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With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.\nJob Description We have an opening for an AI Solutions Engineer with robust expertise in enhancing business applications with AI capabilities and leveraging Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) technologies. In this role, you will help design, develop, and deploy solutions that integrate AI technologies across our business systems application portfolio. You will work closely with application developers, data scientists, product owners, and business analysts to determine how best to AI enable our business applications. This position is in the Enterprise Application Services (EAS) Division which is part of the Computing Directorate, in support of the LivIT Program.\nThis position offers a hybrid schedule, blending in-person and virtual presence. You will have the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week.\nYou will Conduct and maintain Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) data pipelines by integrating LLMs (for example, OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) with enterprise document stores and vector databases.\nCollaborate in the development of scalable, secure APIs, microservices, and MCP servers that enable RAG based application access to business system data sources.\nPartner with application development teams to optimize retrieval performance, improve accuracy through prompt engineering and grounding techniques, and reduce LLM token usage to help manage AI related costs.\nCollaborate with data engineering teams to integrate virtualized data sources into AI workflows.\nBuild connectors and middleware to access and transform real time operational data for consumption by LLMs and analytics services.\nPartner with application developers and stakeholders across operational areas such as Finance, HR, and Procurement to help identify opportunities to leverage AI tools that reduce manual workflows.\nMonitor AI technology performance and provide solutions to improve usability, explainability, and relevance.\nPerform other duties as assigned.\nQualifications Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DOE L level security clearance in the future, which requires U.S. citizenship.\nBachelor?s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.\nSignificant experience in leveraging business operations data to support AI RAG efforts.\nSignificant experience building AI powered applications, particularly with leveraging RAG services, vector databases, and LLM APIs.\nSignificant experience in implementing RESTful APIs, microservices, MCP servers, or cloud platform services.\nAdvanced skills in programming languages such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Java.\nAdvanced knowledge of prompt tuning, feedback loops, and implementing guardrails/safeguards in AI systems design.\nAdvanced verbal and written communication skills necessary to effectively collaborate in a team environment and present and explain technical information and provide advice to management.\nQualifications We Desire Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments supporting cross functional development teams.\nExposure to vector embeddings, semantic search, and knowledge graph technologies.\nFamiliarity with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization.\nPay Range $175,530 - $222,564 Annually\nThis is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage. An employee?s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.\nPosition Information This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.\nSecurity Clearance This position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) L-level clearance. If you are selected, we will initiate a Federal background investigation to determine if you meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or matter. Also, all L or Q cleared employees are subject to random drug testing. L-level clearance requires U.S. citizenship.\nPre-Employment Drug Test External applicant(s) selected for this position must pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.\nEqual Employment Opportunity We are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to providing all with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status, age, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.\nReasonable Accommodation Our goal is to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates applying and interviewing at the Laboratory. 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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability. Our mission spans four critical national security areas—nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense—empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.\nJob Description We have an opening for an AI Solutions Engineer with robust expertise in enhancing business applications with AI capabilities and leveraging Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) technologies. In this role, you will help design, develop, and deploy solutions that integrate AI technologies across our business systems application portfolio. 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