Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Artificial Intelligence Research Engineer

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: NashvilleTennesseeUnited States

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About the role

  • Support AI research activities
  • Conduct AI-driven threat analysis
  • Support integration, evaluation, and testing of AI capabilities
  • Develop high-quality documentation
  • Maintain expertise in emerging AI-driven threats
  • Collaborate with faculty and interdisciplinary teams
  • Present technical insights through briefings and reports

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field is required
  • 1–3+ years of hands-on AI engineering experience in enterprise or research environments is required
  • Direct experience training and tuning foundation models is required
  • Practical expertise integrating LLMs with external tools and APIs is required
  • Expert-level Python proficiency is required
  • Strong software engineering capability is required
  • Experience building secure data and model pipelines is required
  • Ability to design and execute end-to-end experiments is required
  • Strong technical communication skills is required
  • Knowledge of large-scale data systems or distributed computing is preferred
  • Experience with agentic AI systems is preferred
  • Eligibility for a U.S. security clearance is strongly preferred
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plans
  • Professional development
  • Paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
AI engineeringfoundation modelsLLMsPythonsoftware engineeringdata pipelinesend-to-end experimentsAI-driven threat analysisintegration of AI capabilitiesemerging AI-driven threats
Soft Skills
technical communicationcollaborationpresentation skills
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science