Senior Machine Learning Engineer I - TS/SCI Clearance

Rocket Lab Corporation • Chantilly, VA

22h • Onsite

About The Position

Rocket Lab’s Optical Systems division solves mission-critical space domain and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) challenges for Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) customers. Our vision is to revolutionize the space-based payload market with innovative and novel designs for space, terrestrial, and airborne environments. Building on more than 20 years of electro-optical and infrared systems innovation from Geost, Optical Systems delivers solutions to the warfighter for responsive, scalable sensing solutions across all orbital domains.

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer I based at our Optical Systems site in Chantilly, VA, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with researchers on high-impact ML, AI, and computer vision projects. Join a driven team of pioneers relentlessly tackling challenging projects, delivering on the impossible, and making an impact on the future of space!

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical or computer engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, or other field
• 5+ years of software experience
• Active TS/SCI U.S. Government Security Clearance
• Proficiency in Python
• Experience with deep learning libraries (PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.)
• Strong background in both classical and modern (deep learning) machine learning including model selection, architecting, training, validation, testing, and deployment
• Understanding of a variety of machine learning tasks, e.g. Object Detection, Segmentation, Re-Identification, Tracking, Super Resolution
• Ability to apply modern AI approaches to solve real-world problems

Nice To Haves

• Machine learning experience with imagery or 3-D data
• Master’s degree or PhD in computer science, electrical or computer engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, or other science or engineering field
• Classical machine learning methods
• Experience with AWS, docker, Agile development
• Experience curating quality, real-world datasets for training deep learning models
• Proficiency in C++
• MATLAB

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with researchers on projects related to machine learning, artificial intelligence, and computer vision
• Perform rapid prototyping and enhanced development to be integrated into operational systems
• Contribute your strong programming ability and experience to develop robust solutions for real-world problems
• Validate, optimize, and deploy advanced exploitation algorithms
• Perform troubleshooting, bug fixes, and maintenance of existing and new code to ensure stability and robustness.
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Ability to support travel or off-site work, as needed

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior