Software Machine Learning Engineer MTS1

Draper supports a balanced, learning-focused environment with workplace flexibility, employee clubs from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off-site social events, and discounts to local museums and cultural activities. In this onsite role in Cambridge, you will design and implement machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data science tools that support a variety of R&D projects, working closely with internal teams and customers.

What you’ll do

• Design and develop AI models that align with project requirements
• Analyze and improve AI model performance over time
• Apply machine learning and deep learning to help systems visualize, learn, and respond to complex situations
• Collaborate across departments and with customers to define requirements and understand business problems
• Review task-level requirements and assumptions and help solve well-defined problems with guidance
• Contribute to independent or team-based research with guidance, as needed
• Ask for help when necessary and seek out resources to solve technical problems
• Deliver on commitments and communicate challenges clearly
• Build knowledge of customer missions and apply that understanding to task work
• Work at the task and individual contributor level to improve operations, identify areas for improvement, and raise them to task or group leadership
• Perform other duties as assigned

What you’ll bring

• Excellent analytical, mathematical, and problem-solving skills
• Strong ML/AI software development skills using Python, MATLAB, R, C++, or JAVA
• Software best practices, including version control with git
• Strong team player mindset
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent time management skills, including the ability to meet deadlines and prioritize tasks
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Tools you may use

• Python
• MATLAB
• R
• C++
• JAVA
• git

Clearance requirement

Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a US Government Security Clearance.

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts (onsite)
Compensation: USD 62,500 - 140,000 per year (US base salary range for this full-time position)