AI Engineer - Mission Innovation Lab

At the SEI AI Division, we conduct research in applied artificial intelligence and the engineering questions related to the practical design and implementation of AI technologies and systems. We are seeking an AI Engineer to translate cutting-edge AI concepts into robust, mission-scale solutions for the warfighting community.

Requirements

• Design, develop, and fine-tune a variety of AI models.
• Design autonomous agents and multi-step pipelines using LangChain, ReAct, tool-calling, or custom orchestration.
• Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipelines that combine external knowledge bases with LLMs to improve factual accuracy for warfighting applications.
• Implement end-to-end data pipelines, ETL processes, and back-end services (Python, C/C++, Java) that feed data to models.
• Create CI/CD pipelines for model training, validation, containerized deployment (Docker/Kubernetes), and security scanning;

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance
• Generous retirement savings program with employer contributions
• Tuition benefits
• Ample paid time off and observed holidays
• Life and accidental death and disability insurance
• Free Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus pass
• Access to our Family Concierge Team to help navigate childcare needs
• Fitness center access