Senior AI Scientist – Model Training | Senior AI Scientist – Model Training (m/w/d)
BWI GmbH
Job Summary
As a Senior AI Scientist at BWI, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the digital future of the German Armed Forces. Working within the Tech Center AI & Robotics, you will bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI research and practical industrial application. Your day-to-day responsibilities include evaluating emerging AI architectures, developing prototypes for foundation models, and advising stakeholders on strategic technological developments. You will focus on training and alignment methods for generative language, multimodal, and world models, while managing large-scale data pipelines. This role is unique because it combines high-level academic research with mission-critical applications in a complex, large-scale IT environment. You will contribute to national security by ensuring technological excellence and future-readiness. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in scaling laws, model training, and data curation, coupled with the ability to communicate complex concepts to diverse audiences. You will join an interdisciplinary team dedicated to driving innovation in AI and robotics.
Required Skills
Education
Completed degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, or a comparable field.
Experience
- 5+ years of professional experience in Data Science or Machine Learning with a focus on modern AI architectures.
- Professional experience in designing and managing high-scalability data pipelines for large-scale datasets.
- Proven experience in the curation, deduplication, and quality filtering of web-scale datasets.
- Practical experience in pre-training models from scratch.
- Hands-on experience with efficiency methods including LoRA, QLoRA, Adapter-Tuning, SFT, and RL techniques.
Languages
Additional
- The position is based in Germany, supporting the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr). No specific security clearance or travel percentage explicitly stated, but professional presentation to military stakeholders is a core requirement.
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