Type: Direct hire, full-time · Base: $220,000–$292,000 + equity · Clearance: U.S. Person required (export control); Secret clearance preferred
VDS is recruiting a senior ML engineer to bring AI onto the factory floor of a maritime defense production division. You will build the platform that turns inspection, root-cause and document problems into working AI tools.
What you'll do
- Design and run the end-to-end ML platform, from training to deployment.
- Build model serving for cloud, edge devices and the shop floor.
- Turn factory problems into AI workflows with human review built in.
- Integrate with PLM, MES and ERP systems.
- Set model governance and drift monitoring, and share on-call duty.
What you bring
- 8+ years building production software.
- A degree in computer science, engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- MLOps, Python, PyTorch or TensorFlow, Docker and Kubernetes, time-series data, monitoring.
Nice to have
- Manufacturing or OT systems, computer vision or OCR.
- Airflow or Flyte, CUDA or TensorRT, retrieval-augmented generation.
Skills Required
- 8+ years building production software
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Experience with MLOps
- Experience with Python
- Experience with PyTorch or TensorFlow
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with time-series data and monitoring
- Manufacturing or OT systems experience
- Computer vision or OCR experience
- Experience with Airflow or Flyte
- Experience with CUDA or TensorRT
- Retrieval-augmented generation experience
What We Do
Value Driven Solutions (VDS) is an operational-excellence consulting firm serving middle-market companies, private-equity firms, and portfolio companies. It improves operational and financial performance through supply-chain optimization, operations, finance, technology, procurement, strategic consulting, and vetted interim executives. VDS also applies Lean Six Sigma, automation, robotics, AI, and analytics to strengthen efficiency, margins, capital efficiency, and enterprise value, with measurable, lasting results.
