Senior Research Engineer EL1
Core
Lead the design and build of a secure, human-in-the-loop AI system to triage extremist and distressing digital material for federal investigators.
Role type
Senior Research Engineer (Applied AI/ML Lead)
Builds
Multimodal triage system using computer vision, NLP, audio, and similarity detection
Domain
Federal Government / Online Safety / Digital Forensics
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Computer vision, NLP, multimodal ML, perceptual hashing, audio analysis, Python, PyTorch, classification performance, class imbalance, uncertainty quantification
Preferred skills
PhD, law enforcement background, national security experience, digital forensics, on-premises deployment, air-gapped environment experience
Technologies
Python, PyTorch
Responsibilities
Design and build multimodal triage systems, build secure data processing pipelines, translate investigator needs into technical specs, design rigorous model evaluations, contribute to privacy and ethics assessments, manage technical plans and coordinate researchers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
