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AI Engineer
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US-MD-HanoverPosted Oct 12, 2026 · Yesterday$195K – $250K
Full-time$195K – $250KSenior levelHybridDefense
About this role
Join our team as an AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy advanced AI capabilities within secure, disconnected government environments. You will focus on retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), fine-tuning open-weight language models, and ensuring their secure deployment on government infrastructure. This role requires you to translate mission needs into AI solutions and educate stakeholders on responsible technology adoption.
What we are looking for
6- Design, build, and deploy AI systems integrating ML models into production
- Expertise in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and LLM fine-tuning
- Experience with open-weight models and secure deployment in classified environments
- Proficiency in Python, LLM orchestration frameworks, and containerization
- Ability to explain AI concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience with security frameworks and achieving ATO for AI systems
Skills mentioned
8PythonAWSAzureDockerKubernetesCI/CDMachine LearningData Science
Work authorization
Requires a Ts Sci security clearance.