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The position will initially support active contracts based on technical fit and program needs. Active contracts span topics such as hearing/acoustics, stress effects, UAS detection, and ballistics modeling. As part of a collaborative research environment, the successful candidate will help drive scientific innovation, mentor team members, and grow new technical areas aligned with their expertise and interests.\n\nPrimary Role And Responsibilities\n\nDevelopment of novel and innovative algorithms independently, in close collaboration with other technical performers, and/or with other algorithm subject matter experts.\n\nProvide new ideas and approaches to increase efficiency and accuracy of existing workflows.\n\nBridge research and engineering, ensuring that algorithms not only work in theory or benchmarks but function reliably in real-world, constrained environments.\n\nMentor others, lead new initiatives, and help expand ARA’s AI/ML and algorithmic capabilities.\n\nEngage with customers and end-users to align technical approaches with operational needs and ensure successful outcomes.\n\nCommunicate technical insights clearly through reports, briefings, and customer interactions; act as a technical resource and mentor for other scientists and engineers.\n\nShape new research directions, support proposal development, lead R&D thrusts, and contribute to capability growth within the organization.\n\nEducation\nDegree in Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.\n\nRequirements\n\nB.S. + 8 years, M.S. + 6 years, or Ph.D. + 3 years of relevant experience or equivalent combination.\n\nU.S. Citizen.\n\nAbility to obtain and maintain a security clearance.\n\nDemonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.\n\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to convey advanced technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.\n\nDemonstrated leadership experience, such as mentoring, project leadership, or developing new technical capabilities.\n\nLocation\nOnsite work at ARA’s Littleton, CO facility, with periodic travel to customer sites, partner locations, and other ARA offices.\n\nPreferred Skills And Experience\n\nExperience developing novel algorithms for perception, inference, estimation, autonomy, and/or decision making.\n\nAbility to operate across the full research-to-deployment pipeline.\n\nExperience reasoning about constrained, real-world operational environments and designing algorithms that remain robust under uncertainty.\n\nStrong proficiency with programming languages such as MATLAB, Python or similar.\n\nExperience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar ML frameworks.\n\nDemonstrated ability to write clean, maintainable, well tested code.\n\nExperience contributing to production quality or mission critical software systems.\n\nExperience writing proposals, technical reports, publications, and/or delivering customer briefings.\n\nAbility to support multiple projects, adapt to new technical areas, and work effectively in fast paced research settings.\n\nExperience with or ability to improve upon curation and maintenance of scientific databases, as well as validation methodologies of engineering models utilizing those databases.\n\nApplication Deadline\nFor best consideration, please apply by July 20, 2026.\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Ara","rawCompany":"ara","city":"Centennial","state":"CO","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-07-16T03:59:47.486Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1221.00","title":"Computer and Information Research Scientists","slug":"computer-and-information-research-scientists"},{"code":"15-2051.00","title":"Data Scientists","slug":"data-scientists"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"}],"industries":[{"code":"541715","title":"Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)","slug":"research-and-development-in-the-physical-engineering-and-life-sciences-except-nanotechnology-and-biotechnology"},{"code":"541690","title":"Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services","slug":"other-scientific-and-technical-consulting-services"},{"code":"541990","title":"All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services","slug":"all-other-professional-scientific-and-technical-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior Algorithm Engineer / Scientist","description":"Are you looking for a career in an industry focused on designing, developing, and rapidly deploying solutions to problems of national importance? 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