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We currently lead a community-wide movement to mature the discipline of AI Engineering for Defense and National Security.\nAs our government customers adopt AI and machine learning toprovideleap-ahead mission capabilities, we\nBuild real-world, mission-scale AI capabilities through solving practical engineering problems\n\nDiscover and define the processes, practices, and tools to support operationalizing AI for human-centered, robust, secure, and scalable mission capabilities\n\nPrepare our customers to be ready for the unique challenges of adopting, deploying, using, andmaintainingAI capabilities\n\nIdentifyand investigate emerging AI and AI-adjacent technologies that are rapidly transforming the technology landscape\n\nAre you creative, curious, and collaborative? Do you enjoy doing meaningful and complex work? Are you interested in making a difference by bringing innovation to government organizations and beyond? 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