Applied AI Engineer

About the Team

STRs Intelligence Division researches develops and transitions advanced analytics and machine-learning solutions for challenging national-security problems. Our team includes engineers and researchers with advanced backgrounds in engineering computer science mathematics and data science who apply deep technical expertise and creativity to mission-critical challenges.

Our work spans data analysis deep learning and statistical methods across networking communications social media text time series geospatial and imagery data. We develop capabilities under constraints not typically encountered in commercial environments. U.S. Government analysts use our tools and technologies to extract enrich and act on intelligence information worldwide.

The Role

As an Applied AI Engineer you will develop integrate test and maintain software that supports advanced analytics machine learning and intelligence workflows with a focus on RF sensing waveform generation communications and networking systems. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to transform defined requirements and technical designs into reliable maintainable and mission-relevant software capabilities.

You will contribute across the development lifecycle including implementation debugging testing documentation integration and operational support. This role provides opportunities to grow technical depth and independently own well-defined components within larger systems.

This is a technical individual-contributor role. You will independently execute well-scoped technical tasks communicate progress and blockers and seek guidance when requirements interfaces or technical decisions require clarification.

What You Will Do:

• Develop software: Implement test debug and maintain software components services APIs data-processing capabilities tools or user interfaces supporting AI/ML RF sensing communications and networking workflows
• Deliver assigned capabilities: Implement well-scoped features modules integrations and fixes from defined requirements and technical designs. Contribute to AI/ML RF sensing waveform generation/adaptation communications and networking capabilities within larger systems
• Support integration and test: Participate in unit integration system and regression testing; troubleshoot issues and support demonstrations and releases. Support integration of software with RF/sensor data sources AI/ML models communications services Open RAN components waveform generation/adaptation and edge or on-premises compute environments
• Apply engineering practices: Use version control code review automated testing issue tracking documentation and secure coding practices to develop reliable maintainable software
• Collaborate across the team:Work with software engineers systems engineers RF/communications researchers DevSecOps personnel and other stakeholders to clarify requirements resolve technical issues and communicate progress findings and blockers
• Improve existing systems:Identify and implement improvements to reliability performance maintainability usability and testability. Contribute to AI/ML-enabled RF sensing and communications capabilities
• Build technical depth:Learn team technologies domain context development workflows and deployment environments while taking increasing ownership of assigned work. Build familiarity with AI/ML RF sensing Open RAN edge AI and high-throughput or latency-sensitive communications workflows as applicable

Who You Are:

• Education and experience: MS or BS with 2 years of relevant experience in computer science software engineering computer engineering or a related technical discipline
• Clearance eligibility: Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret or Top Secret security clearance for which U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government
• Programming foundation: Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python C Java Go or similar languages
• AI/ML and communications experience:Experience applying AI/ML techniques and tools to solve technical problems involving sensor time-series RF communications or other non-textual data. Experience with RF signal processing wireless communications 5G/6G RAN O-RAN/AI-RAN waveform generation/adaptation or edge AI is strongly preferred
• Software development experience:Experience developing testing debugging and maintaining software through coursework internships research professional work or personal projects. Ability to implement defined designs troubleshoot technical issues and contribute to integrated software systems
• Engineering fundamentals:Familiarity with object-oriented design data structures algorithms software design patterns and version-control systems such as Git
• Quality mindset:Familiarity with unit testing debugging documentation code review CI/CD containers and secure software-development practices
• Collaboration and communication:Ability to work effectively on a technical team; communicate progress technical findings and blockers clearly; and seek guidance when technical requirements or decisions are unclear

Even Better:

• Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance
• RF and wireless systems: Experience with digital signal processing software-defined radios RF sensing wireless communications or PHY/MAC processing.
• AI-RAN and edge deployment: Familiarity with 5G/6G Open RAN or AI-RAN architectures and deployment of AI/ML models to edge GPU-enabled resource-constrained or hardware-accelerated compute platforms.
• Real-time communications software: Experience developing or testing high-throughput latency-sensitive software for RF sensing PHY MAC scheduling radio-resource management or related functions.
• Containers and deployment: Familiarity with Docker CI/CD pipelines Linux deployment environments cloud services Kubernetes monitoring logging or infrastructure automation.
• Web and API development: Experience developing REST APIs backend services web applications dashboards visualization tools or data-processing services.
• Data and decentralized systems: Familiarity with message queues stream processing distributed computing microservices time-series data or real-time analytics pipelines.
• Modern development tools: Experience using LLM-enabled development tools such as Cursor or Codex in a secure and effective engineering workflow
• Mission experience: Experience supporting DoW IC or other U.S. Government customers through internships research employment or related programs

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $120000 - $150000

The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors such as but not limited to the candidates experience education training key skills/critical skills security clearances and prevailing market and business conditions.

STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston MA Arlington VA near Dayton OH Melbourne FL Carlsbad CA Atlanta GA and Denver CO. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense intelligence and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors radar sonar communications and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.

STRis committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.

STR is not just any company. Our people culture and attitude along with their unique set of skills experiences and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We cant do it alone though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us more info.

STRis an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race color religion sex (including gender identity sexual orientation and pregnancy) marital status national origin age veteran status disability genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

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Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.