SENIOR SCIENTIST FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Full Job Description

You will serve as the Senior Scientist for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Information Technology Division of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) located in Washington, DC.

The Senior Scientist for AI provides vision and direction toward the research, development, and application of artificial intelligence technologies and other advanced computational techniques which enable cyber and cyber-physical systems to perform increasingly complex reasoning, planning, and decision-making tasks.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Candidates will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or national origin.

To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, your resume must show that you possess the Technical Qualifications (TQ) related to this position - NOT TO EXCEED 2 PAGES.

Resumes over the 2-page limit will be disqualified. Your resume should include examples of experience, education, and accomplishments applicable to the qualification(s).

If your resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of these qualifications, you may not receive consideration for the position.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs): Your resume should demonstrate accomplishments that would satisfy the technical qualifications: TQ 1.

Thorough knowledge of artificial intelligence systems and techniques, to include search and pattern recognition, knowledge representation, natural language processing, computer vision, applied cognition, intelligent agents, machine learning, deep learning, neural networks, reinforcement learning, transformer models, and generative artificial intelligence applications.

TQ 2.

Demonstrated ability to conceive, plan, coordinate and lead complex, multidisciplinary research projects in areas of competence and to obtain research support from funding agencies through research proposals in these areas.

TQ 3. Ability to provide subject matter expertise as a senior advisor to U.S. Navy, DoW, other government and international partners.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROF AND 0180 Psychology Series 08XX Professional Engineering Series 1301 General Physical Science Series 1310 Physics Series 1520 Mathematics Series 1550 Computer Science Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:

• You will research, plan, and influence the direction of science and technology programs in support of NRL, DON and DoW, to include acting as the Principal Investigator (PI) on projects.
• You will collaborate with internal and external researchers, build teams and oversee interdisciplinary research in support of Artificial Intelligence.
• You will formulate research proposals, solicit funding for research proposals, and report the progress of the projects to sponsors and supervisors.
• You will make recommendations that will create precedents and guide DON/DoW and other organizations on programs of major significance.
• You will disseminate scientific results and present scientific results to peers, professional audiences at national and international conferences, and funding agencies.
• You will be recognized as a world-leading expert, serve as a consultant in artificial intelligence technology and will be solicited to provide assessments and evaluations for specific military systems and applications.