Senior Staff Engineer, System Architect
Core
Architect the Hivemind Forge AI development ecosystem, defining patterns for software, AI/ML, data, simulation, and deployment to support autonomous capabilities in classified environments.
Role type
Senior Staff System Architect (AI/ML & Defense)
Builds
AI development ecosystem, developer tools, APIs, SDKs, and scalable AI/ML workloads for defense and autonomous systems.
Domain
Defense technology, AI/ML, autonomous systems, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
AI/ML platform architecture, distributed systems design, data modeling & lineage management, generative AI & agentic workflows, Kubernetes & containerization, infrastructure as code, technical leadership, security & verification in classified environments
Preferred skills
Agentic workflow design (tool use, orchestration, human-in-the-loop), MLOps & experiment tracking, VLM/VLA/foundation model deployment, air-gapped environment operations, hybrid-cloud & edge architectures, autonomy/robotics/aerospace systems, MBSE (SysML, Cameo)
Technologies
Kubernetes, Slurm, S3-compatible storage, AI/ML frameworks, SysML, Cameo/MagicDraw
Responsibilities
Define and maintain architecture products connecting intent with execution; establish architectural patterns and technical standards across software, AI/ML, and data; architect generative AI-enabled and agentic workflows; design scalable AI/ML workloads across cloud, HPC, and on-premises; ensure deployment in classified, air-gapped, and constrained environments; guide architecture for data ingestion, synthetic data generation, training, and deployment; review and approve detailed software and data designs; partner with leadership to shorten the path to validated autonomy.
