Senior AI/ML Engineer for Sensor Data & Defense

Engg; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

GRVTY is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to design, develop, and deploy ML capabilities for sensor data in national security contexts. You will work with scientists and analysts, delivering production-grade code and guiding junior developers.

You will own end-to-end ML workflows, from data preparation to deployment, and you will mentor the team while shaping architecture decisions and technical standards.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret Clearance with SCI/CI Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Data Science, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 7+ years of hands-on ML experience deploying models in operational environments.
• Deep knowledge of modern ML architectures, CNNs, transformers, and object detection.
• Expert Python programming with PyTorch/TensorFlow at production scale.
• Experience building end-to-end ML pipelines.
• Ability to translate domain requirements into ML design.
• Experience mentoring junior developers.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement ML models for detection, classification, and characterization of events in sensor data.
• Develop end-to-end ML workflows: data prep, model development, evaluation, deployment.
• Collaborate with scientists to translate phenomenology into ML design decisions.
• Write production-quality Python code, modular and maintainable.
• Evaluate model performance with operational metrics and iterate on edge cases.
• Integrate ML capabilities into existing analytical pipelines and deploy.
• Mentor junior AI/ML developers and establish team standards.
• Prepare technical briefings and documentation for stakeholders.

Skills

Python

ML model development

Deep learning

ML pipeline

Mentoring

Communication

1–4 words chips

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

OpenCV

scikit-learn

NumPy

Job description

GRVTY is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to design, develop, and deploy ML capabilities for sensor data in national security contexts. You will work with scientists and analysts, delivering production-grade code and guiding junior developers.

You will own end-to-end ML workflows, from data preparation to deployment, and you will mentor the team while shaping architecture decisions and technical standards.