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121 Whittendale Dr, Moorestown, NJ 08057, USA

Posted Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM

ASRC Federal is a leading government contractor furthering missions in space, public health and defense. As an Alaska Native owned corporation, our work helps secure an enduring future for our shareholders. Join our team and discover why we are atop veteran employer and Certified Great Place to Work™

ASRC Federal Mission Solutions is a premier provider of systems engineering, software engineering, system integration and project management services for real-time, mission-critical defense systems. We are seeking an Expert Machine Learning Engineer to join our team in Moorestown, NJ.

• Develops, researches, and applies machine learning, deep learning, visual artificial intelligence algorithms and methods to data sets to produce models to be deployed in an operational aspect
• Develops hypotheses based on data analysis and trends, and compares real-time results with predictions to update and fine-tune algorithms
• Develops assessment methods to ensure production models are robust and reliable. Collaborates with different business units and stakeholders
• Develops, inspects, mines, transforms, and models data to raise productivity, improve decision making, and gain competitive advantage
• Conducts quantitative and qualitative analysis on data to generate insights and information to ensure correct predictive forecasting or classification
• Implementing emerging AI/ML technologies from commercial and academic domains to support military and government agencies with prediction, classification, and anomaly detection tasks
• Evaluating, visualizing, and performing statistical analysis on data sets including time-series, multi-modal, and textual data
• Developing appropriate model architectures, custom loss functions, and training deep neural networks including MLPs, CNNs, Transformers, and others as required
• Working with existing modeling and simulation (M&S) tools to develop data for new AI/ML models
• Recommends operational plans and strategies that will directly impact the achievement of overall functional results
• Serves as a Technical lead on large, complex projects
• Impacts functional strategy by developing new solutions, process, standards
• Responsible for improving upon existing processes and systems using significant conceptualizing, reasoning and interpretation
• Responsible for conducting briefings to senior leaders both within and outside of the job function
• Responsible for providing guidance, coaching and training to other employees across ASRC Federal within technical area of expertise
• Responsible for leading large, complex project initiatives of strategic importance to the organization, involving large cross-functional teams (without direct reporting relationships)

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 12-15 years of experience in a related or applicable field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a government clearance, U.S. Citizenship is required
• This position requires the successful applicant to obtain and maintain the required security clearance or other authorization(s) within the necessary timeframe required by applicable contract(s)
• Expert level knowledge of machine learning techniques including popular frameworks
• Extensive experience with LLM prompting and Transformer architecture
• Experience with unsupervised learning including clustering algorithms and manifold learning.
• Requires mastery of knowledge within multiple job areas typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience
• Viewed as an expert and/or resource within the field by peers within and outside ASRC Federal
• Requires sound business acumen and combines this with technical knowledge for holistic solutions
• Establishes operational plans for job area with short- to mid-term impact on results (e.g., 1-2 years)
• Demonstrates leadership in technical innovation for ASRC Federal and Operating Groups in support of strategic goals and mission
• Proven ability to utilize extensive analysis to seek understanding problems

• Ability to influence others to accept job function’s view/practices and agree/accept new concepts, practices, and approaches
• Requires ability to communicate and influence senior executive leadership regarding matters of strategic importance to the organization

• Experience with military simulators (e.g., AFSIM, JGTS, MAST)
• Strong writing and presentation skills are preferred
• Academic publication history

We invest in the lives of our employees, both in and out of the workplace, by providing competitive pay and benefits packages. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law. The salary offered will depend on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, education, geographic location, internal equity, business needs, and other factors permitted by law. Posted pay ranges are a general guideline only and are not a guarantee of compensation or salary.

ASRC Federal and its Subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, religion, marital status, ancestry, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor prohibited by applicable law.

121 Whittendale Dr, Moorestown, NJ 08057, USA