Senior AI Scientist

Parallax Advanced Research; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Parallax Advanced Research seeks a skilled AI researcher to design, develop, and evaluate advanced AI and agent-based technologies for mission engineering challenges. You will work with HITL concepts and complex systems-of-systems to advance analytical capabilities and decision support.

The role emphasizes collaboration, prototyping, and transitioning AI capabilities to operational contexts, with a focus on human-AI teaming and military-relevant problem-solving.

Qualifications

• Experience designing AI systems and intelligent agents for complex applications.
• Familiarity with mission engineering concepts and HITL environments.
• Ability to prototype and evaluate AI capabilities in operationally relevant settings.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop AI systems and intelligent agents for military mission engineering applications.
• Experiment with emerging AI technologies to assess their effectiveness in realistic environments.
• Develop modules that augment HITL processes and functions.
• Integrate AI capabilities into complex systems-of-systems for improved mission analysis and execution.
• Collaborate with a small team to rapidly prototype and transition AI capabilities.

Job description

This position focuses on designing, developing, experimenting with, and applying advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI-agent technologies to address a range of militarily relevant mission engineering challenges. The successful candidate will work at the intersection of AI, autonomous agents, mission engineering, and complex systems to develop innovative computational capabilities that enhance operational effectiveness and decision-making.

The position will be part of a small, highly collaborative team of AI experts responsible for developing advanced computational, or “compute,” modules that complement and extend existing Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) activities within complex systems-of-systems. These capabilities will enable new approaches to integrating human expertise with AI-driven analysis, reasoning, planning, and decision support.

Key aspects of the position include:

• Designing and developing AI systems and intelligent agents for complex military mission engineering applications.
• Experimenting with emerging AI technologies to evaluate their effectiveness in operationally relevant environments.
• Developing computational modules that complement and augment existing Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) processes and functions.
• Integrating AI capabilities into complex systems-of-systems to enable new approaches to mission analysis, planning, and execution.
• Exploring innovative methods for human-AI teaming, including the effective integration of human expertise and AI-driven capabilities.
• Collaborating with a small team of AI specialists to rapidly prototype, evaluate, and transition novel AI capabilities.
• Applying AI and agent-based technologies to complex, ambiguous, and evolving military challenges.

This position provides an opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technologies with direct application to challenging national security and military problems. The successful candidate will help shape the development of next-generation AI and agent-based capabilities and explore how intelligent computational systems can work alongside humans to improve the analysis, planning, and execution of complex missions.