Generative AI Engineer – Onsite, Mission-Critical AI

MITRE; West Virginia; On-site; USD 144,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE is a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and technology organization serving U.S. government sponsors. The Generative and Agentic AI Engineering Department leads R&D, prototyping, and transition of GenAI and agentic AI capabilities to mission-critical space.

This role emphasizes collaboration across teams to solve complex problems with state-of-the-art ML methods. The ideal candidate will have strong LLM experience, hands-on prototyping skills, and the ability to communicate complex

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 3 years with a Master’s, or a PhD with relevant experience.
• Demonstrated recent experience with large language model (LLM) technology applications in R&D or operational settings.
• Ability to apply state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to data and natural language processing challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead or contribute to cross-functional teams to develop AI solutions and prototype GenAI capabilities.
• Analyze data and language processing needs to recommend innovative mission-critical solutions.
• Prototype AI/GenAI systems and deliver solutions into operational spaces using mission data.

Skills

LLM technology applications

AI component prototyping

technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Python

Linux

SQL

pandas

numpy

scikit-learn

PyTorch

Job description

MITRE is a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and technology organization serving U.S. government sponsors. The Generative and Agentic AI Engineering Department leads R&D, prototyping, and transition of GenAI and agentic AI capabilities to mission-critical space.

This role emphasizes collaboration across teams to solve complex problems with state-of-the-art ML methods. The ideal candidate will have strong LLM experience, hands-on prototyping skills, and the ability to communicate complex