Lead Research Scientist - Machine Learning (Clearance Required)

The role

You will develop disruptive technologies focused on signals exploitation, estimation theory, system resource management, and systems analysis. You will lead the development of AI/ML algorithms, lead project teams, and interact with customers.

What you will do

• Develop disruptive technologies focused on signals exploitation, estimation theory, system resource management, and systems analysis
• Lead the development of cutting-edge AI/ML algorithms for novel application domains and modalities
• Participate on and lead project teams
• Interact with customers
• Explore datasets and develop algorithmic techniques
• Solve high-impact, unique problems for customers

Required qualifications

• Active Top Secret Clearance Required with SCI eligibility
• U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government
• MS with at least 8 years of experience, and/or PhD with at least 5 years of experience (or equivalent experience) in a scientific field such as applied math, physics, electrical engineering, computer
• Experience building neural networks using standard deep learning tools (e.g., PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow)
• Experience implementing new layers/network architectures, model training, hyperparameter tuning, and ablation studies
• Experience adapting novel machine learning approaches to new data sets and problems
• Experience with standard data science tools such as scikit-learn, Pandas, and Matplotlib
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages: Python, C/C++
• Able to work, collaborate on, and lead multi-disciplinary teams
• Able to communicate technical foundations of models and algorithms to technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience in intelligence or military-related mission areas

Nice to have

• Experience applying deep learning to domains other than images/text, such as time series, discrete event sequence, or geospatial
• Experience with self-supervised machine learning
• Expertise working with time series, geospatial, and/or spatio-temporal data

About the company

STR is a growing technology company specializing in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security. The Analytics and C2 Division researches and develops novel technologies to solve challenging national security problems through advanced analytics.