AI/ML Engineer / Defence / $500k+ / NYC

Senior AI/ML Engineer - (LLMs / RAG / Agentic Systems) - Aerospace - NYC - $500k+ Equity

We’re hiring for a world class team at one of the fastest growing & most innovative next‑gen aerospace AI companies in North America. They're building LLMs, RAG & high‑performance AI systems to power mission‑critical operations in defence & space. Only the top 0.1% of America's AI Engineers can do this. If you’ve built real mission critical LLM systems that can’t fail – this could be your next move.

The Role

• You’ll own & scale a RAG‑driven AI system powering critical aerospace operations.
• Expect to tackle retrieval quality, latency bottlenecks, & eval‑driven fine‑tuning head‑on for the most innovative & exciting real‑time systems in Aerospace today.
• Full production ownership – from architecture to metrics.

You Should Have Experience With

• Deploying LLM‑based systems at scale (Llama, Mistral, GPT‑4, Claude)
• Retrieval optimisation – hybrid search (BM25 + vector), reranking, caching
• Evaluation – recall@k, precision@k, groundedness, hallucination metrics
• Fine‑tuning (LoRA/QLoRA), RAG architecture, LangChain / LlamaIndex
• Tooling: Hugging Face, Weaviate/Pinecone, FastAPI, PyTorch, Redis, Postgres
• Monitoring inference, eval automation, & continuous improvement loops

Bonus

• IoT or Hardware integration or real‑time systems experience

Ideal Background

• CS or Applied ML degree from a top‑tier university
• Proven 0‑1 experience in a fast‑moving AI startup, or Defence related company
• You’ve shipped reliable GenAI systems under pressure
• Degree in Computer Science from a top‑tier university
• Prior experience in high‑performance teams (0‑1, startups)
• You’ve shipped real systems – not demos

You’ll Be Expected To

• Own the LLM pipeline end‑to‑end – retrieval → evaluation → fine‑tuning
• Improve accuracy, grounding, and eval metrics continuously
• Make architecture decisions for scale, reliability & speed
• Collaborate directly with founders & domain experts

Stack

• Python / PyTorch / LangChain / Transformers / FastAPI / Hugging Face / Weaviate / Redis / Postgres / Docker / Kubernetes

Offer

• Up to $500,000+ base salary + equity
• Hybrid in NYC
• Tight‑knit, high‑output team
• High ownership, real impact, flat structure

Interview Process

• Technical Deep Dive
• Technical Assessment or Live Pairing
• Panel focused on mindset & team fit

Equal Opportunity

We’re hiring for an Equal Opportunity Employer.

TL;DR – Senior AI Engineer (NYC, On‑site)

• Build & scale production‑grade GenAI systems from 0 to 1
• Own and improve RAG pipelines – accuracy and latency matter
• Deep experience with LLMs, LangChain, Hugging Face & real deployments
• Must have shipped working GenAI products, not just prototypes
• Ideal: startup DNA, top‑tier CS degree, fast execution mindset
• $350K+ base + equity – on‑site at a VC‑backed aerospace startup in NYC

Application

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