Research Engineer: ML & Optimization for Decision Systems

Smack Technologies Inc.; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Smack Technologies Inc. is hiring a Research Engineer to explore models for AI-enabled decision-making in modern warfare. This is a research-focused role; strong coding ability within an evolving software stack is required.

You will translate mathematical models into runnable code, conduct end-to-end investigations, and evaluate methods from literature, collaborating with our team to prototype and validate results.

Qualifications

• 2+ years actively writing Python code (research code counts).
• Ability to read a drafted model or paper and implement faithfully.

Responsibilities

• Participate in scientific investigations end to end: form a hypothesis, run the investigation, return a report, and develop prototypes based on the investigation as applicable
• Translate math to code: a scientist drafts a model, you meet on it, and you produce a working implementation for evaluation, quickly and cleanly enough that a colleague could pick it up
• Assess methods from literature: inputs, outputs, compute requirements, and fit against our constraints
• Understand, maintain, and update installations of previously built models

Skills

Python

Mathematical maturity

Reinforcement learning fundamentals

ML literature literacy

Education

MS or PhD in Mathematics, Computer Science, OR Operations Research

Tools

Gurobi

CPLEX

Job description

Smack Technologies Inc. is hiring a Research Engineer to explore models for AI-enabled decision-making in modern warfare. This is a research-focused role; strong coding ability within an evolving software stack is required.

You will translate mathematical models into runnable code, conduct end-to-end investigations, and evaluate methods from literature, collaborating with our team to prototype and validate results.