# Chief Scientist

STR is seeking a Chief Scientist to develop cutting-edge AI technologies with significant and immediate impact on our national security. We believe that each candidate has a unique set of skills, experiences and perspectives that could enable us to provide our customers with innovative solutions. The skills below are intended to give you a sense for the position. If you see an overlap with your skills, go ahead and apply! This individual will lead a diverse team to create innovative solutions that leverage emerging technology in generative AI, reinforcement learning and other AI disciplines. They will also be responsible for technical marketing and proposal writing; building world-class teams and cultivating strategic customer relationships. What you will do: Technical marketing to existing and potential customers Technical proposal development (idea generation, writing, reviewing, editing) Creating innovative solutions to challenging AI problems Leading teams to design, develop, implement, test and analyze solutions to national security problems Serve as primary technical point of contact to customers, co-contractors, and subcontractors Who you are: Active Top Secret (TS) Security

- **Id**: 4285116
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/systems-and-technology-research-chief-scientist-2>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Seniority**: head
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Arlington, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T16:07:47Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T21:32:34Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4225
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: C4ISR, Cyber Warfare, Defense AI

## Company

- **Id**: 5401
- **Name**: Systems and Technology Research
- **Domain**: str.us
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/str>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 86
- **Open postings**: 39
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.564
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 48
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 265000
- **Max**: 330000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 330000

## Technologies

- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Reinforcement Learning** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T21:32:34Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 4; Filings 12m: 4

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 48
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T23:38:48Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 330000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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