Senior Data Scientist: AI, Automation & Mission Planning

careers-bluehawk; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Bluehawk, LLC. seeks a Senior Data Scientist for Automation and AI to develop and evaluate AI/ML capabilities that improve collection prioritization, tasking, and resource optimization. You will work with software engineers and mission stakeholders to translate CI/HUMINT requirements into responsible, explainable analyses.

You will lead predictive modeling, ML methods for forecasting, and decision support while ensuring alignment with DoD AI ethics and security standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in data science, ML, AI, predictive analytics.
• Ability to translate requirements into analytical solutions for defense.
• Strong communication to explain methods and results to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Apply AI technologies to identify and prioritize information aligned with defense priorities.
• Develop predictive models for collection management and mission planning.
• Implement ML methods for pattern recognition, anomaly detection, forecasting, and decision support.
• Support automation of tasking processes based on optimal alignment of resources.
• Establish feedback mechanisms using real-time data and learning.
• Collaborate with software engineers on AI/ML prototype development and deployment.
• Prepare, cleanse, transform, and analyze data from multiple sources.
• Conduct model validation, performance assessment, and monitoring.
• Brief stakeholders on model performance, risks, and implications.
• Apply responsible AI practices in line with DoD AI principles.

Skills

Senior data science

Machine learning

AI

Predictive analytics

Python

R

Data visualization

Explainable AI

Model deployment

Education

Master's degree in data science

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

TensorFlow

Pandas

Scikit-Learn

Job description

Bluehawk, LLC. seeks a Senior Data Scientist for Automation and AI to develop and evaluate AI/ML capabilities that improve collection prioritization, tasking, and resource optimization. You will work with software engineers and mission stakeholders to translate CI/HUMINT requirements into responsible, explainable analyses.

You will lead predictive modeling, ML methods for forecasting, and decision support while ensuring alignment with DoD AI ethics and security standards.