AI/ML Data Curation & IV&V Engineer

Penn State University; University Park (TX); On-site; USD 92,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

75% tuition discount

Job summary

Penn State University’s Applied Research Laboratory seeks an AI/ML Engineer to join the IV&V and Data Curation Center of Excellence in the Information Science Division.

You will label, annotate, and curate multi-modal datasets, design data pipelines for ingestion and quality control, and maintain data provenance and governance while collaborating with researchers and program stakeholders in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL for data manipulation, analysis, and pipeline development.
• Familiarity with data annotation tools and workflows (CVAT, Label Studio, or equivalent).
• Understanding of machine learning concepts and how data quality affects model training, evaluation, and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Label, annotate, and curate multi-modal datasets to support AI/ML model development and evaluation.
• Design and implement data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, quality control, and cataloging of classified and open-source data.
• Develop and maintain annotation standards, labeling guidelines, and data governance processes for reproducibility.
• Conduct IV&V of datasets and model outputs to ensure data integrity and fitness for intended use.
• Collaborate with researchers, developers, and stakeholders to identify data requirements for AI/ML projects.
• Build and maintain data catalogs, metadata schemas, and access-controlled repositories to support discovery.
• Use Python, SQL, and annotation platforms to automate labeling workflows and analyze data.
• Document data provenance, lineage, and limitations to support model evaluation and responsible AI.
• Collaborate within an Agile development environment as part of a large research team.

Skills

Python

SQL

ML concepts

Agile development

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

CVAT

Label Studio

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Job description

Penn State University’s Applied Research Laboratory seeks an AI/ML Engineer to join the IV&V and Data Curation Center of Excellence in the Information Science Division.

You will label, annotate, and curate multi-modal datasets, design data pipelines for ingestion and quality control, and maintain data provenance and governance while collaborating with researchers and program stakeholders in an Agile environment.