Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Research and Development Engineer

We are seeking highly motivated Research and Development Engineers to join our Research Artificial Intelligence team at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State. You will assist in providing customers with state-of-the-art visualization and decision support, focusing on researching and developing feasible algorithmic solutions to complex problems using large sets of multivariate data.

Located in State College, PA or Reston, VA, ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes transitioning military members to apply.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement machine learning systems, models, and schemes
• Research and apply state-of-the-art machine learning prototypes to sponsor-specific domains
• Search and select appropriate data sets before performing data collection and data modeling
• Visualize data for deeper insights
• Generate and present technical research reports and briefings
• Perform statistical analysis in support of pattern-of-life and anomaly detection
• Perform data fusion and correlation
• Build high-quality software prototypes integrated with research and pre-production software environments
• Collaborate with other ARL staff and sponsors
• Supervise the work of lower-level staff and undergraduate students
• Perform tasks of a larger scope and lead specific tasks within the project scope

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Science
• Relevant experience:
  • 19+ years for Principal Professional level
  • 14+ years for Senior Professional level
  • 5+ years for Advanced Professional level
• U.S. citizenship (required for government security clearance)
• Eligibility to participate in ARL drug testing program and comply with electronic and physical monitoring requirements applicable to federal contractors
• Required skills/knowledge:
  • Data science/algorithm development
  • Data science/Machine Learning languages (e.g., Python)
  • Research, development, and implementation of machine learning models

Preferred Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI Clearance
• Master’s degree
• 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 (e.g., Pandas, PyTorch/TensorFlow, NumPy, MatPlotLib, PostgreSQL, FastAPI)
• Software Development tools (e.g., Git, Docker, Kubernetes, SSH)

Schedule

This is a fully on-site position located in State College, PA or Reston, VA.

Pay

The salary range for this position, including all possible grades, is $146,040.00 - $318,840.00, with an adjustment based on required geographic work location.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Robust retirement plans
• Substantial paid time off (holidays, vacation, and sick time)
• 75% tuition discount for employees, eligible spouses, and children