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Principal AI/ML Engineer

Greenwood Village, CO, US • Posted 6 hours ago • Updated 6 hours ago

Contract W2

4 Months

On-site

Depends on Experience

Fitment

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Skills

AI/ML
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
MACHINE LEARNING
PYTHON
C++
C#
JAVA
DEEP LEARNING
REINFORCEMENT LEARNING
US CITIZEN
ENGINEER

Summary

DPP is seeking a Principal AI/ML Engineer for an opportunity with our client in the Aerospace & Defense industry.

Work location: Onsite in Englewood, CO
Duration: 4 months
Terms: W2 contract
Work authorization: ; must have the ability to obtain a US Gov’t security clearance

Position summary:

In this role, you will help shape the long-term AI/ML technical vision for the organization, guide high-impact R&D initiatives, and lead the development of advanced autonomy, perception, analytics, and generative AI capabilities.
You will be responsible for setting technical direction across multiple simultaneous efforts, defining architectural standards, and ensuring that JTF team’s prototypes and initiatives represent industry-leading innovation.
This role requires exceptional technical depth, the ability to operate with extreme autonomy, and the leadership presence to influence engineering culture, collaborate with program leadership, mentor staff, and represent the team to senior executives, customers, and external partners.

Deliverables:

Translate broad mission objectives into program-level AI/ML architectures, strategies, staffing needs, data plans, and technical frameworks
Drive system-level AI/ML decision-making, establishing technical standards and guiding engineering trade studies that shape platform-level autonomy and perception capabilities
Identify and champion high-value R&D opportunities, emerging technologies, and cross-organizational partnerships that accelerate the company’s AI/ML advancements
Provide deep technical consultation across JTF team and adjacent Business Units product lines, ensuring architectural coherence and technical excellence
Coach and develop engineering talent, raising JTF team’s overall AI/ML capabilities
Ensure AI/ML solutions are architected for scalability and integration with enterprise-wide platforms, collaborating with IT and infrastructure teams to define and implement the necessary tools. Data pipeline, and computing resources for sustainable AI/ML operations across the organization.
Balance program-specific AI/ML solution development with strategic focus on establishing reusable frameworks, common data assets, and infrastructure that support cross-program and enterprise-wide AI/ML adoption.

Responsibilities:

Lead design and technical direction for next-generation architectures spanning deep learning, reinforcement learning, multimodal generative AI, and advanced perception/decision systems
Architect and oversee end-to-end multi-program AI/ML systems across platforms and embedded systems
Assist with development of long-term technical strategies, roadmaps, and requirements for emerging AI/ML initiatives
Identify, define, and advocate for the foundational data, compute, MLOps, and cloud/on-prem infrastructure necessary to support sustainable and secure AI/ML development and deployment across JTF team and related business units.
Establish and promote best practices for the full AI/ML lifecycle, including data management, model versioning, CI/CD for ML, monitoring, and continuous improvement, to ensure reliable deployment and operation of AI/ML models in production.
Oversee multiple development streams, providing technical reviews, risk assessments, and mitigations plans
Shape system-level behavior and engineering tradeoffs when requirements are ambiguous
Lead development of simulations, sensor fusion models, vision models, and planning/decision algorithms
Represent the JTF team to leadership, customers, and partners (assist in developing and presenting briefings, demos, high-level technical presentations, etc.)
Establish adaptive, agile AI/ML validation, verification, and safety frameworks for proof-of-concept level mission-critical systems
Evaluate and introduce emerging technologies (examples: transformers, RLHF, edge AI, XAI, GPU acceleration)
Partner with Program Manager and Project Engineer to define staffing, data, schedules, and resources required to execute JTF team technical initiatives

Basic qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Statistics, or related STEM field
14+ years of experience in AI/ML or related fields, or 16+ years without a degree
Demonstrated mastery of deep learning, reinforcement learning, generative models, and large-scale AI/ML system architecture
Proven experience architecting and deploying mission-critical and/or large-scale AI/ML systems
Strong proficiency in Python, C++, C#, and/or Java with experience building scalable Machine Learning systems
Experience providing technical leadership across teams, projects, or programs
Ability to define technical strategies, influence senior stakeholders, and make organization-level architecture decisions
In-depth experience with aerospace/defense-relevant regulatory and cybersecurity considerations
Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow engineering talent within an organization

Preferred qualifications:

Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in AI/ML or related field
Experience applying AI/ML to autonomy, multimodal sensor fusion, or embedded/real-time platforms
Experience establishing or scaling ML engineering standard (MLOps, validation frameworks, data management)
Expertise with GPU acceleration, CUDA/TensorRT, or parallel computing
Publications, patents, or thought leadership in AI/ML
Familiarity with edge AI, explainable AI (XAI), or emerging/advanced ML topics
Experience translating high-level mission objectives into complex AI/ML system architectures (HMI scenarios, autonomy stacks)

Interested? Learn more:
Click the apply button or contact our recruiter Harrison at to learn more about this position (#26-00758).

: This role requires the ability to obtain a Secret US security clearance, which requires a thorough background search and ship. Residency requirements may apply. EOE/AA/V/D

DPP offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. Call today to learn more about working with DPP.

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Dice Id: 10114775
Position Id: 26-00758
Posted 6 hours ago

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