Innovative Defense Technologies
Senior AI Subject Matter Expert - JobID-0276
$135K–$273K
San Diego, Suite 200, California · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ 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 the Integrated Warfare Systems Division on AI adoption and governance, and develops AI-augmented engineering practices and solutions for mission-critical defense software.
What you'll do
- Lead integration of AI models, services, and components into complex defense software systems.
- Establish AI-augmented engineering standards and demonstrate generative AI techniques that improve productivity and software quality.
- Develop AI prototypes, data-processing and NLP pipelines, dashboards, and insights; mentor teams in AI-assisted development.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent full-time professional experience.
- Ability to obtain and maintain an active Secret U.S. Security Clearance.
- Daily use of generative AI coding tools and ability to evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, security, and performance.
- Advanced experience with AI-assisted engineering workflows, LLM APIs, RAG architectures, vector databases, model evaluation, and production AI integration.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI-augmented developer tooling, LLM orchestration frameworks, AI-enabled DevSecOps, or self-hosted LLMs in secure environments.
- Experience with complex DoW systems or familiarity with US Navy and US Army tactical C2 or sensor systems.
Pay
$135,000 - $231,000 USD base salary; $164,000 - $273,000 USD base salary
Tools
GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codeium, ChatGPT, Claude, LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel
AI focus
Generative AI, LLMs, machine learning, AI automation, AI-assisted software engineering, AI model integration, intelligent data processing, and responsible AI governance.
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