Machine Learning Engineer Co-op

Data & AIposted 2w ago

MORSE Corp is an employee owned, small business based in Cambridge, MA, Arlington, VA, and Seattle, WA with a history of fielding cutting-edge technology. MORSE boasts a specially selected team of scientists, engineers, and software developers to deliver best-in-class technical solutions that solve difficult multidisciplinary problems faced by the US National Security Ecosystem. 

We are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer Co-op to join our team at MORSE.  You will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and managing complex ML algorithms and systems. You will be responsible for acquiring truth data, integrating algorithms, testing algorithms, combining algorithms, reviewing literature to stay on top of the latest-and-greatest methods, analyzing data from field tests, and developing advanced algorithms.  MORSE’s AI & ML work crosses modalities, and experience or interest in the fields of Large Language Models (LLM), agentic AI, audio analysis, computer vision, and advanced reasoning is a plus. You will work with MORSE’s current team of engineers to transition algorithms to production, which may run on on-prem servers, on the cloud, or on a real-time embedded system. You will be part of our team working to accelerate our US National Security customers abilities to use natural language processing capabilities in mission-critical environments.

Responsibilities:

Develop, fine-tune, train, and optimize machine learning models

Use MLOps tools for efficient experiment tracking, data management, and reproducibility

Write robust, efficient, and maintainable code

Track the latest advancements with machine learning research to bring new techniques and methodologies to MORSE

Conduct experiments and perform rigorous evaluations to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of CV models

Skills and Requirements:

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED and the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance

Currently pursuing Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Aerospace, Mathematics, Physics, or related field

Proven experience in applying CV models, techniques, frameworks, and libraries to implement and fine-tune models

Proven experience testing and validating the performance of AI technologies in real-world applications

Proficiency in Python

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS and Azure)

Experience with Docker

Experience with Data processing and MLOps tools such as Airflow, MLFlow, AimStack, etc.
Experience with Agentic AI (even at a hobby project level)

MORSE Corp’s pay range for this role carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to, prior experience, education, skills and expertise, location, internal equity, and other factors that are job related and consistent with business need. Therefore, final offer amounts may vary from the amount stated.

Compensation

$28—$33 USD

The team at MORSE takes pride in being the smart team that is easy to work with. We focus on steady, long-term success while maintaining a collaborative, enjoyable work experience for our employees. For more information, please visit www.morsecorp.com.