Machine Learning (ML) Engineer for Robotics & Autonomous Systems

MITRE’s Artificial Intelligence Innovation Center's Robotics and Autonomous Systems Department is an innovative team of engineers focused on the development of cutting-edge autonomous systems, robotics capabilities, and AI solutions for a safer world.  

The Robotics and Autonomous Systems Department has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer. Your experience will allow you to influence research directions; evaluate the challenges and potential solutions for designing, developing, and fielding machine learning solutions; assess the adequacy and maturation of existing research programs and shape their technical and programmatic direction; and identify new areas where research and development are needed to strengthen the nation’s growing machine learning capabilities. 

The right candidate will enjoy a fast-paced team environment, a broad array of challenging problems, and an opportunity to work with advanced technologies from across the field of autonomy and will serve a critical role in enabling advanced autonomy capabilities both for our sponsors as well as internal efforts at MITRE.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work on, or lead, a team to develop and implement ML and deep learning algorithms
• Develop and use modern software engineering techniques to develop ML-related software
• Maintain knowledge of advances of ML capabilities in industry and academia
• Develop, propose and execute research in the field of ML
• Develop and propose new research directions in ML-enabled systems in support of MITRE’s internal research program and sponsor’s research programs
• Evaluate ML solutions and compare to sponsor requirements and needs.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must be a US citizen able to obtain and maintain a US government clearance
• MSc degree or higher in artificial intelligence or related discipline
• 6+ years of experience in defining, developing, and deploying ML solutions.
• Ability to articulate ML-specific challenges, discuss critical issues, and identify gaps.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) along with ability to foster relationship development with sponsors
• Proven ability to work independently to learn new technologies, techniques, processes, languages, platforms, systems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work both independently and with a team.
• Experience with programming languages such as C++ and Python.
• Familiarity with state-of-the-art technology. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD degree in artificial intelligence or related discipline w/ 8+ years of experience in defining, developing, and deploying ML solutions
• Active DoD Secret clearance.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):Secret

Work Location Type:Hybrid

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