I&S)), and Intelligence Community sponsors, as well as senior leadership across the Intelligence, Acquisition, and Warfighting communities.

Our engineering analyses are informed by intelligence assessments of adversarial capabilities and threats to U.S. mission systems. We conduct engineering assessments of advanced and evolving threats, perform end-to-end mission and effects chain analysis, develop engineering architectures for intelligence applications, identify threat mitigation opportunities, and evaluate emerging technologies to improve operational effectiveness. We leverage artificial intelligence (AI), advanced analytics, and systems engineering to accelerate mission understanding, enhance decision advantage, and enable resilient intelligence capabilities across complex national security missions.

Roles & Responsibilities:

As a Lead AI Engineer, you will provide technical leadership in applying artificial intelligence, data engineering, and systems engineering to solve complex national security challenges. You will collaborate closely with government sponsors, mission partners, and multidisciplinary MITRE teams to identify high-value opportunities for AI-enabled mission transformation and guide the development of technical strategies that improve operational effectiveness.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead the application of artificial intelligence, machine learning, data engineering, systems engineering, and enterprise IT approaches to support N962 technical strategy, modernization initiatives, and mission execution.
• Partner with government sponsors to identify mission challenges and translate operational needs into AI-enabled capabilities, engineering strategies, technical roadmaps, and implementation plans.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies—including large language models (LLMs), natural language processing (NLP), knowledge graphs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), workflow automation, and decision-support capabilities—for applicability to Intelligence Community and Department of Defense missions.
• Identify, prioritize, prototype, and assess AI-enabled opportunities that improve mission effectiveness through automation, advanced analytics, and operational decision support.
• Lead technical analyses supporting enterprise architecture, systems integration, infrastructure modernization, cloud adoption, data movement, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Develop engineering approaches that integrate AI capabilities into operational workflows, mission systems, and enterprise data environments while ensuring scalability, security, resilience, and mission relevance.
• Guide technical evaluations of AI solutions by assessing operational value, technical feasibility,…