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Job Title:  Sr Scientist, Artificial Intelligence 

Job Code:27821

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL, Greenville, TX, Plano, TX, Anaheim, CA, or Camden, NJ

Schedule: 9/80 (Every other Friday off)

The IMS Artificial Intelligence Lead will be responsible for defining and leading the AI integration strategy across the Segment.

Essential Functions:

• Manage the technical development of an AI-centric solution from conception, design, test & validation, to scaled deployment (to a customer or at least to a segment-scale internal deployment).
• Maintain a prioritized roadmap of AI initiatives that ties to business value (growth and efficiency)
• Perform gap analysis to assess infrastructure, data and resource readiness.
• Develop, track and improve KPI metrics related to cost, productivity and time-to-delivery.
• Navigate between the ecosystems of open models and enterprise platforms as required.
• Define and validate the value of AI capabilities and use cases to external (or internal) customers.
• Clear understanding and communication of the ROI of AI investments while simultaneously off-ramping unbounded efforts of questionable business value. 
• Responsible for understanding strategic objectives, setting expectations, and leading teams to achieve desired outcomes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 15 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Experience with the development of AI solutions beyond a single business or domain (ex. familiar with a spectrum of solutions and models across computer vision, task optimization, data analytics, natural language models, etc.)
• Experience with the full life cycle of AI development, associated software stacks, and infrastructure approaches necessary to achieve the solution vision.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• US Citizenship required. 

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience in aerospace and defense.
• Experience operationalizing AI from cloud to edge and navigating deployment through the ATO process.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is $162,500  - $289,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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