Lead Research Scientist - Machine Learning

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 and lead project teams to solve problems for 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

Required qualifications

• 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
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
• U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government

Nice to have

• Active US government security clearance
• 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
• Experience in intelligence or military-related mission areas

Before you apply

• U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government
• Positions require employees to obtain national security clearances

About the company

STR is a growing technology company specializing in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security. They focus on cyber, next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, electronic warfare, and artificial intelligence algorithms.