Innovative Defense Technologies
Chief AI Subject Matter Expert - JobID-0274
$198K–$328K
Mount Laurel, New Jersey · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- 15+ years of full-time professional experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent full-time professional experience.
About the job
Advises on AI adoption and leads the integration of AI capabilities and AI-augmented engineering practices into mission-critical defense software systems.
What you'll do
- Lead integration of AI models and services into complex DoW software environments and mission-critical systems.
- Define AI-augmented engineering standards and demonstrate techniques to improve productivity and software quality.
- Develop AI proofs of concept, data-processing and NLP pipelines, dashboards, and insights; mentor teams in generative AI workflows.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of full-time professional experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent full-time professional experience.
- Daily use of generative AI coding tools and expert experience with agent-based development, LLM APIs, RAG architectures, vector databases, and model evaluation.
- Must be able to obtain/maintain an active Secret U.S. Security Clearance; able to travel up to 10%.
Nice to have
- Experience with LLM orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, or Semantic Kernel.
- Experience integrating AI into DevSecOps pipelines or deploying self-hosted LLMs in secure environments.
Pay
USD $198,000 - $328,000 base salary
Tools
LLM APIs, RAG architectures, vector databases, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codeium, ChatGPT, Claude
AI focus
Leads adoption, integration, governance, and practical deployment of generative AI, LLMs, machine learning, and AI automation in defense software engineering and mission-critical systems.
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