General Dynamics

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineer

General Dynamics$142K — $158K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's in Software Engineering or related field
  • 8+ years relevant experience, or 6+ years with a Master's
  • Strong Python development skills for production-grade code
  • Experience with LLM APIs in production applications
  • Proven ability to build and consume REST APIs
  • Containerization skills with Docker and Kubernetes
  • U.S. citizenship and Department of Defense Secret clearance required

Responsibilities

  • Build and deploy production AI services and workflows using Python and commercial models
  • Implement document ingestion workflows to transform unstructured data into AI models
  • Design secure API interfaces to connect AI services with enterprise systems
  • Containerize and deploy AI services; monitor reliability and performance
  • Optimize prompts and configurations for scalable production use

Benefits

  • 100% remote work
  • Flexible 9/80 work schedule
  • No defense industry experience required
  • Small team environment with direct production impact
  • Opportunity to solve real enterprise problems using advanced AI technologies
Full Job Description
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, or related Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree, plus 6 years relevant experience. Responsibilities for this Position
What You'll Own
  • Production AI services. Build and deploy agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, and LLM-integrated applications using Python, LangChain/LangGraph, and commercial foundation models (Claude, Codex, Gemini, open source).
  • Data-to-insight pipelines. Implement document ingestion workflows that transform unstructured enterprise data into structured models for AI reasoning — embeddings, vectorization, knowledge graphs.
  • API integration. Design and build secure API interfaces that connect AI services to internal tools, enterprise platforms (Oracle, IFS, Snowflake, PLM, MES, CRM), and data sources.
  • Deployment and reliability. Containerize and deploy AI services using Docker and Kubernetes. Build monitoring and evaluation pipelines to track model reliability, latency, and operational performance.
  • Prompt engineering at scale. Design, test, and optimize prompts and agent configurations for production use — not demos.
What You Won't Own
  • Platform architecture decisions — that's the Lead Architect's job
  • Project coordination, scheduling, or status reporting
  • Vendor evaluations or tool selection committees
What Makes This Role Different
  • You will build production AI systems for a 10,000-person enterprise — not prototypes, not demos, not proofs of concept
  • You will work in a multi-model environment (Claude, Codex, Gemini, open source) on real enterprise problems — legacy modernization, ERP replacement, manufacturing intelligence
  • AI-assisted development is the default workflow — Claude Code, Codex, agentic tooling. You will use AI to build AI.
  • The team is small, the problems are hard, and your code ships to production. Your work will directly change how a major defense enterprise operates.
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, plus 5 years of experience; or Masters degree plus 3 years of experience
  • Production experience building applications with LLM APIs  you have deployed generative AI services that real users relied on, not just experimented with in notebooks
  • Strong Python development skills  you write clean, testable, production-grade code, not scripts
  • Experience with RAG pipelines, vector databases, and document ingestion workflows in production environments
  • Experience building and consuming REST APIs  you have integrated AI services with enterprise systems and data platforms
  • Containerized deployment experience  Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines. You have shipped code through automated pipelines, not manual deployments.
  • S. citizenship required. Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with agent frameworks  LangChain, LangGraph, or similar tools for building multi-step, tool-using AI workflows
  • Experience with multiple cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) including cloud-native AI services
  • Hands-on use of AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) as part of your daily workflow
  • Experience with streaming data pipelines (Kafka, Airflow) and production data infrastructure
  • Model monitoring and evaluation  you have built systems to track AI service reliability, not just accuracy metrics in a notebook
  • Commercial technology background  SaaS, healthcare, fintech, or platform engineering. Defense experience is not required.
What Sets You Apart
  • You build things that work. Your default response to a problem is code, not a document.
  • You have shipped AI systems that real users depended on in production.
  • You are comfortable working without detailed specs  you can take a problem statement and figure out the right approach.
  • You care about reliability as much as capability  you monitor what you deploy.
  • You move fast without being reckless. You know when to iterate and when to get it right the first time.
Details
  • Remote  100% telework
  • 9/80 schedule
  • Defense industry experience is not required
Salary NoteThis estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.). Actual pay may vary. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled. Combined Salary RangeUSD $142,696.00 - USD $158,303.00 /Yr.

About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is involved in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat vehicles and systems, armaments, and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and mission-critical information systems and technologies. General Dynamics has four main business segments. Aerospace designs, develops, manufacturers and services a comprehensive offering of advanced business-jet aircraft. Combat Systems specializes in producing, supporting and sustaining land and expeditionary combat systems for the U.S. military and its allies. Marine Systems designs, builds and supports submarines and a variety of surface ships for the U.S. Navy and commercial customers. The Information Systems and Technology group offers a breadth and depth of technology and service capabilities that support a wide range of government and commercial needs, including systems integration expertise; hardware and software products; and engineering, management and support services.

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Size
103,100 employees
Market Cap
$67.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
$3.1 billion
Founded
1952
5 Year Trend
+4.7%
Revenue
$37.9 billion
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