Principal AI Software Engineer TS/SCI w/Poly

Purpose and Impact

Amentum is seeking a motivated Principal AI Software Engineer to support the exciting Corporate Directory Services mission. The role involves leading the development of advanced AI and ML solutions, intelligence mission workflows, and emerging analytic capabilities. The candidate will work across multiple technical domains to deliver innovative capabilities from proof-of-concept through operational deployment.

Essential Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with customers to drive the rapid development, evaluation, and transition of AI/ML-enabled mission capabilities that enhance operational analysis and intelligence workflows.
• Leverage emerging technologies, scalable software architectures, and advanced analytics to automate discovery, accelerate insight generation, and deliver production-ready solutions across diverse mission domains.
• Shape technical strategy and best practices to ensure effective deployment, sustainment, and evolution of AI-enabled mission systems.

Minimum Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Proficient in current AI/ML technologies such as classification, clustering, collaborative filtering, search, and retrieval using techniques like DNN, RNN, attention-based transformers, etc.
• Experience in current large language models (LLM) for representative and generative tasks.
• Proficiency with object-oriented languages (JAVA, Python) and experience with Jupyter Notebooks.

Security Clearance Requirement

Security Clearance Required: TS/SCI Poly

Minimum Years of Experience

A Doctoral degree plus 7 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree plus 9 years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor's degree plus 11 years of relevant experience, or an Associate's degree plus 13 years of relevant experience, or a High School diploma/GED plus 15 years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in retrieval augmented generation (RAG), model context protocol (MCP) and other recent technologies supporting agentic AI.
• Foundational knowledge of statistics related to parametric probability distributions, nonparametric probability distributions, Bayesian analysis, and covariance matrices.
• Proficiency in agentic systems that can automatically carry out mission goals with limited supervision.

Other Responsibilities

• Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture where all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment.
• Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction.
• Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to their job.

Compensation Details

$200,000 - $255,000

Benefits Overview

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retail benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Educational reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax-saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance