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Applied Machine Learning Engineer

Chantilly, VA, USFull-time$110k–$194k2026-11-03 → 2026-11-10
On-siteCitizens onlySecurity clearance required

Core

Translating cutting-edge AI research into robust, scalable, and production-ready machine learning solutions for space enterprise customers.

Role type

Senior IC machine learning engineer (production MLOps)

Builds

Production-grade ML models, scalable ML software architectures, and MLOps infrastructure for mission-critical applications

Domain

Aerospace, Defense, National Security, Space Systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, C/C++, R, Machine Learning frameworks, Deep Learning, Docker, Kubernetes, MLOps, DevOps, Unix/Linux, Data structures

Preferred skills

High Performance Computing (GPUs/TPUs), CUDA, SQL/NoSQL, Big Data frameworks (Hadoop/Spark), Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), Open-source contributions

Technologies

Python, Docker, Kubernetes, MLFlow, Kubeflow, Airflow, DVC, AWS, Azure, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka

Responsibilities

Evaluate technologies for scalable mission-critical applications, execute AI/ML experiments, develop proof-of-concept infrastructure and prototypes, collaborate on feature delivery, present results to stakeholders

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC