Senior AI Scientist (TS/SCI) - Quantum & Cognitive Computing

IBM; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 172,000 - 321,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking a Senior Research Scientist - Physicist with TS/SCI clearance to lead cognitive AI initiatives in Bethesda, MD. The role emphasizes foundation models, NLP, ML, and production deployment across cloud environments using Python and established AI frameworks.

The candidate will design AI architectures, collaborate with federal clients, and contribute to secure data handling in sensitive environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 12+ years in science/research.
• Experience in AI, NLP, ML and cognitive computing.
• Ability to design, prototype and deploy AI solutions in production.

Responsibilities

• Architect AI solutions focusing on foundation and large language models.
• Develop cognitive computing systems for structured and unstructured data.
• Collaborate on end-to-end AI projects across cloud platforms and databases.
• Drive AI innovation and optimize systems with common ML libraries.

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, material science, physical sciences, chemical engineering, physics, or related technical field

Master’s degree

Tools

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Keras

Scikit-Learn

Pandas

Matplotlib

Github Copilot

Amazon Code Whisperer

Job description

IBM Consulting is seeking a Senior Research Scientist - Physicist with TS/SCI clearance to lead cognitive AI initiatives in Bethesda, MD. The role emphasizes foundation models, NLP, ML, and production deployment across cloud environments using Python and established AI frameworks.

The candidate will design AI architectures, collaborate with federal clients, and contribute to secure data handling in sensitive environments.