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Our mission is to establish readiness as a real-time condition that is continuously achieved. Today, a dangerous Readiness Gap exists between what the front line needs and what is delivered. Our AI-native platform, Air Enterprise Readiness, aligns development, production, delivery, and sustainment into one coordinated execution system for government agencies and industrial suppliers. By revealing true capacity, exposing real constraints, coordinating resources, and executing at the speed of operational demands, the front line gets what it needs to succeed.\nJob Description\nWe are seeking an inquisitive Data Scientist to join our team, leveraging deep expertise in Artificial Intelligence and a keen understanding of complex Defense Acquisition challenges. Your primary focus will be to work with our proprietary and commercial datasets to find critical connections, derive actionable knowledge, and identify potential issues that help our government clients make more informed decisions. Your role will involve designing, developing, and rapidly deploying scalable AI solutions that transform these insights into mission-critical capabilities. You will have the opportunity to expand and grow data-driven research across Air, leading new areas to apply advanced analytics to drive strategic business and national security results. As part of our team, you must be an AI expert with a strong command of data science fundamentals and a proven ability to bring data-driven solutions to life within the defense ecosystem.\nIn order to do this job well, you must be a highly organized problem-solver and possess excellent oral and written communication skills, capable of translating complex AI concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences. You are independent, driven, and motivated to jump in and roll up your sleeves to get the job done. You lead by influence and motivation. You have a passion for great work and nothing less than your best will do. You share our intolerance of mediocrity. You’re uber-smart, challenged by figuring things out and producing simple, impactful AI solutions to complex defense problems. Knowing there are always multiple answers to a problem, you know how to engage in a constructive dialogue to find the best path forward. You’re scrappy. We like scrappy. We need a creative, out-of-the-box thinker who shares our passion and obsession with quality and rapid prototyping/deployment.\nThis role is a full-time position located out of our office in Arlington, VA, Pittsburgh, PA, or Remote. \nThis role may require up to 60% travel.\nScope of Responsibilities\nDevelop AI/ML/DS systems to address defense problems.\nDevelop new AI-based stack of technologies for particular customer needs.\nDevelopment of evaluation solutions for AI deployments.\nLead the end-to-end execution of AI projects, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and timely delivery.\nWork closely with partner teams, including AI research, data engineering, and software development, to deliver robust AI systems.\nCollaborate with the AI leadership to clearly define product and applications scope, translating high-level requirements into actionable technical plans and delivering AI platforms and solutions.\nDrive the development of scalable, AI-based platforms designed to support and power solutions for a diverse range of customers within the defense ecosystem.\nChampion the introduction of new AI innovations. Stay current with the rapidly evolving fields of Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), and agentic systems, and actively transfer this knowledge and best practices for implementation across the team.\nMentor and guide other team members, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and high-impact work.\nCreate agentic AI systems, using AI orchestrators and particular AI reasoning capabilities as tools.\nQualifications\nU.S. Citizenship is required\nRequired Skills: \nOversee the full lifecycle of AI projects within Air AI ecosystem.\nUnderstanding of coding AI (such as Claude Code) and experience how to use it to scale up AI team deliveries\nEnsure timely project delivery and strategic goal alignment.\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams (AI Research, Data Engineering, Software Development). \nDefine robust software architecture for AI systems and project roadmaps.\nTranslate high-level AI system requirements into actionable technical plans.\nDeliver production-ready AI solutions integrated with clients data platforms and workflows.\nDrive the implementation of scalable AI/ML platforms.\nMaintain deep expertise in cutting-edge AI, including LLMs and agentic systems. Train models, build systems based on AI innovations\nChampion innovation and best practices across the organization.\nMentor and coach team members.\nFoster a high-performing culture of technical excellence and continuous growth.\nDemonstrate strong National Security domain knowledge.\nDesired Skills: \nA strong publication record in the top conferences in one of the AI, ML NLP, decision science areas\nDeep knowledge of LLM and Agentic system evaluation, experience in building evaluation systems\nExperience in LLM posttraining or fine tuning \nExperience with MLOps practices, including deployment, monitoring, and management of large-scale models in cloud environments (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure).\nTrack record of successfully transitioning AI research prototypes into robust, production-grade enterprise solutions\nWe firmly believe that past performance is the best indicator of future performance. If you thrive while building solutions to complex problems, are a self-starter, and are passionate about making an impact in global security, we’re eager to hear from you.\nAir is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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