AI Engineer

Summary AI Engineer - Redstone Arsenal, AL Venturi, LLC, a Chenega Company, offers a challenging role for an AI Engineer who will provide technical support for the design, evaluation, and advancement of AI‑enabled applications, tools, and workflows. This hands‑on technical professional will develop practical solutions using large language models, agentic workflows, orchestration frameworks, and supporting software infrastructure. The ideal candidate is a builder at heart, exploring new frameworks, prototyping ideas, and continuously learning emerging techniques. This role will also participate on the TEAMS Next Missile Defense Systems Engineering contract to advance Missile Defense Agency missions that protect national security and keep U.S. and allied military personnel safe. Responsibilities Provide SETA support to government teams developing or assessing AI‑enabled applications and tools. Advise on technical approaches for AI application design, prototyping, integration, and evaluation. Assess solutions involving LLMs, retrieval‑augmented generation, tool use, agentic workflows, orchestration layers, prompt pipelines, and evaluation harnesses. Support the review of architectures, development approaches, model usage patterns, and technical risk areas. Advise on AI engineering considerations such as latency, reliability, observability, testability, guardrails, data flow, and system integration. Evaluate and compare modern AI frameworks, agentic libraries, and experimentation harnesses for suitability in mission use cases. Assist with the development of technical guidance, prototypes, engineering recommendations, and briefings for government stakeholders. Support test and evaluation activities for AI tools, including performance assessment, qualitative review, and workflow validation. Collaborate with platform engineers, product leads, mission users, and government leadership to ensure AI efforts remain technically grounded and operationally relevant. Stay current on rapid changes in the AI ecosystem and provide informed recommendations on emerging tools and practices. Perform other duties as assigned. Qualifications Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or related field and 12+ years of relevant experience. Experience designing, building, integrating, or evaluating AI/ML‑enabled applications or software tools. Active Secret clearance required. Preferred Qualifications Experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar languages commonly used in AI application development. Experience supporting defense, cyber, intelligence, or mission application development. Working knowledge of one or more agentic or orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI, Haystack, LlamaIndex, or similar ecosystems. Successfully pass background and drug screening. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, model APIs, evaluation frameworks, and agent testing harnesses. Exposure to model hosting, inference pipelines, or cloud‑based AI development environments. Understanding of secure AI development practices, data protection, and operational constraints in government settings. Ability to obtain a TS SCI clearance required. Familiarity with modern AI application patterns, including LLM‑based applications, RAG, prompt engineering, agentic systems, and AI‑assisted workflows. Experience with software development fundamentals, APIs, data handling, and system integration. Familiarity with human‑in‑the‑loop workflows, AI assurance, and evaluation methodologies. Ability to assess technical tradeoffs and communicate them clearly to both engineers and government stakeholders. Strong written and verbal communication skills. #J-18808-Ljbffr