Job Title: AI/ML Engineer
Job Category: Science
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: None
Employee Type: Regular
Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%
Type of Travel: Local
Anticipated Posting End: 7/24/2026
The Opportunity:This position is for a Senior AI/ML Engineer looking for new challenging problems. You should have experience working in research teams prototyping and developing AI/ML algorithms. You will support the development of AI/ML algorithms in a multitude of disciplines including object detection/classification, natural language processing, time series prediction/classification, reinforcement learning, and large language models.
Responsibilities:- Implement machine learning algorithms as part of a small interdisciplinary team
- Analyze large multi-domain datasets including images, text, time series, and graph data
- Review and apply cutting-edge research publications
- Create technical documentation and user guides
- Understand training and deployment pipelines including AWS services
- Provide training and mentoring to team members
Qualifications:Required:
- B.S. in machine learning, computer science, mathematics, or related field
- 5+ years of AI/ML development experience
- Proficiency with Python and ML libraries such as PyTorch, Lightning, OpenCV, NumPy, Polars
- Experience with supervised and unsupervised learning
- Experience with deep learning architectures
- Experience contributing on a team using version control (e.g. git, GitLab, Bitbucket)
- Willing to be submitted for a TS/SCI U.S. Government Security Clearance
Desired:
- MS or PhD in relevant technical field
- Experience leading interdisciplinary teams
- Experience with LLMs, Transformers, YOLO, GANs, Reinforcement Learning
- Experience with MCP, Microsoft Agent Framework, HuggingFace, LangChain, OpenCV
- Linux and AWS experience
- Experience with CUDA and Python libraries such as CuPy, Numba, CuSignal, CuDF, etc.
- Experience in application deployment, virtualization, and containerization (e.g. Podman, Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher)
- Familiarity with using AWS cloud computing resources such as EC2, S3, Lambda, etc.
- Active TS/SCI U.S. Government Security Clearance with recent Polygraph
Pay Range:
There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.
Since this position can be worked in more than one location, the range shown is the national average for the position.
The proposed salary range for this position is:
$82,100-$172,400