Senior AI Strategist for Defense Systems

Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT); Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits package

Competitive PTO

Paid holidays

401(k) matching

Job summary

Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT) is seeking a Senior AI Subject Matter Expert to advance AI adoption across the Integrated Warfare Systems Division. The role is based in Arlington, VA, Mt. Laurel, NJ, or San Diego, CA and demands expert AI leadership in a defense context.

The SME will drive AI governance, integrate AI across the software lifecycle, and promote AI-augmented engineering while ensuring security and mission assurance standards for critical systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, data science, engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of full-time professional experience.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.
• Experience with generative AI tools and AI development best practices.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the organization’s subject matter expert on AI, generative AI, LLMs, machine learning, and emerging AI capabilities.
• Lead the integration of AI components into complex DoW software environments.
• Lead the integration of AI models and services into mission-critical software systems.
• Demonstrate AI-enabled engineering techniques that improve team productivity and software quality.
• Lead the definition and evolution of 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-concepts and demonstrations to validate potential AI use cases.
• Prototype and evaluate emerging AI developer tooling and autonomous coding agents.
• Use generative AI tools as a core part of daily software engineering workflows.
• Mentor engineering teams on effective use of generative AI in development workflows.
• Identify areas of the software lifecycle that can be accelerated through AI and automation.

Skills

AI/ML

Generative AI

LLMs

Engineering leadership

AI security/compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Data Science/Engineering

Tools

GitHub Copilot

LangChain

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT) is seeking a Senior AI Subject Matter Expert to advance AI adoption across the Integrated Warfare Systems Division. The role is based in Arlington, VA, Mt. Laurel, NJ, or San Diego, CA and demands expert AI leadership in a defense context.

The SME will drive AI governance, integrate AI across the software lifecycle, and promote AI-augmented engineering while ensuring security and mission assurance standards for critical systems.