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Senior Machine Learning Research Scientist - Frontier Lab

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At a glance

Highlights

  • Shape applied research and prototypes for high-impact government missions.
  • Build agentic AI for planning, analysis, and decision support workflows.
  • Advance TEVV to improve trust in ML-enabled systems for DoW missions.

What they offer

  • Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision insurance
  • Generous retirement savings program with employer contributions
  • Tuition benefits and paid time off with observed holidays
  • Life and accidental death and disability insurance
  • Fitness center access and family concierge support

Ideal candidate

A mission-driven senior researcher-engineer who thrives with high autonomy, leads hands-on prototyping and evaluation, and mentors others while translating frontier AI into operational capability.

Requirements

  • Able and willing to work onsite at SEI office in Pittsburgh, PA or Arlington, VA 5 days per week
  • Subject to background investigation and eligible to obtain and maintain Department of War security clearance
remote policy
Onsite 5 days per week in Pittsburgh, PA or Arlington, VA

Lab profile

About CMU AI

Carnegie Mellon applied AI research spanning robotics, autonomy, and cybersecurity for defense.

What they build

  • Multimodal behavior analysis algorithms
  • Autonomy systems
  • Cybersecurity analytics prototypes

Known for

  • Multimodal machine learning
  • Computer vision and human behavior modeling
  • AI engineering for defense
  • Software engineering and cyber resilience
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