Research Engineer, Artificial Intelligence (Entry-Level)

Job overview

The Research Engineer, Artificial Intelligence (Entry-Level) role is listed in McLean, VA; the work arrangement is not specified. Compensation is not specified. Orbis develops intelligence and decision capabilities for the U.S. Government and its allies. The role supports applied AI research alongside senior research engineers. The engineer reproduces research baselines, builds evaluation datasets and tools, runs experiments, analyzes errors, and documents results. This work helps assess AI methods against real product questions and develops early-career engineers toward ownership of a research area.

What you'll do

• Reproduce baselines and published methods
• build and maintain evaluation datasets and harnesses
• run experiments with senior research engineers and maintain reproducible records
• analyze system errors
• implement scoped prototype components with design direction and code review
• summarize relevant literature and open-source work
• document and present results, including negative results
• travel occasionally up to 10% for conferences, training, and team collaboration.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

research engineer

artificial intelligence

applied research

machine learning

llms

python

evaluation datasets

experimentation

mclean va

entry-level

0–2 years experience

up to 10% travel

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Competitive retirement matching and paid time off
• a comprehensive benefits package is shared with candidates after an initial HR conversation.

Why this role

Entry-level role requiring 0–2 years of professional experience, Python fundamentals, and working knowledge of machine learning and large language model fundamentals; occasional travel up to 10%.

About the employer

Orbis is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Sector: 54.