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Butler Aerospace & Defense

AI/ML Engineer

On site

Richmond, United states

Freelance

12-03-2026

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Skills

Communication Leadership Python Jira GitHub Test Machine Learning

Job Specifications

AI/ML Engineer

Location: Remote

Job ID: #72249

Pay Range: $90-105

6 month contract

The deadline to apply is 04/03/2026

Work description
o AI/ML Engineer working with a team to create a product.
o Work with other experts (weather data experts)
o Design, train and test ML models for project outcomes.
o Participation in retrospectives, reflecting and sharing on successes and failures.
o Adhere to Product AI governance and security requirements.

Required Qualifications
o 5-8 years developing Machine Learning models
o 4-8 years writing production grade code (Python, and ML libraries)
o Demonstrated ability to design, train and test ML models for project outcomes
o Ability to work with other experts
o Communication & collaboration - Clear writing, stakeholder engagement, and ability to translate technical progress for stakeholder leadership.
o Comfortable in fast-paced environment
o Experience with development practices - GitHub workflows, code review culture, VS?Code use, and team board (GitHub, Jira, etc.).

Desired Qualifications
o Experience using LLM models.
o Demonstrated high-levels of curiosity and logical reasoning. Comfort with ambiguity.
o Experience with both structured and unstructured data.
o Expertise using JSON, JSON Lines, CSV, YAML, etc.
o Experience in fast paced applied environments, stakeholder driven reviews, and iterative prototype refinement.
o Experience decomposing, breaking ambiguous goals into testable hypotheses. Identifying what *must* be solved now vs. later.
o Ability to design and implement proof-of-concept prototypes for delivery into operational use.???????

Benefits provided: 401K, medical, dental, and vision, sick time as applicable to state law

Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is an equal opportunity employer. Butler evaluates applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. The Butler America Aerospace, LLC. EEO Policy Statement and "Know Your Rights" Poster is available here: Applicant and Employee Notices.

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About the Company

STATE-OF-THE-ART, QUALITY, COST-OPTIMIZED SOLUTIONS Founded in 1947, Butler Aerospace & Defense/BAA is a U.S. Aerospace & Defense Engineering Solutions Provider, part of HCLTech, one of the global leaders of Engineering and Technology solutions. Companies and Agencies come to us when they need to solve engineering challenges and enable their digital transformation. Our Full Life Cycle Solutions offer our partners RAPID and AGILE execution. Know more