Principal Research Scientist - Natural Language Processing
Company: Leidos
Location: Arlington
Posted on: April 25, 2024
Job Description:
Description Leidos Innovations Center is looking for a Principal
Research Scientist in Natural Language Processing (NLP) who has a
proven track record in developing technology-based approaches that
yield novel, innovative capabilities while advancing the state of
the art.Primary ResponsibilitiesThe principal research scientist
will serve in the role of principal investigator on contract
R&D and internal R&D programs, engaging R&D customers
and transition partners to develop new business opportunities and
leading teams of researchers and engineers in the development,
adaptation, and extension of innovative approaches and solutions in
NLP research across a range of technical areas and application
domains, for diverse and often disparate types of data and
complexity, and for projects that are inherently both fundamental
and applied in nature.The innovative technical solutions will
advance the state of the art while addressing long-term problems of
importance to national security. - As such, candidates should have
successful, proven, and demonstrable experience leading proposals
and winning competitive research and development efforts, and then
leading high-performing teams in the development and integration of
software-based solutions for customers such as DARPA and other
branches of the Department of Defense.The Principal NLP Research
Scientist will also have a hands-on roll and is expected to
customize and create various machine learning algorithms to operate
over multi-domain data and optimizing the performance of those
algorithms on the data. - They will develop automation to extract
and prepare features from multi-domain datasets. They will adapt
NLP libraries/toolkits that include transformer models like BERT
and ChatGPT, as well as Stanford CoreNLP, Spacy, NLTK, Word2Vec,
and Gensim.Basic Qualifications
- M.S degree in Computational Linguistics, Computer Science,
Mathematics, or related technical field. (Ph.D. is preferred).
- At least 10 years of industrial/academic experience advancing
the state of the art machine learning-based research through
demonstrable, verifiable technical results in the area of natural
language processing, human language understanding, computational
linguistics.
- At least 5 years of hands-on experience adapting the following
technologies in the development of novel technology-based
approaches as part of research projects: NumPy, SciPy,
scikit-learn, TensorFlow, Pytorch, Keras, Genism, vow pal wabbit,
Stanford CoreNLP, , - etc.
- Proven track record in proposing, winning, and executing work
with customers such as DARPA/IARPA.
- Strong and proven customer relationship skills including the
ability to discover the true technical challenges and requirements
associated with opportunities, recommending alternative technical
approaches, and shaping future opportunities.
- Understanding of transformers and foundation models.
- Python proficiency.
- Self-starter with high intellectual curiosity.
- Great communication skills, able to explain language model
results to a non-technical audience.
- Proficient in data exploration techniques and tools.
- Must be a U.S Citizen.
- Ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance with potential
eligibility for Top Secret.Preferred Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Computational Linguistics, Computer Science,
Mathematics, or related technical field.
- Track record of extending NLP tools for new challenges
- Experience applying and leading the application of -NLP and/or
linguistic theory in fundamental research contexts, to problems in
complex domains, under conditions of uncertainty, and dynamic and
evolving technical challenges
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent written and oral skills in communicating technical
information with an ability to present complex technical
information clearly and coherently
- Proven experience forming strong teams composed of members from
academia and industry for competitive research and development
opportunities.
- Practical understanding of generative models
- Experience programming machine learning algorithms for
GPUs
- Understanding of Convolutional Neural Nets
- Understanding of workflows and use cases in which NLP tools are
applied in operational domains.
- Working knowledge of Word2Vec, NLTK, BERT, and ChatGPT
- Discernment of when and how to use machine learning
regulationLInCOriginal Posting Date:2024-04-22While subject to
change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that
this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an
anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original
posting date as listed above.Pay Range:Pay Range $122,200.00 -
$220,900.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general
guideline only -and not a guarantee of compensation or salary.
Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but
are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education,
experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal
equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement
(if any), or other law.
Keywords: Leidos, Annandale , Principal Research Scientist - Natural Language Processing, Other , Arlington, Virginia
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