Computer Vision Research Scientist - R&D Program Lead

AIToolboard; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AIToolboard in Bethesda, MD is seeking a SETA-focused Research Scientist to support government programs and manage the lifecycle of advanced CV/R&D projects.

Responsibilities include coordinating across government, academia, and industry; evaluating milestones; modeling data; and presenting technical summaries to leadership. Strong writing, PowerPoint, and program-management skills are essential; advanced degrees are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelors' degree in physics, mathematics, computer science, or relevant engineering fields with eight plus years of work experience, or a Masters' with two plus years.
• Two years of trajectory analytics or human mobility modeling experience.
• Two years of R&D in spatiotemporal data modeling.
• Two years of R&D in machine learning algorithms.
• One year of experience managing a multi-disciplinary R&D or T&E team.
• Two years of creating program plans, WBS, and milestone schedules.
• Ability to proactively manage multiple tasks.
• Excellent writing and editing skills; ability to develop succinct, comprehensive documents from multiple sources.
• Excellent slide development and PowerPoint skills; able to communicate complex ideas to technical and non-expert audiences.
• Strong organizational, problem solving, and time management skills; detail oriented.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate across government, academic, and industry research teams.
• Review and assess technical deliverables, milestones, and evaluation results.
• Track risks, dependencies, and integration issues across performers.
• Prepare reports, technical summaries, and briefings for senior leadership.
• Serve as a liaison between performers, Test & Evaluation contributors, government and transition partners.
• Provide support for requirements in systems integration, design, development, modeling and data analytics.
• Stay current on advances in relevant technologies and perform technical studies as requested.
• Provide technical support and expertise on new concepts for program managers.
• Support the evaluation of Seedling concepts.

Skills

Trajectory analytics

Human mobility modeling

Spatiotemporal data modeling

Machine learning algorithms

Project management

Program plans & WBS

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Writing & editing

Slide development (PowerPoint)

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in physics, mathematics, computer science, or relevant engineering fields

Master's degree

PhD (desirable)

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

AIToolboard in Bethesda, MD is seeking a SETA-focused Research Scientist to support government programs and manage the lifecycle of advanced CV/R&D projects.

Responsibilities include coordinating across government, academia, and industry; evaluating milestones; modeling data; and presenting technical summaries to leadership. Strong writing, PowerPoint, and program-management skills are essential; advanced degrees are preferred.