AI Engineer III - Active TS/SCI w/poly clearance

CyberTrend Engineering LLC; Maryland; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO and holidays

Full benefits package (medical, dental

SEP-IRA retirement contribution

Educational assistance

Training assistance

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

CyberTrend Engineering LLC is seeking an AI Engineer III (Active TS/SCI w/poly) in Annapolis Junction, Maryland. The role focuses on designing, testing, and productizing AI/ML models to solve complex defense-related business challenges.

You will lead data pipelines, model development, and performance improvements while coordinating with geographically distributed teams. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in applied ML, advanced degrees in AI/CS, and practical experience with PyTorch/TensorFlow.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied ML experience
• Master's or Ph.D. in advanced math, AI, data science, CS or deep learning
• Proficiency with ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)
• Experience in leading AI/ML model development and deployment
• Ability to lead geographically distributed teams and act as POC for AI matters

Responsibilities

• Design, test, and productize AI/ML models to solve business challenges
• Oversee model training, deployment, and monitoring
• Lead data pipelines, data governance, and feature engineering efforts
• Evaluate and compare ML frameworks and libraries
• Provide system integration oversight and E2E AI delivery

Skills

Python

ML algorithms

Statistical analysis

Data pipelines

Communication

Education

Master's in AI/Data Science

PhD in AI/CS

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

AI Engineer III - Active TS/SCI w/poly clearance

• Annapolis Junction, Maryland

CyberTrend’s leadership has 40 years of experience in the industry, and the company continues to serve as a technology leader on many defense projects and programs. Formed in 2010, CyberTrend has long-standing partnerships and clients, including partners like AWS and IBM, government agencies, the intelligence community, and defense contractors. We provide talented and exceptionally qualified IT, architectural, system, and software engineering personnel.

Requires TS/SCI with Poly Clearance

The Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) Engineer designs, creates, tests, and productizes AI/ML algorithms to solve business challenges. The AI/ML models they create should be capable of learning and making predictions as defined by the business logic developed to meet customer requirements. The AI/ML Engineer should be proficient in all aspects of model architecture, data pipeline interaction, and metrics application, interpretation, and presentation. The AI/ML Engineer needs familiarity with foundational concepts of application development, infrastructure management, data engineering, and data governance. Through an understanding of training, retraining, deploying, scheduling, monitoring, and improving models through iterative user and system feedback, the AI/ML Engineer designs and creates scalable solutions for optimal performance. The AI/ML Engineer may be responsible for leading geographically diverse teams and will often serve as a primary POC for AI-related matters, so must have exceptional analytical, problem-solving and communication skills. Expert knowledge of multiple programming languages, e.g. Python, Java, C, R, a plus.

More than five (5+) years experience in applied machine learning in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. A Master's or Ph.D. degree in advanced math, artificial intelligence, data science, computer science or deep learning from an accredited college or university. 5+ additional years of machine learning experience with a relevant Bachelor's degree may be substituted for a Master's degree. Experience with standard machine language frameworks, e.g. Pytorch, TensorFlow.

Qualifications

Perform statistical analysis

Run machine learning algorithms

Use results to improve models

Experience in working with various ML libraries and packages

Run standard test and evaluation protocols

Provide system integration oversight

Oversee test and evaluation of AI and ML algorithms through an iterative design process to meet verification and validation requirements

Research and implement a broad range of AI and ML algorithms and tools

Design or select appropriate data and knowledge representation methods

Recognize software architecture, data modeling, and data structures

Transform and convert data science prototypes into scalable solutions

Verify and model output quality

Identify differences in data distribution that affect model performance

Generous and competitive paid time off, scaled based on time in service, plus eleven paid annual holidays.

CyberTrend pays 100% of the cost for the following benefits for its full-time employees: including medical (base plan), dental, vision, disability, life, EAP, and more.

CyberTrend contributes 10% of your monthly gross salary to a SEP-IRA account. This retirement plan is non-contributory for the employee, has no vesting period, and is 100% owned and managed by the employee.

Educational assistance up to $5,250 annually for work-related acitivies upon prior approval

Training assistance up to $3,000 annually for work-related activities upon prior approval

CyberTrend provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.