Senior AI Architect for Defense Systems

Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT); Mount Laurel Township (NJ); On-site; USD 135,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits package

Competitive PTO

Paid holidays

401(k) with vesting and matching

Job summary

Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT) is seeking a Senior AI Subject Matter Expert to guide AI adoption across the Integrated Warfare Systems Division.

Based in Arlington, VA, Mount Laurel, NJ, or San Diego, CA, you will lead AI strategy, architecture, and governance for DoW software, using generative AI tools throughout the lifecycle to accelerate development while upholding security and mission assurance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent full-time experience in CS/related field.
• 7+ years of full-time professional experience.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.
• Demonstrated curiosity with AI technologies and engineering practices.
• Daily use of AI coding tools (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT).
• Ability to evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, security and performance.
• Experience with agent-based development, LLM APIs, RAG architectures, and deployment patterns.
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Serve as organization’s SME on AI, generative AI, LLMs, ML, and AI capabilities.
• Lead integration of AI components into complex DoW software environments.
• Lead integration of AI models and services into mission-critical software systems.
• Demonstrate AI-enabled engineering techniques to improve productivity and software quality.
• Define and evolve AI-augmented engineering standards, patterns, and best practices.
• Develop Intelligent Data Processing and NLP pipelines.
• Deliver AI-enabled dashboards, interfaces, and insights.
• Develop proofs-of-concept and demonstrations for AI use cases.
• Prototype and evaluate emerging AI developer tooling and automation.
• Mentor engineering teams on effective use of generative AI in development workflows.
• Help identify lifecycle areas accelerated by AI and automation.

Skills

AI expertise

Generative AI

LLMs

Security & compliance

Cloud/DevSecOps

Technical communication

Team mentorship

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/related

Tools

LangChain

Kubernetes

Docker

VMware/VMs

Job description

Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT) is seeking a Senior AI Subject Matter Expert to guide AI adoption across the Integrated Warfare Systems Division.

Based in Arlington, VA, Mount Laurel, NJ, or San Diego, CA, you will lead AI strategy, architecture, and governance for DoW software, using generative AI tools throughout the lifecycle to accelerate development while upholding security and mission assurance.