AI Engineer | SMX (Camp Smith / INDOPACOM)

Location: Aiea, HI (Camp Smith) | Work Mode: Full-time (On-site) | Salary Range: $140,000 – $173,000 | Clearance Requirement: Current DoD Top Secret / SCI | Apply By: July 20, 2026

Job Description

Position Overview

SMX is seeking an **AI Engineer** to support our government client directly at Camp Smith. In this position, you will design, develop, test, and enhance AI-enabled systems that directly optimize client operations, mission workflows, and organizational Knowledge Management. You will act as the technical bridge, transforming real-world operational and military defense processes into practical tools integrated into AI harnesses, prompt systems, and agentic workflows.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain production-grade AI-integrated systems to enhance mission workflows and clinical decision support.
• Serve as a primary technical resource supporting the **Maven Smart System** as the core AI and operational integration platform.
• Develop robust **Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)** workflows utilizing trusted organizational and tactical data sources.
• Design reusable AI patterns, prompt templates, structured output pipelines, and prompt chains.
• Support the training, fine-tuning, and domain adaptation of **in-house LLM capabilities** using approved data environments.
• Integrate advanced agentic workflows that securely retrieve information, call custom tools, summarize content, and generate draft intelligence products.
• Implement vector search, data ingestion pipelines, embedding models, and custom AI search functionalities.
• Establish testing and evaluation methodologies to validate AI system relevance, safety, and accuracy.
• Collaborate closely with AI Integrators and Knowledge Systems Integrators to maximize active user adoption.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Experience: 5–8 years of relevant technical experience building AI-enabled systems, automated workflows, or data integrations.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Software Engineering, or a related STEM field (relevant experience may substitute).
• Security: Clear active **DoD Top Secret / SCI clearance** (U.S. Citizenship is strictly mandatory for work on this contract).
• Compliance: Must meet applicable **DoD 8140 / DCWF requirements** (IAT Level II / IAM Level I certifications preferred).
• Core Knowledge: Strong technical grip on RAG architectures, LLM orchestration, agent frameworks, embeddings, vector search, and human-in-the-loop validation frameworks.
• Operational Focus: Military operational experience or a deep understanding of standard military workflows is strongly preferred.

Desired Technical Assets:

• Prior experience developing AI tools natively within cloud environments for defense or intelligence agencies.
• Familiarity with the **Palantir** ecosystem or direct configurations within the **Maven Smart System**.
• Proficiency in Python, API orchestration, and structured enterprise data pipelines.

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Position: Algorithmic Warfare Systems Engineer – Tactical GenAI
Core Technology Focus: Maven Smart System, Secure RAG & LLM Fine-Tuning, Multi-Agent Chains
Mission Focus: Accelerating Multi-Domain Decision Superiority at Camp Smith

✅ Job Summary and Focus:

This position at SMX is tailored for a **Mission-Critical Systems Builder**. Because defense environments demand absolute data assurance and zero hallucination tolerances, the primary technical focus is centered on **Deterministic Agentic AI**. You will not simply be wrapping external APIs; you will be configuring specialized workflows inside the **Maven Smart System**. Your mandate involves transforming raw intelligence, geospatial data, and dynamic operational logs into highly structured data models. By building secure, local RAG architectures and prompt structures, your tools will compress human decision loops and deliver context-aware, machine-speed decision support directly to frontline commanders.

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📌 Key ATS Resume Keywords:

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💰 Compensation and Defense-Tech Market Dynamics:

SMX provides a highly competitive salary range of $140,000 to $173,000 alongside comprehensive medical plans, paid leave, and employer-matched retirement contributions.

In the context of the U.S. Defense Technology and Algorithmic Warfare workforce for 2026:

• The “Maven” Priority: With Project Maven transitioning into an official DoD program of record by September 2026, engineers possessing specialized platform capabilities in the **Maven Smart System** are experiencing an unprecedented 25% year-over-year surge in total compensation packages.
• Regional Scarcity in Hawaii: Sourcing full-time, on-site technical AI talent that simultaneously carries a current **Top Secret / SCI clearance** represents one of the tightest talent pools in the global defense sector, making this role exceptionally prestigious with accelerated pathing.
• Demographics in Advanced Defense Tech: Women currently represent approximately **17%** of active machine learning and core AI engineering roles across DoD contractor teams. Organizations like SMX heavily prioritize deep domain adaptation and diverse engineering teams to counter emerging global multi-domain operational challenges.

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