L3Harris Technologies · 1 day ago
Lead, Artificial Intelligence 1
Camden, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$130K/yr - $240K/yr
7+ years expL3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The IMS Artificial Intelligence team is seeking a highly skilled AI/ML engineer focused on building, deploying, and operationalizing AI/ML capabilities across the Segment.
CommercialInformation TechnologyNational Security
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Design, build, train, test, and deploy AI/ML models across domains such as computer vision, NLP, task optimization, and data analytics
Develop production-ready software components, APIs, microservices, and automation tools that integrate AI/ML into enterprise systems and workflows
Implement and support end-to-end ML pipelines, including data ingestion, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring
Optimize models for accuracy, latency, memory footprint, and operational reliability
Implement data preprocessing, transformation, and quality checks to ensure consistent data flow into AI pipelines
Conduct model retraining, fine-tuning versioning, and performance improvement as data and mission needs evolve
Leverage AI frameworks, toolkits, and cloud/on-prem infrastructure to operationalize models at scale
Develop and maintain CI/CD + MLOps workflows for automated training, deployment, and monitoring
Ensure AI solutions meet reliability, performance, and security requirements
Work closely with software, data, security, and mission teams to integrate AI capabilities into existing applications and workflows
Communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical users and collaborate to refine requirements
Contribute to technical documentation, design artifacts, and code reviews
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, 9+ years of relevant experience, or Master's degree and 7+ years
Proven hands-on experience developing and deploying software applications including AI/ML models in production environments
At least 7 years of programming skills (e.g., Python, C++, Rust, Java) and proficiency with AI/ML libraries and frameworks
Experience with full AI lifecycle: data preparation, model development, validation, deployment, monitoring
Ability to translate mission or business requirements into functional AI solutions
Understanding of data pipelines, distributed training, optimization techniques, and deployment environments (cloud or on-prem)
Strong collaboration and communication skills
Ability to obtain a US Security clearance is required
Preferred
Active Secret or higher security clearance
Experience applying AI/ML in aerospace, defense, ISR, maritime, or mission-critical environments
Familiarity with generative AI, LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG and Graph architectures
Hands-on experience integrating AI into enterprise software, workflows, or mission systems
Experience with MLOps tools such as MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow, Sagemaker, or similar
Strong team player, communicator, and result-driven
Benefits
Health and disability insurance
401(k) match
Flexible spending accounts
EAP
Education assistance
Parental leave
Paid time off
Company-paid holidays
Company
L3Harris Technologies
L3Harris Technologies provides platform management system solutions for armed forces.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.25B2024-03-27Post Ipo Debt· $2.25B
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
Tania Hanna
Vice President Government & Customer Relations
Chip Teets
Senior Director, International Programs, Products & Technology
Recent News
2026-01-11
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