Artificial Intelligence Engineer I

$100,000 - $140,000/Yr

Forward Slope - Orlando, FL

Full-time - Entry Level

Orlando, FL

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

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. 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

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice-to-haves

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

Benefits

• 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.