AI Engineer/Architect
General Dynamics Information Technology3 days ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
Base Salary
$149k - $201k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, architecture, and product roadmap of next-generation AI/ML and LLM solutions.
- Grow AI projects from proof of concept through production across mission areas such as edge AI, autonomous systems, intelligence analysis, contested logistics, and training and readiness.
- Showcase solutions through customer-facing exercises, demonstrations, and pace-setting projects.
- Collaborate with business development and capture teams on bids, proposals, and OTA efforts.
- Partner with program teams to deliver AI/ML solutions and guide multidisciplinary teams.
- Engage stakeholders, identify opportunities, and communicate the outcome-based value of AI/ML and LLM solutions.
Requirements
- BA/BS degree or equivalent experience.
- At least 10 years of related experience.
- U.S. citizenship and a Secret clearance required at start, with the ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret clearance.
- Experience taking AI projects from proof of concept to production.
- Experience with multi-tenant distributed systems and cloud-native architecture patterns.
- Experience supporting U.S. Department of War programs.
- Excellent consultative selling, stakeholder engagement, communication, leadership, and multidisciplinary team guidance skills.
- Preferred: Master's degree or PhD in a related field.
- Preferred: cloud experience with AWS, Azure, or similar platforms.
- Preferred: programming experience with Java, Rust, Python, or similar languages.
- Preferred: experience building and training classification and prediction models and leveraging large language models and agentic workflows.
Benefits
- Remote work from any location with full-flex work weeks where possible.
- Up to 25% travel is stated in the requirements; the logistics section lists 25–50% travel.
- 40 scheduled hours per week.
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account, disability, life, accident, critical illness, and business travel insurance options.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Paid vacation, sick, personal, holiday, parental, military, bereavement, and jury-duty leave, including up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12-month period.
- Career growth support through an AI-powered career tool and internal mobility team.
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About General Dynamics Information Technology
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) delivers enterprise IT, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, and software engineering services to U.S. federal agencies, including defense and intelligence organizations. It provides contract-based professional and managed services ranging from network operations and unified communications to training and simulation. GDIT is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.