Freelance Ai Robotics Engineer Jobs in Reston, VA

The Opportunity:

To achieve an organization's mission, leaders need strong team members who can create processes, communicate requirements, and develop innovative solutions throughout the execution of the mission. Whether completing an immediate task, recognizing a process gap, recommending a solution, or flexing to support an immerging requirement, our clients need someone who can help manage operations while managing responses to external inquiries in a timely manner. That is why we need an experienced Medical Robotics Embodied AI Advisor like you to provide technical expertise and project development for emerging opportunities within healthcare.

As part of our team, you'll serve as a strategic technical advisor to the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), helping conceptualize, create, and execute advanced government-funded research and development programs to accelerate better health outcomes for everyone. You'll work with world-class scientists and engineers to support the development of high-impact solutions to society's most challenging health problems. You'll leverage your technical expertise to provide strategic assessments of new technologies in support to senior ARPA-H decision-makers. You'll maintain responsibility for producing and presenting findings and recommendations to a team of colleagues and clients on the feasibility and potential impact of future research programs, assisting with the management of current programs, and facilitating commercialization of successfully developed technologies.

You'll serve as a Medical Robotics Embodied AI Advisor helping clients to develop stakeholder management strategies, establish new business processes, and complete research and analysis to determine viable solutions. You will be responsible for managing incoming requirements, facilitating engagements within offices and across the agency, and being readily available to shift your focus to fulfill emerging client requests. Your attention to detail, flexibility, communication skills, understanding of the client's mission, and problem-solving will enable the mission's success.

What You'll Work On:

• Analyze and develop reports on the state-of-the-art for embodied surgical AI and related spaces.
• Support strategy development and program execution for embodied surgical AI and related initiatives.
• Evaluate the conceptual and technical soundness of research programs spanning embodied surgical AI and other AI applications in the health space.
• Assist in defining program goals, technical milestones, budgets, and performer expectations for high-impact scientific initiatives.
• Conduct technical reviews of performer progress to ensure alignment with ARPA-H objectives.
• Interact with clients, government officials, and other executives in various sectors.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• Experience supporting and advising government leadership or federal research programs
• Knowledge of AI, machine learning, and robotics, including in areas of imitation learning, medical robotics control systems, foundation models for physical AI, or world modeling
• Ability to manage budgets, technical milestones, and multidisciplinary research efforts across multi-site or multi-performer programs
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
• Master's degree in Engineering

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with AI systems that are physically integrated into surgical robots or operating environments
• Experience in the health, medical, or biological sciences spaces
• Experience operating within a government environment
• Experience supporting senior federal leaders
• Ability to manage multiple priorities at once
• Possession of strong communication skills
• Doctorate degree in Health or Biological Sciences

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.