Senior AI/ML Engineer

Weeghman & Briggs LLC

• $120K — $145K *
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering or related fields
  • Master's degree in a relevant discipline or Bachelor's plus 5 years of senior experience
  • Strong expertise in Python and machine learning frameworks
  • Proven experience in production software engineering and scalable ML
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Support mission-critical government programs in secure environments
  • Translate requirements into actionable AI/ML solutions
  • Collaborate across teams to produce high-quality project outcomes
  • Ensure compliance with contract and security requirements
  • Design and implement scalable machine-learning pipelines
  • Automate training and inference processes
  • Develop production-grade ML code and support hyperparameter tuning

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package for personal and professional support
  • Opportunities for skill development and ongoing education
  • Collaborative and mission-driven work environment
  • Support for work-life balance, including flexible working conditions
  • Engagement in meaningful government initiatives
Full Job Description
Senior AI/ML Engineer

Location: Huntsville, AL | Onsite Clearance Required: Minimum TS Clearence Employment Type: Full-Time

Weeghman & Briggs is seeking a motivated and mission-driven Senior AI/ML Engineer to support critical government initiatives in Huntsville, AL.

What You'll Do
  • Support mission-critical programs in secure government environments
  • Analyze requirements and translate them into actionable solutions
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality results
  • Ensure compliance with contract and security standards
  • Contribute ideas to improve processes, efficiency, and performance
  • Design robust, fault-tolerant, scalable machine-learning pipelines
  • Automate training and inference
  • Scale data-scientist models
  • Support distributed hyperparameter tuning
  • Develop production-grade ML code

What You Bring
  • Experience supporting government or DoD programs
  • Ability to work independently and within a collaborative team environment
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong knowledge/background in Python, ML framework, training/inference pipelines, distributed processing, scalable ML, and production software engineering
  • Minimum 12 years of experience and a Master's degree related to the labor category; or related bachelor's plus 5 additional years of related senior experience, for 17 total years, as substitute for master's.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience supporting MSIC and DIA programs
  • Agile, cloud, or modernization experience
  • Background in process improvement or analytical services
  • Experience with MLOps, GPUs/HPC, containerization, cloud, data engineering, and model deployment

Compensation & Benefits

At Weeghman & Briggs, we believe our people are our greatest strength. We offer a competitive benefits package designed to support you both professionally and personally.

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