Lead the Future of AI in Aerospace – Join Us as a Principal AI/ML Engineer! 

Location: Englewood, CO | Payrate: $93.40/hour 

PDS Tech Commercial is partnering with a leader in the aerospace industry to hire a visionary Principal AI/ML Engineer. This is a rare opportunity to define the technical direction of next-generation artificial intelligence solutions that power autonomy, perception, advanced analytics, and generative AI across groundbreaking aerospace and defense programs. 

As a Principal AI/ML Engineer, you'll provide strategic technical leadership across multiple high-impact R&D initiatives, shaping enterprise-wide AI/ML architecture, mentoring engineering teams, and driving innovations that transform mission-critical technologies. 

What You'll Do 

As the technical authority for AI/ML initiatives, you will: 

• Define the long-term AI/ML technical vision, architecture, and strategy across multiple programs. 

• Lead the design and development of advanced AI solutions, including deep learning, reinforcement learning, multimodal generative AI, computer vision, perception, and autonomous decision-making systems. 

• Architect scalable, enterprise-level AI/ML platforms that integrate seamlessly with embedded systems, cloud, and on-premises infrastructure. 

• Translate mission objectives into technical roadmaps, staffing strategies, data plans, and AI/ML frameworks. 

• Establish AI/ML engineering standards, including MLOps, data management, model versioning, CI/CD pipelines, validation frameworks, and continuous model monitoring. 

• Guide engineering trade studies, technical reviews, risk assessments, and architectural decisions across multiple development efforts. 

• Lead the development of simulations, sensor fusion models, planning algorithms, and advanced AI prototypes. 

• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies, including Transformers, RLHF, Edge AI, Explainable AI (XAI), GPU acceleration, and high-performance computing. 

• Partner with program leadership to define technical resources, schedules, staffing, and execution strategies. 

• Mentor engineers, foster technical excellence, and help build a world-class AI/ML engineering organization. 

• Present technical strategies, demonstrations, and briefings to executives, customers, and external partners. 

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related STEM discipline. 

• 14+ years of AI/ML or related engineering experience (or 16+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree). 

• Demonstrated expertise in: 

  • AI/ML system architecture 

  • Deep learning 

  • Reinforcement learning 

  • Generative AI models 

  • Large-scale machine learning systems 

• Proven experience architecting and deploying mission-critical or enterprise-scale AI/ML solutions. 

• Strong programming skills in Python and experience with C++, C#, and/or Java. 

• Experience providing technical leadership across teams, programs, or organizations. 

• Ability to define technical strategy, influence senior leadership, and drive organization-wide architectural decisions. 

• Knowledge of aerospace and defense regulatory requirements, cybersecurity considerations, and secure AI deployment. 

• Proven success mentoring engineers and developing technical talent. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Master's or Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or a related field. 

• Experience developing AI solutions for autonomy, multimodal sensor fusion, or embedded real-time systems. 

• Experience establishing ML engineering best practices, including MLOps, validation frameworks, and data management. 

• Expertise with GPU acceleration, CUDA, TensorRT, or parallel computing. 

• Publications, patents, or recognized thought leadership in AI/ML. 

• Experience with Explainable AI (XAI), Edge AI, and other emerging machine learning technologies. 

• Experience translating mission objectives into complex AI/ML architectures supporting autonomy stacks and Human-Machine Interface (HMI) scenarios. 

Ready to Lead the Next Generation of Aerospace AI? 

If you're a visionary AI leader with the technical expertise to architect advanced machine learning solutions and the leadership skills to shape the future of intelligent aerospace systems, we want to hear from you. 

Apply today with PDS Tech Commercial and help drive the next era of innovation in aerospace, autonomy, and artificial intelligence. 

 

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