AI Researcher

Team Description:

Kitware is a leader in cutting-edge research and algorithm development for artificial intelligence (AI), including automated image, video, text, and multimodal analysis. Our solutions embracing AI add measurable value to government agencies, commercial organizations, and academic institutions worldwide. We have developed a deep understanding in extracting useful, actionable information from multiple data sources like images, video, metadata, audio, and text, and we recognize the need for robust, affordable solutions. We seek to advance AI, computer vision, and other related fields through research and development and collaborative projects that can contribute to our open source software platforms, such as XAITK, NRTK, andALIGN.

About the Projects:

Kitware's work involved applying state-of-the-art artificial intelligence approaches to dynamic, real-world problems. In this case, you will have the opportunity to contribute your skills to projects focused on national security, making a differnce on a daily basis to protecto ur country. Research and Development Engineers at Kitware also enjoy benefits commonly associated with academic positions, such as support and encouragement for publishing novel work.

We partner with premier government R&D agencies such as DARPA, IARPA, AFRL, NVESD, NOAA, ONR, other branches of the US military, and multiple members of the Intelligence community on a range of efforts including prime contracts, SBIRs, and STTRs. In addition, we provide commercial services to companies ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Kitware employs an open source business model to foster extended, collaborative communities, and to provide flexible, high-quality technical solutions. If you've used CMake, ITK, or VTK, you know our work and the impact it has on the communities we help build.

In This Position You Will:

• Be part of Kitware's overall mission of positive social impact through work in areas such as environmental monitoring, national and global security, ethical and responsible AI, open science, scientific computing, and medical computing.

• Develop robust solutions in the various areas of AI, including Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Large Language Models (LLMs), Vision Language Models (VLMs), Foundation Models, etc.

• Develop algorithms to solve interesting, challenging technical problems: object detection, classification, and tracking; video/image understanding and search; 3D reconstruction from aerial imagery; reasoning and alignment in decision-making; threat detection and decision alignment in cybersecurity; and many more.

• Enjoy support and encouragement for participation in national and international conferences (such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, WACV, and 3DV)

• Be encouraged to seek funding to grow and develop your own research areas, if you desire

Required Qualifications:

• PhD in Computer Science or related AI field
• Strong publication record in top-tier research publications and conferences. Candidates should include a list of publications as part of their resume/CV.
• Highly innovative and demonstrated track record for solving difficult technical challenges in computer vision, foundation models, LLMs, machine learning, audio processing, or related areas
• Experience collaborating successfully with others and thriving in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment
• Proficiency in Python, PyTorch, Tensorflow, or other related tools.
• Due to contractual requirements, only US Citizens will be considered for this position
• If not already cleared TS/SCI, willingness and ability to apply for and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with deep learning methods
• Experience with geospatial coordinates systems and transformation
• Experience with multiple large multimodal AI models, including image, text, and speech modalities