CareerPlan

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

USAFull-time$159k–$199k2026-11-10
Security clearance required

Core

Design, develop, train, fine-tune, and deploy NLP and multilingual language models (including Marian-based machine translation) to address mission and operational needs.

Role type

Senior IC Machine Learning Engineer (NLP/LLM)

Builds

Scalable NLP solutions, multilingual language models, and AI-driven applications for operational use.

Domain

Defense/Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Cloud AI/ML

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Machine learning model development, NLP, language-model architectures, Marian-based machine translation, GPU-based training, Java, C, C++, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, AWS SageMaker, dataset selection, statistical analysis, model evaluation, full-stack development, system design

Preferred skills

Computational linguistics, LLMs, MLOps, automated pipelines, Kubernetes, model monitoring, drift detection, secure data handling

Technologies

AWS Lambda, EC2, S3, MLflow, Git, Kubernetes, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, Marian

Responsibilities

Design and implement ML algorithms and models for mission needs; build and enhance NLP and multilingual language-model solutions; select datasets and evaluate model effectiveness; execute AI/ML testing, benchmarking, and error analysis; develop and deploy models on cloud platforms; integrate models with operational systems; contribute to frontend and backend components for AI/ML applications

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC