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Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Engineer, Senior (Job 1085)

DLH Corporation
Fort Detrick, Maryland, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 7 Jul 2025
💰 $135,000/yr($130,000/yr$135,000/yr)

About the role

About Us

DLH delivers improved health and national security readiness solutions for federal programs through science research and development, systems engineering and integration, and digital transformation. Our experts in public health, performance evaluation, and health operations solve the complex problems faced by civilian and military customers alike by leveraging advanced tools – including digital transformation, artificial intelligence, data analytics, cloud enablement, modeling, and simulation, and more. With over 3,200 employees dedicated to the idea that “Your Mission is Our Passion,” DLH brings a unique combination of government sector experience, proven methodology, and unwavering commitment to innovation to improve the lives of millions.

 

Overview

Support our government customer with artificial and machine learning project planning and execution for automated combat casualty care and clinical decision support. The candidate will analyze functional requirements from an engineering perspective and apply automated reasoning techniques to allow a computer system to draw conclusions from knowledge represented in a machine-interpretable form.

Responsibilities

  • Perform as a Principal Investigator for medical research.
  • Work with a team to design computer software that performs knowledge representation and machine-interpretable reasoning.
  • Work with knowledge bases to develop database schemas and to store computational models.
  • Performs market research into the integration of machine learning engineering with autonomous devices (robotics) for integration into military medical battlefield systems.
  • Research and prototype combat casualty care solutions in the multi-domain battlefield.
  • The ability to work with a diverse group of software developers, nurses, and combat medics working in geographically different locations.
  • The ability to understand how different systems or portions of systems can work together and share data, implement and design the architecture of the project, and when necessary, clearly document ideas and plans.
  • The ability to present information to audiences from varying backgrounds using verbal and written means.
  • Consult as a subject matter expert on other related research efforts within the organization that require artificial and machine learning expertise.

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree (Computer Science or related field)
  • Secret Clearance or the ability to obtain
  • Six (6) years of progressively responsible experience in knowledge representation and ontologies, AI/ML programming, and computer science. 
  • Demonstrated success in design, development, and implementation of AI/machine learning capabilities, preferably in the emergency medicine domain.
  • Experience with any of the following:
    • AI/ML Frameworks – HuggingFace, PyTorch/TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy, Prophet
    • Data & Cloud Platforms – AWS, GCP, Azure, Palantir Foundry, SQL, NoSQL
    • ML Ops – Docker, Kubernetes, Git/Github, JIRA, Postman, CUDA
  • Experience with medical or technology research preferred
  • Experience with clinical decision support systems preferred

Basic Compensation: $130,000 - $135,000 yearly salary

The salary range listed reflects what we reasonably expect to pay for this role at the time of posting. The final offer may vary based on skills, experience, geographic location, market conditions, and internal equity. Additional compensation may include performance incentives and program-specific awards. We do not use salary history to determine compensation, in line with applicable law.

 

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Benefits

DLH Corp offers our employees an excellent benefits package including Personal Time Off (PTO), medical, dental, vision, supplemental life with AD&D, short and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, parental leave, legal services, and more. We want our employees to save for their future; therefore, we offer a 401(k) Retirement Plan, which includes a matching component. DLH is dedicated to your career development, providing training to help drive success, with access to our best-in-class e-learning suite for formal and informal learning, professional and technical certification preparation, and educatio

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