ME00571-Data Scientist 3

Momentum Engineering; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 135,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

11 paid holidays

Minimum of 3 weeks PTO

Company-sponsored medical plan

Company paid dental and vision insurance

Life insurance

STD/LTD plans

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Fort Meade is seeking a Data Scientist to develop advanced AI solutions focusing on NLP and LLM integration. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in machine learning and must hold an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph. Responsibilities include designing and training machine learning models and ensuring compliance with data governance policies. This exempt hourly position offers a salary range of $135,000 - $180,000 per year, plus generous benefits including PTO and health insurance.

Qualifications

• Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.
• Experience developing and training NLP/NER models.
• Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop NLP models for AI integration.
• Train and validate machine learning models for knowledge extraction.
• Ensure adherence to data governance and compliance policies.

Skills

NLP expertise

Machine learning

Python proficiency

Data quality management

Analytical skills

Education

Master’s degree

Bachelor’s Degree

Associate's Degree

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Momentum Engineering, Inc. fosters an employee-centric culture. Our strength lies in our people. With a high percentage of employees holding advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, and related disciplines, we bring deep technical expertise to every mission. Our team includes professionals with security clearances and full-scope polygraphs, ensuring trusted, secure support for the most sensitive national security initiatives. Additionally, our workforce is equipped with industry-leading certifications, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and excellence. Most importantly, our exceptional employee retention rate reflects a culture of professional growth, mission focus, and dedication—ensuring long‑term stability and expertise for our customers’ critical needs.

Job Summary

• Seeking a Data Scientist to support the development of advanced artificial intelligence solutions focused on natural language processing (NLP) and large language model (LLM) integration within an agentic AI framework (e.g., LangGraph)
• This role is responsible for designing, training, and validating machine learning models that extract knowledge from complex, unstructured, multilingual data sources without reliance on predefined ontologies
• The position requires strong expertise in data preparation, model development, and ensuring compliance with enterprise data policies to deliver production-ready AI capabilities

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and train NLP and Named Entity Recognition (NER) models for integration with LLM-based and agentic AI frameworks (e.g., LangGraph)
• Perform supervised and unsupervised machine learning model development, training, and validation for automated knowledge extraction
• Process and analyze unstructured natural language data across multiple languages, enabling scalable and adaptive data understanding without predefined ontologies
• Develop pipelines to support data ingestion, preprocessing, and transformation for model training and inference
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and readiness for integration into production AI systems
• Apply data retrieval and enrichment techniques to support training datasets from diverse enterprise data sources
• Evaluate model performance and refine algorithms to improve accuracy, scalability, and robustness
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to integrate models into operational systems
• Ensure adherence to enterprise data governance, compliance, and security policies in all AI solutions
• Document methodologies, model performance, and data processes to support transparency and reproducibility

Required Qualifications

• Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph (MD Customer)
• Master’s degree with 6 years of relevant experience, Bachelor’s Degree with 8 years of relevant experience, or Associate's Degree with 10 years of in‑depth relevant experience that is clearly related to the position
• Experience developing and training NLP/NER models and working with large language models (LLMs)
• Strong background in machine learning, including supervised and unsupervised techniques
• Experience working with unstructured and multilingual data
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar)
• Experience with data preprocessing, feature engineering, and data pipeline development
• Understanding of data quality management and data readiness for production systems
• Familiarity with agentic AI frameworks (e.g., LangGraph) or similar orchestration frameworks
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills

Desired Qualifications

• No desired skills listed at this time

Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company-sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

The pay range for this role is:

135,000 - 180,000 USD per year (Ft. Meade MD)