Senior AI Technical Lead — On-Prem Speech/LM Systems

PeopleTec, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

PeopleTec, Inc. seeks a Technical Lead / Senior Engineer in Huntsville, AL to lead the technical development of an on-premise AI system supporting the H-1 flight simulator.

You will lead a small engineering team, establish the system architecture and technical baseline, guide AI and software development, and make technical decisions related to system performance, integration, and safety. You will also perform hands‑on engineering work as needed, mentor engineers across AI/ML, software,

Qualifications

• 10–12 years building software or AI-enabled systems, with leadership of teams.
• Hands-on experience delivering on-premise AI/ML systems, including language-model serving.
• Hands-on experience fine-tuning speech or language models and evaluating their performance.
• Experience delivering software or AI systems in a DoD or similarly controlled environment, including secure development, vulnerability management, and software supply‑chain requirements.
• Ability to lead technical reviews, explain complex engineering decisions to customers, and make technical decisions under schedule pressure.
• Ability to travel for technical reviews, integration testing, and demonstrations.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen; ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the system architecture and technical baseline for AI, software, compute, and simulation-integration components.
• Guide selection, development, integration, and deployment of speech, language-model, and supporting software capabilities for on-premise operation.
• Lead development of AI safety and validation controls that prevent unsafe or invalid outputs from affecting the simulator.
• Perform hands‑on engineering work in areas such as speech and command processing, model adaptation, and system performance.
• Lead technical reviews, troubleshooting, and readiness decisions; explain technical decisions and tradeoffs to the customer.
• Mentor engineers and coordinate technical work across AI/ML, software, systems, cybersecurity, and aviation subject matter experts.

Skills

Technical leadership

AI/ML systems

Software architecture

Speech/Lang models

DoD environment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science / electrical engineering

Tools

Speech/Language Model tooling

AI model deployment

Job description

PeopleTec, Inc. seeks a Technical Lead / Senior Engineer in Huntsville, AL to lead the technical development of an on-premise AI system supporting the H-1 flight simulator.

You will lead a small engineering team, establish the system architecture and technical baseline, guide AI and software development, and make technical decisions related to system performance, integration, and safety. You will also perform hands‑on engineering work as needed, mentor engineers across AI/ML, software,