ARPA-H Senior Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineer / Senior AI Applications Scientist

SD Solutions LLC

Washington, DC, USA

Published: 6/14/2022

Technology

Full Time

Job Description

Corporate Overview

SD Solutions, LLC is a fast-growing professional services company, providing Cybersecurity, Strategy & Governance, IT Modernization, Management Consulting, and Professional Services solutions to large and small clients in the federal government sector. Our broad spectrum of services also includes digital & legacy transition, decommissioning, communications, event planning & logistics, and operations. It is our mission to deliver enduring results to our clients using strong business acumen, technical solutions, and management services. Our core values include quality, timeliness, integrity, trusted relationships, and corporate citizenship.

Opportunity Overview

This Systems, Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) role will provide technical support to an ARPA-H Program Manager and a new program. As a Senior AI Engineer and Applications Scientist, you will apply your expertise to help conceptualize, create, and execute government funded research and development programs to meet ARPA-H's mission to accelerate better health outcomes for everyone.

Responsibilities:

Contribute to a multidisciplinary team developing breakthrough Generative AI and agentic applications for the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic disease.
Provide subject matter expertise in clinical application of AI, the current and next generations of Generative AI and Agentic AI applications.
Evaluate technical proposals for scientific merit and innovation. Provide feedback, organize reviewer comments, draft recommendations and project summaries, and presentation materials.
Perform market and regulatory analyses, technical due diligence, literature reviews and generate briefing documents summarizing technical topics related to AI, medical grade LLMs, Electronic Health Record (EHR) integration with AI, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulation of AI Agents.
Develop technical and administrative programmatic documentation on short timelines to communicate technical approach, progress, cost, schedule and risk for development of diagnostic grade AI agents.

Required Qualifications:

A PhD is preferred, MS with 2+ years or a BA with 4+ years is acceptable. Given the field of expertise, years of experience and professional certifications are likely valued over academic degrees. Further, an educational degree may not be required if the candidate's experience is sufficient to meet the requirements outlined above.
Team oriented with exceptional communication, writing, and organizational skills.
Experience in health care application development involving access to electronic health records (EHR) and/or use of EHR data.
Experience in the development and/or evaluation of generative AI applications e.g., LLMs, AI agents.
Familiarity with industry leaders and disrupters in advanced AI development (e.g. the AI development landscape).
Remote is acceptable.

Additional Experience:

Prior experience supporting ARPA-like programs (e.g., DARPA, IARPA, APRA-E) or U.S. DoD advanced development programs is desired, but not required.

Employment Type

Full-time, W2 employment

Exempt, salaried

Eligible for paid benefits

Clearance, Citizenship, and Work Location

      Clearance requirement: Active or able to obtain Public Trust.
      U.S. citizenship required

SD Solutions Culture

We are a fast-growing company who puts people first. Our focus is on building the right team to provide exceptional services to our customers and to grow with our organization. We offer very competitive compensation and a very attractive benefits package. We believe in corporate citizenship and provide several levels of support to students, schools, teachers, and other organizations in our local community. If you are looking for a new opportunity to make a difference and build your career in a positive way, please join us. We're waiting for you.

Equal Opportunity Employer

SD Solutions, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not unlawfully discriminate against employees or applicants for employment based on an individual's race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, placement, compensation, promotion, discipline, and termination.

Whenever possible, SD Solutions makes reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities to the extent required by law.

Candidate Referral Fee Program

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