AI Engineer II — Defense ML & Multimodal Systems

Aptima Inc.; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Aptima Inc. is seeking an experienced AI/ML software professional in the Dayton area to design, develop, and apply advanced models that support military readiness and innovation.

You will work on multimodal sensing, NLP/LLM, and computer vision projects using Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, and LangChain. You will collaborate with DoD research customers and internal teams to deliver production-ready solutions, maintainable code, and robust AI pipelines while advancing defense-oriented capabilities

Qualifications

• Foundational understanding of ML techniques and building models from large datasets.
• Experience with NLP/LLMs or CV is a plus.
• Moderate proficiency in ML/AI software practices, including production-ready packaging.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop AI/software systems using multimodal sensing to classify and measure human states.
• Apply data mining, statistical analysis, ML, and computational modeling methods.
• Collaborate with software engineers in an agile environment to implement algorithms from research.

Skills

Python

Java

C#

OOP

ML/AI workflows

NLP/LLM/CV

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

LangChain

Job description

Aptima Inc. is seeking an experienced AI/ML software professional in the Dayton area to design, develop, and apply advanced models that support military readiness and innovation.

You will work on multimodal sensing, NLP/LLM, and computer vision projects using Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, and LangChain. You will collaborate with DoD research customers and internal teams to deliver production-ready solutions, maintainable code, and robust AI pipelines while advancing defense-oriented capabilities