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Sr. Ai Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance

Location: Palo Alto, California
Work mode: On-site
Type: full time
Listed: Jul 1, 2026

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Senior AI Engineer, Special Programs at SpaceX responsible for owning the strategy, execution, and deployment of mission-critical AI solutions for U.S. federal agencies. This role involves designing, building, and optimizing integrations with AI frontier models, developing AI-powered software for government use cases, and enhancing model performance.

Skills and focus areas

ai
machine learning
federal agencies
product specification
software development
model benchmarking
evaluation frameworks
prompt tuning
fine-tuning
secure deployment
scalable deployment
log analysis

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