Job Number: R0251743 Wireless and Edge AI/ML Engineer
The Opportunity:At Booz Allen, we power possibility for our clients facing their toughest challenges. Our cross-domain team of consultants, technologists, researchers, engineers, and cyber experts builds innovative solutions for the infrastructure and capabilities of tomorrow. We're trusted partners on our clients' most critical missions, and we bring expertise to the table, but it's our attitude, our courage, curiosity, and passion for tomorrow, that makes us unique.
We're seeking an AI/ML Engineer to join a team building a converged platform that runs real-time wireless signal processing and AI inference on the same GPU-accelerated hardware. You will develop, optimize, and deploy models that run alongside live network workloads, where latency budgets are measured in microseconds and compute is shared with the radio stack. The work spans the full lifecycle: data pipelines from network telemetry, model training and benchmarking, GPU-optimized inference, and containerized deployment on Kubernetes in a hands-on lab.
What You Will Do:- Design, train, and evaluate ML models for wireless network use cases, including traffic prediction, anomaly detection, interference classification, resource scheduling, and energy optimization, using network telemetry, KPIs, and RF data captured in the lab
- Build data pipelines that ingest, label, and version telemetry from the network stack, such as performance counters, logs, packet captures, and I/Q samples, into reproducible training datasets
- Optimize trained models for real-time inference on GPU-accelerated edge servers: quantization, pruning, TensorRT or ONNX Runtime conversion, CUDA profiling, and latency and throughput benchmarking against hard targets
- Package and deploy models as containerized inference services on Kubernetes using NVIDIA Triton Inference Server, the NVIDIA GPU Operator, and MIG or time-sliced GPU sharing alongside live network workloads
- Develop AI-driven network applications such as xApps and rApps that consume network telemetry and return control decisions through standardized interfaces, and validate them end to end in the lab
- Instrument the platform with MLOps tooling: experiment tracking, model registry, automated retraining triggers, drift monitoring, and CI/CD for model deployment
- Benchmark GPU resource contention between signal processing and AI inference workloads, and characterize and document the operating envelope for co-location on a single platform
- Apply security and assurance practices to the ML lifecycle: model provenance, dataset lineage, adversarial robustness testing, and alignment with DoD AI assurance guidance
- Write and maintain technical documentation, including model cards, training and deployment procedures, benchmark reports, and reproducibility guides, concurrently with lab work, not after the fact
- Collaborate with network, RF, and cybersecurity engineers to translate mission requirements into models that run on the deployed system, and brief results to government stakeholders
Join us. The world can't wait.
You Have:- 3+ years of experience training and evaluating ML models using frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow, including exporting models to formats such as ONNX for deployment
- 3+ years of experience with software development in Python, including production-quality code, testing, and version control practices
- Experience optimizing and benchmarking trained neural networks for inference: latency and throughput measurement, profiling, and techniques such as quantization or pruning
- Experience with GPU computing, including CUDA, cuDNN, or GPU-accelerated libraries, and with NVIDIA driver and container tooling in a Linux server environment
- Experience deploying ML models as services in containerized environments such as Docker or Kubernetes, and building data pipelines for time-series or telemetry data, including feature engineering and dataset versioning
- Experience delivering in an Agile, cross-functional engineering team and resolving complex problems with limited direction
- Ability to work hands-on in a fast-paced lab environment with hard delivery deadlines
- Ability to produce clear, accurate technical documentation and brief results to technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field and 5+ years of experience in AI/ML or Automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes, Master's degree in a STEM field and 3+ years of experience in AI/ML or Automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes, or 8+ years of experience in AI/ML or Automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes in lieu of a degree
Nice If You Have:- Experience with RF theory, digital signal processing, or physical-layer algorithms, such as channel estimation, beamforming, and modulation classification, including GNU Radio or MATLAB
- Experience with AI-RAN or AI-native wireless platforms: NVIDIA Aerial, GPU-accelerated Layer 1, or AI/ML-based RAN optimization
- Experience with O-RAN architectures, including the RAN Intelligent Controller Near-RT and Non-RT RIC, xApp/rApp development, and the E2 and A1 interfaces
- Experience with 5G/LTE network KPIs, performance counters, and telemetry, such as 3GPP performance management data, as ML training inputs
- Experience deploying and optimizing large language models (LLMs) for inference using frameworks such as vLLM or NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM, including GPU memory optimization, latency, and throughput benchmarking
- Experience with a range of neural network architectures, including transformers, graph neural networks, and reinforcement learning for control and scheduling problems
- Experience with C/C++ or other systems programming languages for performance-critical applications or GPU-accelerated computing
- Experience with MLOps platforms and tooling, including MLflow, Kubeflow, DVC, or equivalent
- Experience developing automated tests for ML data pipelines, model validation, and performance regression testing
- Experience with DoD AI assurance and responsible AI guidance and with DISA STIG or RMF requirements for ML systems
Clearance:Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
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