Principal Engineer, Optimization

What You Will Do

Provide technical expertise in the areas of discrete optimization, deep learning for computer vision, large language models (LLMs), vision-language models (VLMs), and state of the art methods for operations planning and scheduling.

Of particular interest are demonstrated skills in these areas for industrial problems.

Design and develop advanced optimization and machine learning solutions to complex decision-making problems in aerospace and defense applications.

Develop and deploy deep learning models to solve challenging computer vision problems.

Explore and integrate large language models (LLMs) and vision-language models (VLMs) for multimodal tasks.

Lead and support externally and internally sponsored programs, writing external and internal research proposals.

Build relationships to support developing business relationships with industry, academia, and government agencies.

Disseminate research results through reports, conference proceedings, and peer-reviewed articles, and developing intellectual property.

Qualifications

• You Must Have:
  • A Ph.D. in Operations Research, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or a related field, with minimum 5 years of industrial experience.
  • A strong background and understanding of mathematical programming such as discrete optimization and mixed integer programming.
  • Expertise in designing and training deep neural networks for vision-related tasks.
  • Familiarity with large language models (LLMs) and their integration into vision-language applications.
  • Experience with Python, MATLAB, C++, or other programming languages and collaborative software development tools (e.g. Git).
• We Prefer:
  • Previous experience with practical applications in indicated fields with 10+ years of experience.
  • A record of innovation as evidenced by high-quality journal and conference publications.
  • Ability to look at open-ended tough problems as an opportunity to innovate and develop novel solutions.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills with track record of teamwork, adaptability, innovation and initiative.
  • Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to focus on results in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment.
  • To work independently with limited direction and in multidisciplinary environment to accomplish project goals.

Security Clearance

None/Not Required

Pay

$107,500 - $204,500

Schedule

Hybrid