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Federation of American Scientists · 3 months ago

AI/ML Engineering Director Fellow

Washington, DC

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$164K/yr - $164K/yr

5+ years exp

The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is seeking an AI/ML Engineering Director Fellow to lead high-impact projects in the Department of Information Technology within a state government. This role will focus on expanding technical capacity and driving the use of AI to modernize public services, ensuring the state becomes a national leader in responsible AI use.

Non Profit

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Identifying areas where state-led AI experimentation can have the greatest impact

Identifying systemic barriers – such as gaps in technical expertise, procedural bottlenecks, or infrastructure/architectural limitations – that slow the adoption of AI tools across state government

Developing technical, policy, and talent solutions to remove these barriers and accelerate the implementation of AI projects

Evaluating, prototyping, implementing, and optimizing AI/ML systems to ensure they are production-ready, scalable, and high-performing

Leading and/or supporting high-impact AI deployments in priority areas – such as streamlining permitting or transforming legacy systems – that deliver on improved operations, customer experience, and service design

Championing an AI/MLOps strategy for the State AI product lifecycle

Building longer-term capacity by establishing practices that enable sustained AI adoption, including with and for agentic systems

Qualification

AI product lifecycleEngineering leadershipAI systems implementationSystem orchestration frameworksCross-functional collaborationEthics in AIContinuous improvementMentoring engineering teams

Required

5 - 7 years of engineering leadership, preferably mentoring and growing engineering teams to design/build/ship AI systems

Exceptional ability to build strong relationships with cross-functional peers in Design, Legal, Product, and other diverse disciplines

Envision the 'art of the possible' – you have a strong point of view on where AI is going next and will make a plan to keep the state at the forefront

Deep knowledge of the end-to-end AI product lifecycle, from user research to continuous improvement and monitoring

Hands-on experience defining and implementing robust frameworks for system orchestration, continuous evaluation, and post-deployment monitoring

A holistic approach to building AI: You value its ethics and impact as much as its accuracy

Preferred

A track record building and launching AI systems in highly regulated industries, including the government and healthcare

Company

Federation of American Scientists

The Federation of American Scientists provides science based analysis of and solutions to protect national and international security.

Founded in 1945

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

11-50 employees

http://fas.org/

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