Junior machine learning engineer

About This Role

Who We Are: ?

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, and civil aviation by revolutionizing our customers' training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.?

• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.?

• CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.?

What We Have to Offer: ?

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance?

• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe?

• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions?

• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!?

Summary? ?

We are seeking a skilled Machine Learning Engineer to join our growing AI & Data Science team in R&D. This role is ideal for someone passionate about solving complex problems using data-driven approaches and deploying scalable machine learning solutions in production environments. Additionally, this role will focus on designing scalable NLP systems powered by state-of-the-art transformer models, optimizing inference performance, and integrating LLMs into real-world products. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver intelligent, language-driven solutions that enhance user experience and business outcomes. This position is onsite with locations in Tampa FL, Arlington TX, or Orlando FL.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions .

• Assist in the development and testing of machine learning models for real-world applications under the guidance of senior engineers.

• Support the creation and maintenance of data pipelines and model training workflows using modern tools and frameworks.

• Participate in model evaluation and validation, helping to analyze performance metrics and suggest improvements.

• Help monitor deployed models and contribute to maintaining their reliability and accuracy.

• Contribute to the fine-tuning and deployment of large language models (LLMs) for tasks such as summarization, question answering, and chatbots.

• Learn and apply tools like ONNX, TensorRT, or vLLM to support efficient model serving.

• Assist in implementing retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines using vector databases (e.g., FAISS, Pinecone).

• Collaborate with team members to optimize model inference for performance and cost.

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and contribute to ML solutions.

• Stay informed about emerging trends and technologies in machine learning and AI.

• Document work, including model development and evaluation processes, for reproducibility and team knowledge sharing.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field. Master's degree is a plus.

• 0-2 years of experience in software development or machine learning projects (internships or academic projects count).

• Familiarity with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Scikit-learn.

• Basic understanding of REST APIs and microservice architecture.

• Exposure to MLOps tools and practices (e.g., MLflow, Airflow) is a plus.

• Experience with Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, or OpenAI APIs is beneficial but not required.

• Comfortable working with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), Linux, and container tools like Docker.

• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases such as MySQL or MongoDB is a plus.

• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to deep learning, NLP, or computer vision through coursework or projects.

• Interest in feature engineering and model interpretability.

• Basic understanding of prompt engineering and optimization.

• Familiarity with multi-modal models and distributed training concepts is a plus.

• Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines is helpful.

• Ability to learn quickly and work in a collaborative, agile development environment.

Security Responsibilities? ?

Must comply?with all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures.? Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval.? All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.???

• ?Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.??

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.? ?

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• Duties performed in an office environment and manufacturing facility.

• Must be able to work overtime on and off-shifts as required.

• May be required to sit down for long lengths of time.

• May be required to climb stairs.

Other Duties? ?

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.??

CAE USA Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any protected characteristic, including disability and protected veteran status, as defined under federal, state, or local laws. ?

Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process.? If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected]

Position Type

Regular

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us a t [email protected] .