AI/ML Research Scientist

Responsibilities

Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, and Telcordia, our experts pave the way. Peraton Lab’s cybersecurity research protects mission-critical systems and national cyber infrastructure through a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, secure-by-design techniques and cyber operations and experimentation platforms.

The AI/ML Research Scientist will work with project leads and managers to perform research and development of AI/ML technologies, with primary focus on generative AI. Candidates are expected to work with R&D teams to customize and apply developed technologies to address problems of interest to customers. Candidates are expected to possess ability and experience to perform cutting-edge AI/ML research under the supervision of managers.

Qualifications

Required:

• U.S. Citizenship Required.
• Must have the ability to obtain / maintain a Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years, Master's degree and 6+ years, or PhD and 3+ years in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical field of experience
• Demonstratable AI/ML research experience, academic research publications in peer-reviewed international AI/ML conferences are required, unless similar qualifications can be demonstrated
• Expertise in one or more programming languages: C, C++, Python, Javascript
• Hands-on development experience in AI/ML model building and tuning
• Hands-on development experience of agentic AI
• Demonstratable proficiency in working with state-of-the-art large language models at the API level (During interviews on MS Teams, candidates are expected to use VSCode to execute tasks through programmatic interactions with OpenAI tool/function calling API)
• Modern software development practices and toolsets (Git, CI/CD toolchains)

Desired:

• Machine learning libraries, such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc
• Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP)
• End-to-end machine learning model and generative AI agent development experience
• Linux, containers such as Docker, and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes
• Hands-on AI/ML development experience in cloud environments, such as AWS Bedrock
• Full stack programming experience
• Azure cloud working experience

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.