Artificial Intelligence Engineer (Job ID: 4390)

Valkyrie•Huntsville, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Valkyrie Enterprises has need for an Artificial Intelligence Engineer in Huntsville, AL working in the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) System Assessment Directorate. In this role you will deliver technical knowledge and advice for design, evaluation, and advancement of AI-enabled applications, tools, and workflows. This role is intended for a hands-on technical professional who understands how modern AI systems are built and can help develop practical solutions using large language models, agentic workflows, orchestration frameworks, and supporting software infrastructure. The right candidate is a builder at heart—someone who explores new frameworks, prototypes ideas, and continuously seeks knowledge of emerging techniques. The ideal candidate follows the fast-moving AI ecosystem with innate curiosity.

Requirements

Must have a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or related field and at least 12 years of relevant experience.
Must have experience designing, building, integrating, or evaluating AI/ML-enabled applications or software tools.
Must have familiarity with modern AI application patterns, including LLM-based applications, RAG, prompt engineering, agentic systems, and AI-assisted workflows.
Must have experience with software development fundamentals, APIs, data handling, and system integration.
Must have the ability to assess technical tradeoffs and communicate them clearly to both engineers and government stakeholders.
Must have strong written and verbal communication skills.
Must be a US Citizen and possess an Active Secret Clearance
Ability to obtaining a TS/SCI clearance required

Nice To Haves

Experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar languages commonly used in AI application development preferred.
Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, model APIs, evaluation frameworks, and agent testing harnesses preferred.
Exposure to model hosting, inference pipelines, or cloud-based AI development environments preferred.
Understanding of secure AI development practices, data protection, and operational constraints in government settings preferred.
Experience working in defense, cyber, intelligence, or mission application development preferred.
Familiarity with human-in-the-loop workflows, AI assurance, and evaluation methodologies preferred.
Working knowledge of one or more agentic or orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI, Haystack, LlamaIndex, or similar ecosystems preferred.

Responsibilities

Participate with government teams developing or assessing AI-enabled applications and tools
Advise the customer on technical approaches for AI application design, prototyping, integration, and evaluation
Assess solutions involving LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation, tool use, agentic workflows, orchestration layers, prompt pipelines, and evaluation harnesses
Participate in architecture reviews, development approaches, model usage patterns, and technical risk areas
Advise the government on AI engineering considerations such as latency, reliability, observability, testability, guardrails, data flow, and system integration
Evaluate and compare modern AI frameworks, agentic libraries, and experimentation harnesses for suitability in mission use cases
Assist with the development of technical guidance, prototypes, engineering recommendations, and briefings for government stakeholders
Participate in test and evaluation activities for AI tools, including performance assessment, qualitative review, and workflow validation
Collaborate with platform engineers, product leads, mission users, and government leadership to ensure AI efforts remain technically grounded and operationally relevant
Monitor rapid changes in the AI ecosystem and develop informed recommendations on emerging tools and practices