Would you love to work for a fast-growing company with amazing perks and benefits including educational and professional development and a great Work-Life balance? Then Forward Slope wants you to join our team! We are a fast-paced global engineering company in the Department of Defense (DoD) industry with a great reputation in the industry for over 22 years.

Forward Slope Inc. currently has two (2) openings for an Artificial Intelligence Engineer I. These positions are located at our Accelint sister company SoarTech in Orlando, FL 32817.

Job Description:

We are looking for two (2) entry level Artificial Intelligence Engineers who will help develop AI technologies that adapt and scale to solve sophisticated problems across a variety of problem domains.

 

Responsibilities Include:

• Implement algorithms, knowledge bases, complex logic, and other AI technologies into new and existing systems.
• Build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code.
• Design, document, implement, debug, and test software.
• Create plans and estimates for building software features that satisfy requirements.
• Understand software system specifications and recommend improvements, including understanding the implications of system-level decisions and how to mitigate and leverage them.
• Ensure that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats.
• Participate in integrated test sessions with industry partners, academia, and customers/sponsors.
• Contribute to project vision and milestone development. Identify tasks and support team initiatives to accomplish them.
• Produce documentation on software design, system design, and testing.
• Collaborate with other engineers, project leads, and program managers to accomplish project goals.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• One (1) to three (3) years of software programming experience in a similar scope, program, and/or environment.
• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, or a related discipline.
• Experience and high proficiency at designing and implementing software components in Python, Java, and/or C++.
• A general understanding of machine learning algorithms, including deep learning, neural network design, deep reinforcement learning, large language models (LLMs), and computer vision.
• A passion for working with Artificial Intelligence.
• Ability to analyze and solve challenging technical problems.
• Experience designing and debugging complex machine learning systems.
• Experience using task tracking and project management software, such as GitLab or Jira.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Security Clearance.

Desired Qualifications:

• An advanced degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, or a related discipline.
• Knowledge or experience in any of the following technology areas:
  • Deploying ML models with Kubernetes.
  • Common machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Jax.
  • LLM frameworks such as HuggingFace.
  • Experience with LLM inference servers such as ollama, vllm, and TGI.
  • Transformer-based autoregressive NLP techniques (BERT, BART, XLNet, BERT Topic, etc.)
  • Solving reasoning problems with LLMs (chain of thought reasoning, integration of external planners, etc.)
  • Multi-modal LLMs (vision, audio, and other non-textual input.)
  • Multi-agent, swarming, and complex adaptive systems.
  • Sensor and data fusion.
  • Simulation and game development.
• Experience supporting development projects for defense or aerospace technology platforms.
• An active Department of Defense (DoD) Security Clearance.

Physical Requirement:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

Salary Range:

• $100,000 - $140,000 per year*
   

Job Type:

• Full-Time Salary Exempt

 

Why Join Forward Slope?

• Fast-paced global company with a great reputation in the DoD industry for over 22 years
• Flexible working hours based on job needs
• Great and fun work culture
• Amazing benefits package for full time employees (including 90% employer contribution for employee medical benefits)
• 3 weeks of PTO a year
• 11 paid company holidays a year
• Team Building - Continuous appreciation events for our employees
• Education and Professional Development – programs to help you with your educational and professional growth!

 

*The listed pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this position for the location for which it has been posted and is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Other compensation considerations may include, but are not limited to, job responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, or other applicable factors.

Forward Slope is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

 

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