Senior Machine Learning Engineer

ASRC Federal Mission Solutions is a premier provider of systems engineering, software engineering, system integration and project management services for real-time, mission-critical defense systems. We are currently seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join our team in Moorestown, NJ.

Responsibilities:

Develops, researches, and applies machine learning, deep learning, visual artificial intelligence algorithms and methods to data sets to produce models to be deployed in an operational aspect

Develops hypotheses based on data analysis and trends, and compares real-time results with predictions to update and fine-tune algorithms

 Develops assessment methods to ensure production models are robust and reliable

Collaborates with different business units and stakeholders

Develops, inspects, mines, transforms, and models data to raise productivity, improve decision making, and gain competitive advantage

Conducts quantitative and qualitative analysis on data to generate insights and information to ensure correct predictive forecasting or classification

Maintains analytical systems, verifies the accuracy of the data, and acts as liaison with business

Implementing emerging AI/ML solutions from commercial and academic domains to support military and government agencies with prediction, classification, and anomaly detection tasks

Evaluating, visualizing, and performing statistical analysis on data sets including time-series, multi-modal, and textual data

Training deep neural networks including MLPs, CNNs, Transformers, and others as required

Working with existing modeling and simulation (M&S) tools to develop data for new AI/ML models

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5-7 years of experience in a related or applicable field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a government clearance, U.S. Citizenship is required

This position requires the successful applicant to obtain and maintain the required security clearance or other authorization(s) within the necessary timeframe required by applicable contract(s)

Requires advanced understanding and ability to apply standards, principles, theories, and technical concepts obtained through advanced education combined with experience

Has practical knowledge of project management

Works to achieve operational targets with significant impact on departmental results

Requires being responsible for managing entire technical projects within job area

Requires being responsible for developing technical solutions that may require collaboration with internal expertise and deep analysis of the technical system

Requires efficient communication with parties within and outside of own job function

Requires being responsible for communicating with parties external to ASRC Federal (e.g., customers, vendors, etc)  

Requires the ability to write and implement company policies pertaining to relevant technology

Responsible for running small technical teams while providing guidance, coaching and training to employees within job area

Lead projects, requiring the delegation of work and the review of others' work product

Basic knowledge of machine learning techniques including popular frameworks (e.g., PyTorch or TensorFlow)

Experience with LLM prompting and Transformer architecture

Preferred Qualifications:

Hands-on experience with PyTorch and related Python libraries

Experience with unsupervised learning including clustering algorithms and manifold learning

Strong writing and presentation skills are preferred