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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

We are seeking a talented, experienced and a highly motivated AI/ML Research and Development Engineer to assist in providing its customers with state-of-the-art visualization and decision support. The primary focus will be researching and developing feasible algorithmic solutions to our sponsor’s complex problems given large sets of multivariate data.

You will:

• Designing, developing, and researching machine learning systems, models, and schemes
• Studying, transforming, and applying state-of-the-art machine learning prototypes to sponsor specific domains and selecting appropriate data sets before performing data collection and data modeling
• Visualizing data for deeper insights
• Generating and presenting technical research reports and briefings
• Performing statistical analysis in support of pattern of life and anomaly detection
• Performing data fusion and correlation
• Building high quality software prototypes integrated with our various research and pre-production software environments
• Serve as a lead for multiple research projects 
• Prepare and deliver presentations on complex research topics

The selected candidates will assume a technical leadership role and will interact with other ARL staff and sponsors, spending a majority of the time working in a classified environment in State College, PA or Reston, VA.

ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.

Minimally requires a Bachelor's degree in an Engineering or Science discipline and 19 years’ related experience. A Master's degree in a related engineering discipline is preferred 

Experience in the following is required: 

• Data science/algorithm development 
• Data science / Machine Learning languages to include Python
• Research, development and implementation of novel machine learning models
• Ability to present complex technical topics to wide range of audiences

Experience in the following is preferred: 

• Training and optimizing ML algorithms on GPU hardware architectures, specifically NVIDIA based
• Working with geo-spatial data
• Statistics, multivariable calculus, and linear algebra
• Exploratory data analysis and visualization
• Data science / Machine Learning tools to include Pandas, PyTorch/TensorFlow, NumPy, MatPlotLib, PostGreSQL, FastAPI
• Software Development tools to include Git, Docker, Kubernetes, SSH
• Active TS/SCI Clearance

You will be subject to a government security investigation, and you must be a U.S. Citizen to apply. Employment with the Applied Research Laboratory will require successful completion of a pre-e