Generative AI Engineer

The MITRE Corporation•New Bedford, MA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

At MITRE, you can have both meaningful work and a fulfilling life. MITRE is a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, operating R&D centers for the government in fields like cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. The organization is committed to tackling the nation's toughest challenges and to the long-term well-being of its employees, offering competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities, and a culture of innovation. MITRE’s Human Language Technology (HLT) Department provides language processing solutions to US Government agencies, addressing complex mission needs and researching/prototyping new methods. The department seeks highly motivated, adaptive, and self-directed candidates for research, development, engineering, evaluation, and integration in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). This role has a particular emphasis on leveraging large language models (LLMs) to support diverse mission needs across MITRE’s sponsor base. Expertise is sought in areas such as LLMs, machine learning, model training and deployment, model evaluation, retrieval augmented generation (RAG) systems, GraphRAG, MLOps, fine-tuning models, and prompt engineering.

Requirements

Requires a minimum of 2 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, linguistics, or related disciplines; or a Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, linguistics, or related disciplines
Demonstrated recent experience with LLM technology and applications
Knowledge of and experience in prototyping/developing human language technology components/systems
Ability to apply state-of-the-art machine learning and LLM techniques to real-world problems
Ability to work independently to learn new technologies, methods, processes, frameworks/platforms, and systems
Experience with programming languages such as Java or Python
Demonstrated recent experience in prototyping/developing human language technology components/systems
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to articulate challenging technical concepts to both lay and expert audiences
Ability to obtain and maintain a US government security clearance within one year from date of hire
Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance
This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site

Nice To Haves

Prior work experience, including summer internships, in positions requiring the use of LLM and generative AI technologies
Hands-on experience in the development/prototyping of HLT systems or components
Active DOD security clearance

Responsibilities

Work in and provide technical leadership to cross-functional teams to develop and implement generative AI solutions and prototypes, including capabilities that leverage large language model (LLM) technology
Analyze sponsor mission needs and recommend innovative prototypes and solutions that leverage cutting edge generative AI technologies
Fine-tune and optimize models to improve model performance and to support real-world mission needs across MITRE’s sponsor base
Evaluate technology solutions in the context of mission data and workflow needs, and provide actionable recommendations for improving the performance of models and/or components
Convey complex ideas to non-technical audiences through briefings and/or white papers
Lead or contribute to small teams to solve technical challenges by applying GenAI capabilities
Leverage MITRE’s Federal AI Sandbox (NVIDIA DGX SuperPod hardware) and AI Platform to support research, development and evaluation of generative AI capabilities