Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratoryposted 3 months ago
$90,000 - $230,000/Yr
Full-time • Entry Level
Fulton, MD
Educational Services
About the position
As a member of our QAX team, you will engage in designing and developing high-performance, scalable, and resilient decision support systems. You will collaborate with internal and external partners to understand and translate system concepts into actionable plans. Additionally, you will develop proof of concept prototypes to explore new technologies in the context of our sponsor's missions and engage in research and analysis to shift our approaches from a reactive to a proactive posture.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop high-performance, scalable, and resilient decision support systems.
- Collaborate with internal and external partners to understand and translate system concepts into plans of action.
- Develop proof of concept prototypes to explore new technologies in the context of our sponsor's missions.
- Engage in research and analysis to move our approaches from a reactive to a proactive posture.
Requirements
- Possess a terminal degree (e.g., PhD, DEng) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a similar field.
- Proficient in at least one programming language commonly used in data science and/or full-stack development (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript).
- Possess outstanding written and oral communication skills, organizational skills, and a penchant for relationship building.
- Able to obtain an Interim Secret clearance to start and a final Secret level security clearance.
Nice-to-haves
- Prior experience as a researcher or practitioner in Generative AI, Deep Learning, Optimization, Natural Language Processing, Operations Research, Supply Chain Analysis, Software Engineering, Data Visualization, Data Engineering, DevOps / MLOps, Public Health Surveillance, or Health Informatics.
- A record of communicating analyses of real-world data sets to audiences with broadly varying technical backgrounds.
Benefits
- Generous benefits including a robust education assistance program.
- Unparalleled retirement contributions.
- Healthy work/life balance.
- Comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development.
