36 ai research engineer jobs at 27 companies in Leonardtown, MD
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Frontier AI Research Engineer, Lead
McLean or Washington
$129k-$292k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Booz Allen HamiltonNYSE: BAH: Provides technology and management consulting services to diverse organizations.
5+ YOE5+ years engineering experience building advanced AI systems; ability to translate research into production, lead technical teams, and deliver end-to-end AI prototypes and integrations.
Mountain View or Albany or Arlington or Atlanta or Austin or Beaverton or Bentonville or Boston or Carmel or Charlotte or Chicago or Cincinnati or Cleveland or Columbus or Culver City or Denver or Des Moines or Detroit or Hartford or Houston or Irving or Kirkland or Miami or Milwaukee or Minneapolis or Morristown or Nashville or New York City or Oklahoma City or Overland Park or Philadelphia or Pittsburgh or Raleigh or Redmond or Sacramento or San Diego or San Francisco or Scottsdale or Seattle or St. Louis or St. Petersburg or Walnut Creek
$123k-$338k/yrOnsiteFull Time
AccentureNYSE: ACN: Global professional services firm providing consulting and technology solutions.
5+ YOEBachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field; 5+ years Python or Node.js/TypeScript and AI/ML systems experience; research-to-production expertise preferred.
Python, Node.js, TypeScript, FastAPI, asyncio, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, Microsoft Excel
Mountain View or Milwaukee or Dallas or Columbus or Kirkland or Cincinnati or New York City or Cleveland or Oklahoma City or Austin or Albany or Chicago or St. Petersburg or Hartford or Pittsburgh or St. Louis or Miami or Sacramento or Raleigh or Minneapolis or Scottsdale or San Francisco or Morristown or Denver or Boston or Philadelphia or Des Moines or Overland Park or Los Angeles or Charlotte or Walnut Creek or Carmel or Seattle or Houston or Arlington or Atlanta or Redmond or Bentonville or Beaverton or Nashville or Detroit or San Diego
OnsiteFull Time
AccentureNYSE: ACN: Global provider of management consulting and technology services.
5+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent experience, 5+ years with Python and/or Node.js/TypeScript, and 5+ years with AI/ML systems. Research-to-production experience preferred; Kubernetes, databases, tracing, and async Python are bonuses.
Python, Node.js, TypeScript, FastAPI, asyncio, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, CI
Senior Research Engineer - Experimental Engineering
Yonkers or Washington or Colchester or Arizona or California or Connecticut or Illinois or Maryland or Massachusetts or Michigan or New Hampshire or New Jersey or New York or Texas or Vermont or Virginia or District of Columbia
$115k-$160k/yrRemoteFull Time
Consumer Reports: Tests products and publishes ratings for consumer advocacy.
Senior research engineer with deep full-stack software engineering experience, strong applied AI/ML knowledge, prototyping and R&D experience, Python/FastAPI and frontend (React/React Native) familiarity, and ability to lead experiments and mentor engineers.
Research Engineer I/II/III/IV/V/VI - Washington D.C.
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
$50k-$186k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Auburn University: Public university providing education and research in Alabama.
0+ YOEBachelor's in engineering, progressive engineering/research experience (0–10+ years depending on level), AI/ML and systems engineering skills, proficiency in scripting/programming, strong communication and problem-solving.
Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), React, Next.js, SQL, NoSQL, AWS, MS cloud, vector databases, Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT), MITRE ATT&CK
RTXNYSE: RTX: RTX provides advanced aerospace and defense systems and services.
U.S. citizenship and active/obtainable TS/SCI clearance required; experience building agentic/autonomous AI systems and production-quality Python systems; research evaluation and technical writing skills.
InnodataNASDAQ: INOD: A global providing AI data engineering and services.
6+ YOEBachelor's degree (or equivalent), 6+ years professional experience with 4+ years AI/ML engineering, Python proficiency, SAM 2 and Frontier model API integration experience, EM/annotation tooling experience, active Secret clearance with TS/SCI eligibility.
10+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 10 years in AI testing, research, analytics, or data science. Preferred: advanced degree, Python or SQL, AI testing, experiments, machine learning, and engineering prototyping.
Institute for Defense Analyses: Operates federally funded research centers for national security analysis.
Bachelor's or master's degree in physical sciences, engineering, computer science, or related fields; analytical and independent research skills; Python, Matlab, R, or similar language experience; U.S. citizenship and clearance eligibility.
Python, Matlab, R, natural language processing, artificial intelligence
United States Air Force: The branch of the U.S. Armed Forces providing air and space defense.
U.S. citizenship, bachelor's degree in a related technical field, Top Secret clearance eligibility, and mastery of engineering, mathematics, statistical analysis, modeling, simulation, AI, machine learning, or data science.
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Data Science
McChrystal Group: Provides management consulting and leadership development services to organizations.
4+ YOEBachelor's in quantitative field, 4+ years relevant experience, strong Python and analytical skills, experience with ML/NLP, web scraping/data acquisition, working with large structured and unstructured datasets, and ability to obtain U.S. Government security clearance.
Python, web scraping, natural language processing, machine learning, large language models, AI
Booz Allen HamiltonNYSE: BAH: Consulting and technology services for government and commercial clients
Requires government or federal research advising experience, AI, machine learning and robotics knowledge, program management skills, up to 25% travel, and a master's degree in engineering.
HIINYSE: HII: Builds naval ships and provides global defense technology solutions.
2+ YOETop-Secret clearance required; experience designing and implementing AI/ML and deep learning algorithms, data-mining architectures, and integrating ML into enterprise and modeling/simulation systems; proficiency with Git and cloud/container technologies.
Emerald AI: Managing data center power with AI-driven workload orchestration.
Ph.D. in a relevant engineering or computer science field; strong AI systems, distributed computing, cloud, or optimization background; excellent C++, Python, Go, or Rust software engineering skills; research and production experience.
Guidehouse: Provides management and technology consulting services to diverse organizations.
3+ YOEMust be able to obtain Secret clearance; Master’s in STEM; 3+ years research/product development experience; 5+ years project management/technical liaison experience; strong communication and organization skills.
Software Engineering Institute: Developing software and AI engineering for national security.
Advanced degree in CS or related plus multi-year experience in autonomy/AI, simulation (NVIDIA Isaac Sim), ML lifecycle, system evaluation, and eligibility for Department of War security clearance.
NVIDIA Isaac Sim, MLFlow, Weights & Biases, Docker, Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform
San Francisco or New York City or Washington or London or Amsterdam or United States or Canada or United Kingdom or Europe
$216k-$367k/yrHybridFull Time
Plaid: Provides financial data connectivity and payment infrastructure via APIs.
8+ YOE1+ Mgmt8+ years industry experience (including time as Staff engineer), 1+ years engineering management, hands-on LLM experience (prompting, fine-tuning, RAG, vector DBs/embeddings, agent orchestration, evaluation/monitoring), product-oriented user research and experimentation, team building experience.
Carnegie Mellon University: Global research university providing higher education and conducting scientific research.
2+ YOEAdvanced expertise in AI/autonomy, simulation (NVIDIA Isaac Sim), ML, robotics, model evaluation, and full-stack implementation; BS/MS/PhD in CS or related with relevant experience; ability to obtain security clearance.
NVIDIA Isaac Sim, MLflow, Weights & Biases, Docker, Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform
Expert Level Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Engineer
Chantilly or Springfield
$146k-$234k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Peraton: National security and mission-critical government technology services provider.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, 18+ years in modeling, simulation, analysis, or operations research, cloud infrastructure experience, prior NGA/NSG or IC/DoD programs, and TS/SCI clearance or ability to obtain SCI and pass a polygraph.
Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), machine learning, automation, artificial intelligence
Systems & Technology Research: Develops advanced technology for national security and defense applications.
Develop and deploy AI/ML models, analyze large noisy datasets, build scalable services, and collaborate with customers; U.S. citizenship and security clearance eligibility required.