Mission-Driven Data Engineer & AI Scientist

Los Alamos National Laboratory; Los Alamos (NM); On-site; USD 106,400 - 215,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

Relocation assistance

Tuition assistance

PTO and holidays

Onsite gyms

Job summary

Los Alamos National Laboratory is seeking a Database Engineer/Computer Scientist to modernize surveillance and predictive analytics through scalable data infrastructure, AI-enabled technologies, and advanced analytics. The role spans design of robust data architectures, AI/ML workflow enablement, and mission-driven data challenges in a fast-paced lab environment.

The position offers opportunities to lead data integration across engineering, surveillance, and health datasets, with strong emphasis

Qualifications

• Data Systems and Database Design experience including data modeling, schema design and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable database architectures for engineering and surveillance data.
• Develop automated data pipelines to ingest, clean, structure, and integrate large datasets from multiple sources.
• Support AI/ML and advanced analytics by preparing data environments for predictive modeling.
• Implement efficient data storage, retrieval, and query solutions for high-volume and real-time processing.
• Collaborate with engineers, analysts, and scientists to develop integrated data solutions for predictive surveillance and system health monitoring.
• Develop tools and workflows to correlate data across components, assemblies, and assets.
• Ensure data integrity, security, accessibility, and maintainability of database systems.
• Support visualization, reporting, and analytics tools for actionable insights.

Skills

Data modeling

SQL

Python

AI/ML workflows

Data integration

Big data

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Neo4j

SQLAlchemy

PySpark

Pandas

NumPy

Job description

Los Alamos National Laboratory is seeking a Database Engineer/Computer Scientist to modernize surveillance and predictive analytics through scalable data infrastructure, AI-enabled technologies, and advanced analytics. The role spans design of robust data architectures, AI/ML workflow enablement, and mission-driven data challenges in a fast-paced lab environment.

The position offers opportunities to lead data integration across engineering, surveillance, and health datasets, with strong emphasis