10-12 years of experience in software or AI-enabled systems with a focus on technical leadership in speech or language-model applications.
Hands-on experience in designing and delivering on-premise AI/ML systems, including language-model serving and real-time speech pipelines.
Proven ability to fine-tune speech or language models and evaluate their performance with defined metrics.
Experience in delivering software or AI systems within DoD or similarly regulated environments, focusing on secure development and vulnerability management.
Strong communication skills to lead technical reviews and explain complex decisions to customers under pressure.
Willingness to travel for technical reviews and integration testing.
U.S. Citizenship required.
Responsibilities
Lead the system architecture and establish the technical baseline for AI and software components.
Guide the development and deployment of speech and language-model capabilities for on-premise operations.
Develop AI safety and validation controls to ensure simulator output integrity.
Engage in hands-on engineering tasks related to speech processing and system performance.
Conduct technical reviews and make readiness decisions, articulating trade-offs to stakeholders.
Mentor engineering team members and coordinate work across various technical domains.
Benefits
Opportunity to lead a small engineering team in a cutting-edge AI project.
Engagement in hands-on engineering work alongside leadership responsibilities.
Work in a secure environment with a focus on defense applications.
Potential for professional growth through mentoring and collaboration with subject matter experts.
Full Job Description
Opportunity
PeopleTec is currently seeking a Technical Lead / Senior Engineerto support our Huntsville, AL location.
PeopleTec is seeking a Technical Lead / Senior Engineer in Huntsville, AL, to lead the technical development of an on-premise AI system supporting the H-1 flight simulator. You will lead a small engineering team, establish the system architecture and technical baseline, guide AI and software development, and make technical decisions related to system performance, integration, and safety. You will also perform hands-on engineering work as needed.
Duties:
Lead the system architecture and technical baseline for the AI, software, compute, and simulation-integration components.
Guide selection, development, integration, and deployment of speech, language-model, and supporting software capabilities for on-premise operation.
Lead development of AI safety and validation controls that prevent unsafe or invalid outputs from affecting the simulator.
Perform hands-on engineering work in areas such as speech and command processing, model adaptation, and system performance.
Lead technical reviews, troubleshooting, and readiness decisions; explain technical decisions and tradeoffs to the customer.
Mentor engineers and coordinate technical work across AI/ML, software, systems, cybersecurity, and aviation subject matter experts.
Qualifications
Required Skills/Experience:
Preferred experience range: 10 612 years building software or AI-enabled systems, including technical leadership of teams delivering speech or language-model applications. Demonstrated technical and leadership ability will be considered regardless of total years of experience.
Hands-on experience designing and delivering on-premise AI/ML systems, including language-model serving, retrieval-augmented generation, and real-time speech or language pipelines.
Hands-on experience fine-tuning speech or language models and evaluating their performance using defined measures and held-out data.
Experience delivering software or AI systems in a DoD or similarly controlled environment, including secure development, vulnerability management, and software supply-chain requirements.
Ability to lead technical reviews, explain complex engineering decisions to customers, and make technical decisions under schedule pressure.
Ability to travel for technical reviews, integration testing, and demonstrations
Must be a U.S. Citizen
Education Requirements:
Bachelor9s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field preferred. Equivalent relevant professional or military experience may substitute for a degree.
Desired Skills:
Experience with HLA or DIS and flight-simulator or training-device integration.
Experience with schema-constrained generation, ontologies, or other methods for validating AI-generated outputs.
Experience with preference optimization or other methods for improving models using human feedback.
Experience with AI/ML security, adversarial testing, or OpenTelemetry-based system observability.
Prior experience developing AI instructors, training assistants, or similar AI applications.
Overview
About PeopleTec
PeopleTec, Inc. is a defense contractor that provides engineering and technical services to the United States Department of Defense and other government agencies. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. PeopleTec specializes in systems engineering, cybersecurity, and software development. The company has received numerous awards for its work, including the 2019 North Alabama Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Ethics and the 2018 Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award. PeopleTec has a strong commitment to giving back to the community and supports a variety of charitable organizations.
