Data Scientist

Areté, an employee-owned company, is a growing research and development firm entrusted by the US military to provide innovative solutions to their hardest problems. We have immediate openings for Data Scientists to work in our Corporate office in Northridge, CA and in our Arlington, VA and Tucson, AZ offices. 

We are seeking Data Scientists who can transform physical data into actionable intelligence. We work with a variety of platforms (satellites, aerial vehicles, ground vehicles, surface and underwater vehicles) and modalities (visible and infrared optics, spectral imagers, lidar, radar, sonar). We apply sophisticated signal processing coupled with machine learning (ML) / artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to identify threats around the globe, keeping all of us safe. This is an exempt non-supervisory full-time position. 

•Research, develop, and test ML-based algorithms tailored to our applications

•Train deep neural network (DNN) and feature-based algorithms for classification and regression on imagery and high-dimensional data

•Work with software engineers to implement your algorithms in real-time on a variety of hardware, ranging from high-performance computing clusters to low-power, embedded processors

•Quantify the effectiveness of your approach and present your results to the team and customers

•Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Data Science, Computer Science, or Quantitative Sciences;

•Development of custom DNNs and algorithm streams in Python with packages such as Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and OpenCV;

•Ability to obtain a TOP SECRET security clearance;

•US Citizenship. 

•Recurrent neural networks, reinforcement learning, transformer nets;

•Low-shot learning with DNNs;

•Data augmentation and physical simulation;

•Image and signal processing, computer vision;

•C/C++ programming;

•GPU programming, parallel programming, and code optimization;

•Mathematical ability and experience with physical data;

•Ability to work on small teams and independently;

•Strong verbal and written communication skills;

•Active US government security clearance.