Slingshot Aerospace
Senior AI Engineer, Agentic Evaluation & V&V
Remote, United States · Senior · Full-time
No sponsorship$150k-$250kDetected 83 days ago
PythonMachine LearningData ScienceLLMsAgentic AILangGraphAI OrchestrationCybersecurityResearchCommunication
About the role
- Our work directly impacts global security, disaster response, climate monitoring, and the critical infrastructure that connects our world.
- We're a team of builders, thinkers, and problem-solvers who believe that the next generation of space operations will be powered by better data and smarter software.
- We move fast, we're not afraid to fail, and we believe the best ideas can come from anywhere-whether you're in engineering, sales, product, or operations.
Responsibilities
- Extend and maintain Slingshot's V&V SDK and evaluation framework for simulation-backed validation of agentic AI systems
- Design and implement agent-level and end-to-end evaluations, including benchmark scenarios, scoring logic, and experiment harnesses
- Build benchmark scenarios and tooling that measure planning, reasoning, and operational performance for autonomous mission planning systems
- Develop reusable SDK interfaces, adapters, and evaluation utilities that connect V&V systems, TALOS benchmarks, and agent workflows
- Uphold strong engineering standards through testing, documentation, reproducibility, and maintainable system design
- Strong Python engineering skills with experience building SDKs, libraries, or evaluation tooling
Compensation
- $150,000-$250,000
- Classification: Full time Exempt (learned professional exemption)
- US-based Candidates: we are currently only able to hire residents of the following U.S. states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV We are unable to consider candidates residing in other U.S. states at this time.
- Internationally-based Candidates: we are currently only able to hire residents of the following locations: United Kingdom.
- We are unable to consider candidates residing in other countries at this time.
- All of our employees' points of view are key to our success, and we embrace individuality.
Benefits
- Partner with cross-functional teams to identify evaluation needs and contribute to improving coverage of critical capabilities
- 6+ years of experience in software engineering, machine learning engineering, applied AI, or equivalent experience
Company info
- we are currently only able to hire residents of the following U.S. states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV We are unable to consider candidates residing in other U.S. states at this time.
Equal opportunity
- We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who share a passion for creating a safer, more connected world.
Visa & Work Authorization
- citizen and eligible to obtain and maintain a government security clearance
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