Lead Artificial Intelligence Engineer – Human Language Technology

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Department Summary:

MITRE’s Human Language Technology (HLT) Department works across the full range of US Government agencies to provide language processing solutions to address complex mission needs for our sponsors. Our work provides opportunities to apply language processing solutions to real-world challenges and to research and prototype new methods to address mission needs. We are looking for highly motivated, adaptive, and self-directed candidates to perform research, development, engineering, evaluation, and integration in the field of natural language processing capabilities. We are looking for expertise in areas such as large language models, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, machine translation, speech processing, information extraction, knowledge base population, cross-language information retrieval, identity matching and other areas of human language technology.

Roles & Responsibilities:

The position involves researching, developing, evaluating, and integrating HLT capabilities. Specific responsibilities will include:

• Work in and provide technical leadership to cross-functional teams to develop and implement AI and HLT solutions, including capabilities that leverage large language model technology.
• Analyze language processing needs and recommend innovative solutions.
• Prototype HLT systems or components based on analysis of workflow and operational mission needs.
• Evaluate technology solutions in the context of mission data and workflow needs, and provide actionable recommendations.
• Convey complex ideas to non-technical audiences through briefings and/or white papers.
• Lead projects or small teams to solve complex HLT problems for our sponsors.

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, linguistics, or related disciplines; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• 8+ years of impactful work experience in AI/HLT-related fields.
• Demonstrated recent experience with large language models.
• Demonstrated experience in prototyping/developing human language technology components/systems.
• Ability to apply state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to human language technology processing challenges.
• Experience with programming languages such as Java or Python.
• Ability to work independently to learn new technologies, methods, processes, frameworks/platforms, and systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to articulate challenging technical concepts to both lay and expert audiences.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US government security clearance.
• This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in computer science, engineering, linguistics, or related disciplines.
• Track record of successful deployment of HLT systems or components that have been used by customers or stakeholders outside of a lab/experimental setting.
• Active DOD security clearance.

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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