AI/ML Engineer Principal

SAIC · Chantilly

SAIC is hiring a AI/ML Engineer to join a mission-driven, multi-disciplinary analysis team in Chantilly, VA. This role supports the design, acquisition, and operation of national security space systems by developing and integrating AI/ML capabilities into modeling and simulation environments for government satellite programs in Earth orbits, with a focus on mission planning and space domain awareness.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Develop and apply AI/ML algorithms and workflows to support satellite mission planning, space domain awareness, and resilient mission operations.
Perform end-to-end ML development, including data exploration, feature engineering, model training/tuning/validation, and performance assessment using supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning.
Implement and optimize algorithms for classification, tracking, anomaly detection, and decision support using optical and radar space-surveillance sensor data.
Design, build, and maintain scalable HPC or HPC-like pipelines and workflows for large-scale model training, testing, and deployment.
Use programming languages such as Python and/or C++ to extend modeling, simulation, and data analysis tools for space-domain problems.
Collaborate with satellite designers, operations planners, and subject-matter experts to translate mission needs into AI/ML requirements and integrate solutions into broader modeling and simulation efforts.
Conduct trade studies and technical assessments, review algorithms and models from internal and external teams.

SAIC® is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

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