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Senior AI/ML Engineer
Consumer Product Safety Commission · Posted 80 days ago
Hybrid Bethesda, MD $144K – $187K Apply by Jul 24, 2026 Data Science Series INTJINTP EngineeringData
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The Senior Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML) Engineer serves as the agency's senior technical data scientist providing mission critical analytics to detect and mitigate consumer product hazards. This position is located in the Directorate for Epidemiology (EP), Office of Risk Reduction (EXRR) at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
What You'll Do
- →This position is officially titled Data Scientist (Artificial Intelligence).
- →The working title is Senior AI/ML Engineer.
- →The incumbent supports the modernization of CPSC's analytical ecosystem by designing and implementing AI/ML models, advanced analytical methods, cloud native workflows, and automation that accelerate hazard triage and strengthen data driven decision making across the agency.
- →The Senior AI/ML Engineer performs the following duties: Designs, develops, tests, and deploys supervised, unsupervised, NLP, deep learning, and agent-enabled AI models that detect product hazards, surface signals, and identify leading indicators.
- →Uses modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow) and scalable compute environments to build high-performance models that meet standards for accuracy, fairness, robustness, and transparency.
- →Designs and implements high-quality data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, validation, quality enforcement, and preprocessing of diverse datasets.
- →Operationalizes models in secure cloud environments (Azure), leveraging cloud-native services, containerization, CI/CD automation, and scalable compute.
- →Conducts analytical research to identify trends, patterns, and emerging hazards through statistical learning, causal inference, scenario modeling, and "what-if" simulations.
- →Supports the agency's hazard detection research agenda by proposing new analytical methods, experimenting with novel architectures, and implementing advanced machine learning approaches.
- →Develops and maintains state-of-the-art knowledge in AI/ML, participating in working groups, communities of practice, and interagency collaborations.
- →Works closely with program offices, engineering teams, compliance staff, field investigators, and agency leadership to translate analytic requirements into operational ML solutions.
- →Communicates uncertainty, assumptions, limitations, and risk tradeoffs associated with modeling decisions and analytical findings.
- →Designs and develops AI agents and retrieval-augmented systems (e.g., Copilot Studio, Python-based agents) that operationalize hazard detection workflows.
- →Integrates AI agents with APIs, event streams, dashboards, and case management systems to reduce cycle time from signal to action.
Requirements
- ✓Must be a U.S.
- ✓This is a Public Trust Position.
- ✓Employment in this position requires a background investigation.
- ✓If you are selected and cannot meet the criteria requirement for the pre-employment waiver and/or a favorable suitability determination within a reasonable period of time due to disclosed or undisclosed background issues, the employment offer may be withdrawn.
- ✓If you are a male born after December 31, 1959 you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.
- ✓Please see http://www.sss.gov for more information.
- ✓Selectees will be required to complete a "Declaration of Federal Employment", (OF-306), prior to appointment and the appropriate background investigation forms to determine suitability for Federal employment.
- ✓False statements or responses on these forms can jeopardize your employment opportunity and subject you to disciplinary action, including removal from Federal service.
- ✓The selectee will be required to complete a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the I-9 Form.
- ✓We will compare information provided on the I-9 Form to records available from the U.S.
- ✓Department of Homeland Security.
- ✓The system confirms employee's identity and eligibility to work in the United States.
- ✓Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Benefits
- ★CPSC offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes: paid vacation, sick leave, 11 paid holidays per year, life and health insurance, Long Term Care insurance, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending account program, and retirement savings and investment plan similar to 401(k) (Thrift Savings Plan).
- ★CPSC also offers a broad array of work-life flexibilities and services to employees such as, flexible work schedules, transit subsidies, fitness center, and employee assistance and wellness programs.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 334cc243-984d-47c4-9e76-c8160f88c956
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