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SpaceX

AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance

AI summary of the role

This role is an AI Engineer for SpaceX's Special Programs (Starshield), working directly with U.S. federal agencies to design, build, and deploy mission-critical AI solutions.

What you’ll do

  • Design, build, and optimize integrations between AI frontier models (e.g., Grok family) and government systems, platforms, and data environments.
  • Identify pain points, scope product specifications, and design and build AI-powered software for government or enterprise use cases.
  • Benchmark models and develop evaluation frameworks to assess performance and address weaknesses, ensuring compliance with customer standards.
  • Enhance model performance through system prompt tuning or fine-tuning, with an eye toward secure and scalable deployment.

What you’ll bring

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, computer engineering, physics, or data science.
  • 1+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building scalable systems, APIs, or AI/ML applications.
  • Active Top-Secret or Top-Secret SCI.
  • Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.

Technologies

Grok · Python · TypeScript · HTTP · API design · Pulumi · Terraform · infrastructure-as-code · machine learning · fine-tuning

About SpaceX

Builds reusable launch systems, spacecraft, and the Starlink satellite network to lower the cost of access to space while turning orbital infrastructure into a mass-market connectivity business.

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SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. AI ENGINEER, SPECIAL PROGRAMS - TOP SECRET CLEARANCE AI engineers work directly with our end customers to own strategy, execution, and deployment of mission-critical AI solutions for U.S federal agencies. You'll work closely with product, research, infrastructure, and legal/governance teams to deliver high-stakes projects to make current and future models maximally useful for missions while upholding safety, transparency, and ethical standards. RESPONSIBILITIES: Design, build, and optimize integrations between AI frontier models (e.g., Grok family) and government systems, platforms, and data environments.
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