Staff AI/ML Engineering Manager

Job ID 324312 Job Title: Staff AI/ML Engineering Manager Job Category: Science Time Type: Full time Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI Employee Type: Regular Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10% Type of Travel: Local Anticipated Posting End: 12/2/2026The Opportunity:

This position is for an AI/ML Engineering Manager. We are seeking a talented and motivated AI/ML Engineering Manager to join our growing team. This is a unique player/coach role designed for an experienced AI/ML engineer who is passionate about both researching, building, developing AI/ML applications and leading people. You will be responsible for managing and mentoring a team of skilled AI/ML researchers and engineers while also actively apply cutting-edge AI/ML algorithms in a variety of domains to meet the mission needs of our customers. You'll split your time effectively between guiding your team's success and rolling up your sleeves to wrangle data, write code, build and train models, solve complex technical challenges, and contribute directly to our AI/ML portfolio.

Responsibilities

* Hands-on AI/ML Development: Actively participate in the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle, contributing high-quality, well-tested, and maintainable code for data pipelines, model training, evaluation, and deployment to key AI/ML projects using our tech stack. + Proven proficiency in Python, including experience with key machine learning libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy). * ML System Design & Architecture: Contribute to technical design discussions and architectural decisions for scalable and robust machine learning systems, including data pipelines, model training infrastructure, serving layers, and MLOps frameworks. * Code & Model Quality: Actively participate in code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards, MLOps best practices, and high-quality engineering principles, specifically for machine learning models and i...