Machine Learning Engineer

About the Team

STRs Intelligence Division researches and develops advanced analytics and machine learning-based solutions to solve challenging problems related to national security. Our team consists of passionate and motivated engineers with advanced degrees in engineering computer science mathematics and data science who are seeking opportunities to use their deep technical knowledge and creativity to tackle some of the hardest problems that our customers face. Our projects span multiple different data modalities and incorporate advanced algorithms deep learning and statistical techniques to uncover patterns in social media structured and unstructured text time series geospatial and imagery data and must operate under challenging constraints not typically found in the commercial world. The tools and technologies we develop have real world impact and US Government analysts and operators use them to enable intelligence activities around the globe.

The Role

As aMachine Learning Engineeryou will help develop and integrate cutting-edge AI/ML models into production systems that solve critical national security problems.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team of researchers engineers and domain experts you will analyze interesting and challenging datasets to develop implement and evaluate AI/ML models to discover trends and form valuable intelligence insights. You will help bridge the gap between prototype and product by hardening solutions building scalable backend services and creating polished user interfaces with intuitive workflows. You will build software with AI/ML at its core ranging from classical statistical methods to frontier language models deployed across a diverse set of platforms including cloud on-prem desktop mobile and edge addition you will collaborate closely with customers to understand mission needs rapidly prototype capabilities and iterate based on user feedback.

This position can be based in Woburn MA; or Arlington VA. Applicants should expect to primarily work onsite.

What you will do:

• Investigate and analyze large and interesting data sets to identify and expose hidden patterns and trends
• Develop and apply novel AI/ML models to automatically derive valuable insights for defense and intelligence analysts
• Collaborate with diverse teams to develop and deploy cutting-edge capabilities into production systems
• Support the engineering of robust backend services scalable APIs and intuitive user interfaces

Who you are:

• Active Secret Security Clearance with SCI Eligibility for which U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government
• Hold a B.S. or M.S. in Statistics Data Science Applied Mathematics Computer Science Electrical Engineering or other related discipline
• Experience in applying AI/ML methods to real-world data science problems especially in settings where data is sparse noisy and/or high dimensional
• Experience deploying AI/ML models and constructing analytics pipelines using modern Python-based frameworks
• Familiarity with creating data visualizations and user interfaces or dashboards
• Proficient with Python and the traditional data science and machine learning stack namely NumPy Pandas scikit-learn PyTorch and matplotlib
• Proficient with version control software (Git) JIRA Confluence or other common collaboration tools
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively within cross-functional teams and communicate with customers and end users

Even better:

• Active Top Secret (TS) Security Clearance
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles including testing scalability observability maintainability and performance optimization
• Experience working with large datasets (> 100 GB) and familiarity with big data infrastructure and frameworks such as AWS Hadoop Spark Dask or MapReduce
• Possession of an advanced degree in a scientific field and 2 years of relevant experience after Bachelors degree (work or post-graduate)
• Experience in intelligence and military-related mission areas

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $115000 - $140000

The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors such as but not limited to the candidates experience education training key skills/critical skills security clearances and prevailing market and business conditions.

STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston MA Arlington VA near Dayton OH Melbourne FL and Carlsbad CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense intelligence and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors radar sonar communications and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.

STRis committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.

STR is not just any company. Our people culture and attitude along with their unique set of skills experiences and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We cant do it alone though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us more info.

STRis an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race color religion sex (including gender identity sexual orientation and pregnancy) marital status national origin age veteran status disability genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

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Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.