Lead, Artificial Intelligence Engineer

L3HHCM20•Los Angeles, CA

2d•$115,000 - $245,000

About The Position

Missile Solutions segment is seeking a skilled Artificial Intelligence Engineer with a strong background in emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to join our team. This role requires the ability to define, lead, and integrate AI strategies in large organizations. The selected candidate will report to the Chief Engineering Director, Advanced Missile Propulsion Technology (AMPT) and be based at a Missile Solutions segment site.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience

Nice To Haves

Experience with the development of AI solutions beyond a single business or domain (ex. familiar with a spectrum of solutions and models across computer vision, task optimization, data analytics, natural language models, etc.)
Experience with the full life cycle of AI development, associated software stacks, and infrastructure approaches necessary to achieve the solution vision.
Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience in aerospace and defense.
Experience operationalizing AI from cloud to edge and navigating deployment through the ATO process.

Responsibilities

Manage the technical development of an AI-centric solution from conception, design, test & validation, to scaled deployment (to a customer or at least to a segment-scale internal deployment).
Maintain a prioritized roadmap of AI initiatives that ties to business value (growth and efficiency)
Perform gap analysis to assess infrastructure, data and resource readiness.
Develop, track and improve KPI metrics related to cost, productivity and time-to-delivery.
Navigate between the ecosystems of open models and enterprise platforms as required.
Define and validate the value of AI capabilities and use cases to external (or internal) customers.
Clear understanding and communication of the ROI of AI investments while simultaneously off-ramping unbounded efforts of questionable business value.
Responsible for understanding strategic objectives, setting expectations, and leading teams to achieve desired outcomes.