Data Scientist 3

Momentum Engineering, Inc. fosters an employee-centric culture. Our strength lies in our people. With a high percentage of employees holding advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, and related disciplines, we bring deep technical expertise to every mission. Our team includes professionals with security clearances and full-scope polygraphs, ensuring trusted, secure support for the most sensitive national security initiatives. Additionally, our workforce is equipped with industry-leading certifications, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and excellence. Most importantly, our exceptional employee retention rate reflects a culture of professional growth, mission focus, and dedication—ensuring long-term stability and expertise for our customers’ critical needs.

Job Summary

• Seeking a Data Scientist to develop advanced natural language processing and Named Entity Recognition capabilities within an Agentic AI framework
• The successful candidate will develop models and pipelines for automated knowledge extraction from multilingual, unstructured natural language data

Primary Responsibilities

• Train and develop NLP and NER capabilities for LLM-based solutions
• Develop solutions within Agentic AI frameworks such as LangGraph
• Perform supervised and unsupervised model training and validation
• Develop automated knowledge-extraction capabilities from unstructured text
• Process multilingual natural language data without dependence on predefined ontologies
• Develop and maintain preprocessing and data-retrieval pipelines
• Evaluate data quality and readiness for model integration
• Integrate customer data sources into AI/ML solutions
• Address enterprise data compliance, governance, and policy requirements
• Ensure solutions support organizational and end-user needs

Required Qualifications

• Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph
• Master’s degree with 6 years of relevant experience, Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of relevant experience, Associate's degree with 10 years of in-depth relevant experience that is clearly related to the position
• Experience developing NLP and NER solutions
• Experience working with LLMs
• Experience with supervised and unsupervised learning
• Experience training and validating NLP models
• Experience processing unstructured natural language data
• Experience with automated knowledge extraction
• Understanding of data quality and data-readiness practices
• Familiarity with customer data sources and data-retrieval techniques

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with LangGraph or similar Agentic AI frameworks
• Multilingual NLP experience
• Experience working with enterprise data governance, compliance, and policy requirements

Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

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