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The SEI serves as a national resource in software engineering and computer security. The SEI works closely with academia, defense and government organizations, and industry to continually improve software-intensive systems. Our core purpose is to help organizations improve software engineering capabilities and develop or acquire the right software that is defect free, within budget and on time, every time.\nWhat We Do\nThe Rapid Fielding of High Assurance (RFHAS) directorate conducts research and development activities to accelerate the fielding of software-reliant systems with high-assurance. This involves accelerating and automating the development cycle to support continuous development while at the same time connected with assurance techniques that incorporate formal models in a practical and scalable way. These techniques include Model-Based Systems Engineering and the automating power of AI for Software Engineering (SE) but also SE to exploit the power of AI with high confidence. \nPosition Summary\nAs an AI Safety Lead you will work closely with our researchers and engineers to lead, plan, and execute customer projects that address the challenges of exploiting AI in software development and also incorporating AI into software systems while ensuring its safe operation. You will ensure that the project performance meet expectations, the deliverables are on time, and the project meet the customer needs. You will partner across SEI technical and support staff to create a culture of technical excellence, creativity and innovation. You will also contribute to shape the approaches to field AI systems at the speed and trust of relevance.\nWho you are:\nTechnical Leadership: You have experience managing complex technical projects from initiation through delivery, including planning and scheduling, resource coordination, risk tracking, milestone management, and assessments. You can organize cross-functional teams and keep execution on track across multiple concurrent efforts.\nSolutions Engineer: You partner with our technical team to create and maintain strong working relationships with our customers, conducting regular check-ins to assess satisfaction, gather feedback, and ensure alignment between delivered work and customer priorities. You translate customer needs into actionable technical requirements for project teams.\nQuality-Driven: You ensure deliverables meet both mission partner expectations and SEI standards. You conduct regular project reviews, identify quality gaps, develop corrective actions, and verify that SEI standards for safety, security, and compliance are satisfied.\nOutcome-Focused: You are a driven by a sense of duty to deliver outcomes that advance the state-of-the-art and practice for analyzing, assuring, and countering software systems to enhance National Security. \nCommunicator and Collaborator: You have outstanding written and oral communication skills. 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