AI Engineer II

$115,000 - $150,000/Yr

Rocket Lab USA - Long Beach, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Long Beach, CA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

As an AI Engineer II at Rocket Lab, you will play a crucial role in exploring and delivering AI solutions that enhance our business processes across various domains, including space systems, engineering, production, supply chain, and finance/accounting. Based at our global headquarters in Long Beach, CA, you will be an integral part of the Business Intelligence and Data Science team, leveraging your mathematical and statistical expertise to identify opportunities and create innovative visions for the future through the application of AI models. Your responsibilities will include mining, interpreting, and cleaning data, while also connecting the dots to uncover hidden opportunities that can help realize the full potential of AI within the organization. In this role, you will enable optimized and smarter business processes by introducing AI technologies that assist Rocket Lab in making insightful decisions, increasing operational efficiency, improving customer experiences, and driving innovation. You will lead the strategic implementation of AI initiatives to gain a competitive edge and prepare for future challenges and opportunities. Additionally, you will establish generative AI capabilities for both structured and unstructured data analysis, utilizing large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 and Llama, as well as vector databases and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architecture to enhance daily work processes. You will also be responsible for developing AI capabilities to search internal document repositories and critical application databases, driving profitability through effective data utilization. Staying updated with the latest developments in LLMs and industry trends will be essential, as you will recommend these advancements to leadership. As an AI strategist and subject matter expert, you will collaborate closely with business teams to identify and implement AI use cases, all while working effectively in a dynamic, vision-driven team that manages multiple conflicting priorities.

Responsibilities

• Enable optimized & smarter business processes by introducing AI for space system, engineering, production, supply chain and finance/accounting domains at Rocket Lab
• Assist Rocket Lab in making insightful decisions, increasing operational efficiency, improving customer experiences, and driving innovation through AI implementation
• Lead strategic implementation of AI at Rocket Lab to gain a competitive edge and better prepare for future challenges and opportunities
• Establish Gen AI capabilities for structured & unstructured data analysis utilizing LLMs (GPT 4o, Llama etc.), Vector databases and RAG architecture to introduce efficiency in daily work processes
• Establish AI capabilities to search internal document repository and critical application databases with structured and unstructured data to drive profitability
• Keep updated with latest LLM developments and industry trends, and recommend those to the leadership
• Serve as AI strategist & SME and work closely with the business teams to identify AI use cases
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, vision driven team that has several conflicting priorities

Requirements

• 2+ years of strong experience with Java/Python, R, and SQL
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of work experience (6+ total years of work experience)
• 1+ years of experience in AI with leading LLMs like GPT 4x or Llama, and Gen AI
• Proficiency with vector databases (e.g. Chroma, Redis etc.), RAG architecture, data mining, mathematics, or statistical analysis

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree
• 1+ year of Azure Cloud (Synapse or Fabric) experience
• Exposure to advanced analytics libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, etc. to build and optimize models
• 2+ years of developing and training ML models
• Professional certification and proven track record

Benefits

• Top tier medical HMO, PPO & a 100% company-sponsored medical HSA plan option
• Dental and vision coverage
• 3 weeks paid vacation and 5 days sick leave per year
• 11 paid holidays per year
• Flexible spending and dependent care savings accounts
• Paid parental leave
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Discounted employee stock purchase program
• Subsidized EV charging stations
• Onsite gym, food and drinks, childcare concierge, and other discounts