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Peraton · 16 hours ago

Sr AI/ML Research Scientist

US-MD-Annapolis Junction

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$146K/yr - $234K/yr

7+ years exp

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence. The AI/ML Research Scientist will conduct research and development in AI/ML technologies, focusing on generative AI using Large Language Models, while collaborating with project leads and the R&D team to customize solutions for customers.

Information TechnologyRobotics

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

The AI/ML Research Scientist will work with project leads and managers to perform research and development of AI/ML technologies, with primary focus on generative AI using Large Language Models (LLMs)

Candidates are expected to work with the R&D team to customize and apply developed technologies to address problems of interest to customers

Candidates are expected to possess ability and experience to perform cutting-edge agentic AI research under the supervision of managers

Qualification

AI/ML research experiencePython programmingLarge Language ModelsAI/ML model buildingAgentic AI developmentAWS knowledgeModern software practicesC programmingC++ programmingJavaScript programmingMachine learning librariesTerraformKubernetesFull stack programming

Required

U.S. Citizenship Required

Must have the ability to obtain / maintain a Secret clearance

Bachelor's degree and 12+ years, Master's degree and 10+ years, or PhD and 7+ years in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical field of experience

Demonstratable AI/ML research experience, academic research publications in peer-reviewed international AI/ML conferences are preferred, unless similar qualifications can be demonstrated

Development expertise in Python and other programming languages such as C, C++, and Javascript

Agentic AI development using on of the agent development framework

Hands-on development experience in AI/ML model building and tuning

Demonstratable proficiency in working with the state-of-the-art Large Language Models at the API level (During interviews on MS Teams, candidates could be asked to use VSCode or another IDE to execute tasks through programmatic interactions with OpenAI tool/function call API)

Modern software development practices and toolsets (Linux, Git, CI/CD toolchains, Docker, Postgres)

AWS knowledge and development skill

Preferred

Extensive experience of using modern AI tools such as Anthropic's Claude Code to be a lot more efficient than writing code and debugging code using the conventional approach

Machine learning libraries, such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc

Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP)

End-to-end machine learning model and multi-modal generative AI agent development experience

Orchestration tools such as Terraform and Kubernetes

Hands-on AI/ML development experience in a cloud environment, such as AWS Bedrock

Full stack programming experience