Location: Los Alamos, NM
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
**This position is open for external candidates only to apply.** **What You Will Do** The Weapons Research Services - Secure Networks and Assurance (WRS-SNA) group is looking for an early career AI Application Developer to work within the Nuclear Weapons Cyber Assurance Laboratory (NWCAL). This is an excellent opportunity to leverage academic expertise in the development of advanced concepts related to hardware and software assurance. The AI Application Developer will work within NWCAL to develop artificial intelligence and large language model implementations that will contribute to and further the state of the hardware and software assurance in support of the LANL weapons mission. Responsibilities in this position include the research and implementation of AI technologies as applied to hardware and software assurance for laboratory and manufacturing operational technology for the LANL weapons mission. **What You Need** **Minimum Job Requirements:** **Technical knowledge** - Entry level knowledge and experience programming in Python with particular focus on AI packages such as Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, PyTorch, TensorFlow and similar. - Entry level knowledge and experience utilizing GPUs for AI programming. - Entry level knowledge and experience developing and deploying AI-enabled applications including LLMs, RAG, and agentic workflows and tool-calling applied to mission problems. - Entry level knowledge and experience programming in a Linux environment using tools like Git and Gitlab for development and production environments. - Entry level knowledge and experience implementing CI/CD pipelines in a containerized environment. **Collaboration** - Ability to work in a fast-paced environment - Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team working on assigned tasks, guided by more experienced team members. - Ability to foster strong relationships with customers, peers, and service providers. **Clearance** Ability to obtain a DOE-Q clearance is required. **Education/Ex