Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. They are seeking a hands-on Staff-level Applied AI Engineer to build the next generation of decision intelligence within their mission planning systems, focusing on optimization and machine learning.

Responsibilities

• Develop models to attribute revenue to individual collection plans
• Build counterfactual and simulation frameworks to evaluate alternative strategies
• Design decision-support systems used daily by mission planners
• Apply optimization, reinforcement learning, and heuristic approaches
• Map system complexity and identify efficiency improvements
• Rapidly prototype solutions using AI-assisted development tools
• Collaborate across engineering, data, and product teams
• Engineer AI-driven capabilities that enable MPS to act as an autonomous or semi-autonomous operator, balancing automation with human-in-the-loop control
• Design and build systems aligned to zero trust and DevSecOps principles, ensuring security is foundational—not an afterthought
• Contribute to open architecture and integrated data layer strategies that enable secure collaboration with partners and allied systems
• Build and deploy cloud-native solutions that enable remote mission operations and dramatically reduce planning cycle times

Skills

• 5+ years building data-driven or ML-powered systems
• Strong Python or similar programming skills
• Experience with optimization, simulation, or decision systems
• Ability to work in complex problem spaces
• U.S. Citizenship required
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience with operations research or reinforcement learning
• Background in decision science or economics
• Experience with simulation environments
• Familiarity with geospatial or satellite systems
• Experience in mission-critical or ITAR environments

Benefits

• A robust 401(k) with company match
• Mental health resources
• Student loan repayment assistance
• Adoption reimbursement
• Pet insurance
• Incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions

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