2 months ago

Sr. AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance

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Job Summary

Senior AI engineer at SpaceX responsible for strategy, execution, and deployment of mission-critical AI solutions for U.S. federal agencies. Collaborates with product, research, infrastructure, and governance teams to deliver secure, scalable AI systems with a focus on safety, transparency, and compliance in high-stakes environments.

Location: Palo Alto, Washington

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning

Key Responsibilities

•Design, build, and optimize integrations between AI frontier models (e.g., Grok family) and government systems, platforms, and data environments.
•Identify pain points, scoping product specifications, and designing and building AI-powered software for government or enterprise use cases.
•Benchmark models and develop evaluation frameworks to assess performance and address weaknesses, ensuring compliance with customer standards.
•Enhancing model performance through system prompt tuning or fine-tuning, with an eye toward secure and scalable deployment.
•Analyze request logs, prompt data, or system outputs to ensure reliability and audibility.

Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 220,000 - 350,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDental401kDisabilityLife InsuranceParental LeavePaid LeaveHolidays

Key Requirements

•Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, computer engineering, physics, or data science
•5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building scalable systems, APIs, or AI/ML applications
•Active Top-Secret or Top-Secret SCI clearance
•Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining robust, scalable, and secure AI-driven solutions for government or enterprise use cases
•Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript

Experience:5+ yearsGovernmentDoDAIDoD contracting

Education:Bachelor's in Computer ScienceN/A

Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingTeamwork

Languages:English

Tech Stack:PythonTypeScriptAPIsPulumiTerraformAIMachine LearningCloud

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Security Clearance:Top SecretTop Secret SCI

Company Brief

SpaceX

Designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers, aiming to reduce space transportation costs and enable human life on Mars through reusable launch vehicles and integrated space systems.

Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Growth: Established Company

Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States

Founded: 2002

Glassdoor: 4.2

Website LinkedIn

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SpaceX

2 months ago

Sr. AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 2 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Palo Alto, Washington

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning

Key Responsibilities

•Design, build, and optimize integrations between AI frontier models (e.g., Grok family) and government systems, platforms, and data environments.
•Identify pain points, scoping product specifications, and designing and building AI-powered software for government or enterprise use cases.
•Benchmark models and develop evaluation frameworks to assess performance and address weaknesses, ensuring compliance with customer standards.
•Enhancing model performance through system prompt tuning or fine-tuning, with an eye toward secure and scalable deployment.
•Analyze request logs, prompt data, or system outputs to ensure reliability and audibility.

Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 220,000 - 350,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDental401kDisabilityLife InsuranceParental LeavePaid LeaveHolidays

Key Requirements

•Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, computer engineering, physics, or data science
•5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building scalable systems, APIs, or AI/ML applications
•Active Top-Secret or Top-Secret SCI clearance
•Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining robust, scalable, and secure AI-driven solutions for government or enterprise use cases
•Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript

Experience:5+ yearsGovernmentDoDAIDoD contracting

Education:Bachelor's in Computer ScienceN/A

Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingTeamwork

Languages:English

Tech Stack:PythonTypeScriptAPIsPulumiTerraformAIMachine LearningCloud

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Security Clearance:Top SecretTop Secret SCI

Company Brief

SpaceX

Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Growth: Established Company

Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States

Founded: 2002

Glassdoor: 4.2

Website LinkedIn