Research Professorial Faculty Open Rank, AI Test and Evaluation

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and integration of AI Test & Evaluation research activities by translating mission needs and operational constraints into actionable evaluation strategies, technical approaches, and research plans; coordinating multidisciplinary teams; and addressing performance, uncertainty, trustworthiness, and system considerations in mission-relevant environments.
• Manage an interdisciplinary research portfolio supporting rapid development, prototyping, T&E, and transition of AI-enabled capabilities by establishing research priorities across multiple concurrent projects; aligning technical efforts with sponsor needs and institutional objectives; guiding proposal development; and contributing to sustainable growth of research programs aligned to national security priorities.
• Collaborate with government, academia, and industry partners by facilitating integration of technical efforts among rotating faculty experts, interdisciplinary researchers, and external collaborators; establishing effective teaming structures and workflows; and ensuring shared understanding of research objectives, evaluation approaches, and mission priorities across concurrent projects.
• Support sponsor engagement and research alignment activities by interacting with government partners to clarify mission needs and evaluation priorities; providing technical insight to inform research direction and execution approaches; and communicating research findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders to strengthen alignment between research outputs and mission outcomes.
• Contribute to workforce development through mentorship of students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career technical staff engaged in experiential learning activities; integrating students into interdisciplinary project teams; and supporting development of practical technical and professional skills aligned with rapid AI T&E and national security mission needs.

Requirements

• Doctoral degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, statistics, operations research, or related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in AI, ML, or data-driven systems.
• Demonstrated experience in test & evaluation, experimentation, validation, verification, or performance assessment of complex systems.
• Experience leading or coordinating interdisciplinary technical teams.
• Experience contributing to externally sponsored research programs.
• Demonstrated ability to translate technical concepts into mission-relevant research approaches.
• Strong communication skills.
• US citizenship and active secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Experience evaluating AI-enabled systems in operational or mission-relevant environments.
• Experience serving as PI or co-PI on externally sponsored research programs.
• Experience working across government, academia, and industry research environments.
• Experience in mission engineering, digital engineering, modeling and simulation, or systems engineering.
• Experience supporting rapid prototyping or iterative capability development environments.
• Experience mentoring interdisciplinary research teams.
• Experience developing research proposals and establishing sponsor partnerships.

Skills

Not specified

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

Salary commensurate with experience

Schedule

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime