Northrop Grumman

Senior Principal AI Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Falls ChurchVirginiaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $156,400 - $234,600 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Architect and implement end‑to‑end pipelines for data ingestion, model training, validation, and serving
  • Develop self‑service APIs and CLI tools for data submission and resource management
  • Build internal SDKs, CLI tools, and libraries for model deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management
  • Research emerging embedding models and vector-search technologies
  • Conduct cost‑benefit analyses of alternative cloud providers and managed AI services
  • Implement AI use cases ensuring compliance with regulations and security standards
  • Collaborate with data scientists and software engineers to contribute to the roadmap for AI systems

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or a related field
  • 8 years relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 6 years with a Master's, or 4 years with a PhD
  • 3 years experience focused on AI or MLOps
  • 2 years working with cloud (AWS or Azure) infrastructure
  • Experience with relevant programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Powershell/Bash)
  • Basic knowledge of database technologies (e.g., SQL, NoSQL) and distributed computing systems
  • Experience with evaluating and implementing cybersecurity for AI systems
  • Demonstratable knowledge of matching hardware configuration to AI system requirements
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
Benefits
  • Health insurance coverage
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Savings plan
  • Company paid holidays
  • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
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Hard Skills & Tools
data ingestionmodel trainingmodel validationmodel servingself-service APIsCLI toolsSDKsembedding modelsvector-search technologiesMLOps
Soft Skills
communication