Senior AI Solutions Engineer (Cloud Engineer 3)

Mission Technologies, a division of HII; Port Hueneme (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Mission Technologies, a division of HII, seeks a Senior AI Solutions Engineer to design, develop, integrate, deploy, secure, and optimize AI solutions within an enterprise IT environment. The successful candidate will work across the full AI solution lifecycle, transforming customer and mission requirements into secure, scalable, AI-enabled capabilities.

This position will work closely with customers, software developers, cloud and infrastructure engineers, cybersecurity personnel, data

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or math CS concentration.
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in computer design, software development, or related technical work.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance AI-powered applications and enterprise solutions.
• Develop solutions using LLMs, generative AI, ML, and other AI technologies.
• Translate customer requirements into effective AI solutions with stakeholders.
• Design and implement data ingestion, transformation, indexing, search, and processing for AI.
• Provide secure cloud infrastructure and integrate APIs between AI models and enterprise systems.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or Mathematics with CS concentration

Job description

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Requisition Number:30541

Required Travel: 0 - 10%

Employment Type:Full Time/Salaried/Exempt

Anticipated Salary Range:$110,190.00-$150,000.00

Security Clearance:Secret

Level of Experience:Mid

This opportunity resides with Global Security (GS).Mission Technologies’ Global Security (GS) group comprises live, virtual, constructive (LVC) solutions; fleet sustainment; nuclear and environmental; and Australia business.

As a trusted partner to our military customers, HII designs, develops and operates the largest LVC enterprise that prepares warfighters for cross-domain battle. With advanced technologies to enable mission readiness, HII understands that preparation requires full coordination—not readiness in piece-parts.

For more than 40 years, the U.S. Navy has entrusted HII to maintain and modernize the vast majority of its fleet. With a holistic approach to life-cycle maritime defense systems—from small watercraft to submarines, surface combatants and aircraft carriers—HII ensures a high state of readiness.

HII supports the Department of Energy’s national security mission through the management and operation of its sites, as well as the safe cleanup of legacy waste across the country. HII meets clients’ toughest nuclear and environmental challenges.

Leadership at HII is a mindset, not a title. Through our Leadership Capability Framework, we define how every employee grows, leads, and contributes—regardless of role. It sets the standard for how you can develop yourself and what you can expect from leaders across our organization. We look for candidates who want to grow in alignment with these capabilities:

• Know & Grow Your People– Commit to learning and supporting team success.
• Build Relationships– Communicate openly, collaborate well, and build trust.
• Take Ownership– Deliver on commitments and take pride in your work.
• Customer First– Focus on the mission and those we serve.
• Shape the Future– Bring ideas, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
• Act with Urgency– Take initiative and follow through with purpose.

These capabilities guide how all employees contribute to our shared success across Mission Technologies.

Job Description

Seeking an experienced Senior AI Solutions Engineer to design, develop, integrate, deploy, secure, and optimize Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions within an enterprise Information Technology environment.
The successful candidate will work across the full AI solution lifecycle, transforming customer and mission requirements into secure, scalable, reliable, and maintainable AI-enabled capabilities. This position will work closely with customers, software developers, cloud and infrastructure engineers, cybersecurity personnel, data professionals, and other technical stakeholders.

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance AI-powered applications and enterprise solutions.
• Develop solutions utilizing large language models (LLMs), generative AI, machine learning, and other modern AI technologies.
• Work with customers and technical stakeholders to identify use cases, understand mission and business requirements, and translate those requirements into effective AI solutions.
• Integrate AI capabilities into new and existing enterprise applications, systems, data sources, and business workflows.
• Design and implement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solutions using enterprise data and knowledge sources.
• Develop and refine prompts, system instructions, context-management strategies, and other techniques designed to improve AI solution accuracy, reliability, and usefulness.
• Develop, consume, and manage APIs and services supporting communication between AI models, applications, databases, and enterprise systems.
• Design and implement data ingestion, transformation, indexing, search, retrieval, and processing capabilities supporting AI solutions.
• Provision, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure supporting AI applications and workloads.
• Implement identity, authentication, authorization, role-based access controls, and other security mechanisms protecting AI systems and information.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity personnel to identify vulnerabilities, implement appropriate security controls, and support applicable cybersecurity requirements.
• Implement safeguards designed to protect sensitive information and reduce the risk of unauthorized access, disclosure, or inappropriate use of data.
• Support Responsible AI practices, including appropriate consideration of accuracy, transparency, privacy, security, reliability, and human oversight.
• Evaluate AI models, platforms, frameworks, tools, and architectural approaches based on technical requirements, mission needs, security considerations, performance, and cost.
• Evaluate and test AI-generated results for accuracy, relevance, consistency, and reliability.
• Develop methods for measuring and improving AI solution performance and effectiveness.
• Monitor application and model performance, availability, reliability, usage, resource consumption, and operating costs.
• Optimize model selection, API consumption, token utilization, compute resources, storage, and other cloud services to improve performance and control costs.
• Troubleshoot application, model, integration, infrastructure, data, and performance issues throughout the AI solution lifecycle.
• Participate in source control, code review, testing, configuration management, CI/CD, and DevSecOps processes.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including solution architecture, data flows, interfaces, configurations, security controls, deployment procedures, operating procedures, and troubleshooting information.
• Support proofs of concept and prototypes and assist in transitioning successful solutions into secure, supportable production capabilities.
• Remain current on emerging AI technologies, large language models, cloud services, cybersecurity risks, Responsible AI practices, and industry developments.
• Communicate complex AI and technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Requirements

• Possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or Mathematics with a concentration in Computer Science.
• Possess a minimum of three (3) years of professional experience in computer design, software development, computer networks, or directly related technical work.

Physical Requirements

Adequate visual acuity and manual dexterity for meeting the requirements of job.

The listed salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the role's location, expectations, and responsibilities. When extending an offer, HII's Mission Technologies division takes a variety of factors into consideration which include, but are not limited to, the role's function and a candidate's education or training, work experience, and key skills.

Meet HII’s Mission Technologies Division

Why HII

We build the world’s most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas, sky, land, space and cyber. Our workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.

Recognized as one of America’s top large company employers, we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts people’s safety and well-being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve, at HII, you’ll find a supportive and welcoming environment, competitive benefits, and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.

Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. Additionally, you may also call 1-844-849-8463 for assistance. Press #3 for HII Mission Technologies.

We look forward to meeting you.