The Aerospace Corporation is seeking a Director to lead a team of engineers and data scientists in the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Department to deliver responsive, resilient, high-performance software intensive systems to IC, DoD, and civilian customers.
Requirements
- Experience with at least two different programming languages (e.g. Java, Python, C/C++)
- Familiarity with machine learning and deep learning libraries in Python
- Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies across multiple domains
- Proven experience to efficiently manage teams to deliver analysis and insights from data that is large, unstructured, or unprocessed
- Experience implementing and guiding teams toward software and machine learning development best practices (e.g. code, model, and data set version control, experiment tracking and reproduction)
- Familiarity deploying ML models within applications or on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, etc.)
- Leading edge applications of Generative AI (GAI) and/or Agentic AI
Responsibilities
- Lead technical teams and contribute to technical tasks in data science, machine learning engineering, and AI research
- Lead DSAID management team to recruit, develop and manage technical staff in data science, machine learning engineering, and AI research aligned with corporate and customer priorities
- Execute R&D and digital transformation strategies pertaining to AI and cross-technology dependencies to position the organization and the company for current and future customer mission support success
- Coordinate between DSAID and Aerospace customer facing organizations to understand mission needs, prioritize resources, determine tasking, report progress, resolve technical issues, and deliver/review results
- Discover opportunities for additional, expanded, or new business. Aid in the evaluation and pursuit of new business opportunities and propose technical efforts aligned with customer needs
- Assess and execute staffing needs, reassignments, transfers, terminations, performance improvements, career development, and promotional actions
- Ensure team compliance with security monitoring, processes, and corporate policies
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or STEM related technical field(s)
- 10 years of industry experience in data science, machine learning, or relevant AI research
- Demonstrated written and oral communication skills, with ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with customers and management/staff across organizations
- Willing to travel occasionally to work location or customer site on a limited as-needed basis (<20%)
- U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance
