Senior AI Engineer

Senior AI Engineer with a proven track record in software engineering and deep understanding of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) techniques to support the exciting new AI and Emerging Technologies (AI&ET) mission. The engineer will work closely with mission stakeholders to capture requirements, aid in structured planning, and improve the certification process by introducing AI/ML tooling. Additionally, the engineer will use AI/ML to develop tools and techniques to include fine tuning Large Language Models (LLM) that assist in enhanced vulnerability identification and mitigation capabilities. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • Collaborate closely with technical leadership to design, develop, and maintain LLM orchestration frameworks that coordinate static analyzers, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, and automated testing pipelines. • Develop and optimize data preprocessing pipelines to ingest, clean, transform, and vectorize product documentation, source code, and test results for LLM consumption. • Design and implement database solutions to support RAG architectures, artifact storage, audit trails, and metadata management. • Collaboratively work with systems engineers to architect and deploy networked AI tools within secure enclaves and conduct performance profiling, optimization, and scalability analysis of mission systems. • Support security assessments and authority to operate (ATO) processes Required Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree plus 8-years of relevant experience or equivalent. • Proficiency in Python, LLM integration, and data engineering. • Experience with static analyzers, RAG framework, and relational and vector databases. • Familiarization with Agile, Git, Jira, and Confluence. Preferred Qualifications: • Familiarization with RUST, Claude Code, Codex, and CI/CD. Security Clearance: • Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required. BENEFITS: • Competitive salary • Company Medical/Dental/Vision plans - Company paid • Short-term Disability, Long-term disability and Life Insurance - Company paid • Business/ First Class travel upgrade for 7 hour or longer flights & company card will be provided for expenses • Vacation / Personal days granted at 25 days per year • Paid Federal Holidays - 11 days • $5,000 Annual Professional Development Fund plus 40 paid hours if in class • 401K with 6% company match; all contributions are immediately vested by Employee • Employee will be paid a bonus of $10,000 per employee hired based on their referral • Up to 3 paid Code Red days due to customer closure www.qtg-hq.com