Employment Opportunities

The University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) is in search of motivated, innovative team members to further ongoing government artificial intelligence research while working on a hybrid schedule. Our autonomy services support multiple echelons of dynamic mission planning and execution from strategic operations down to vehicle autonomy. We blend the use of common programming languages like Java and Python with lesser-known logic programming solvers and our own complex event processing domain-specific language then wrap it into a DevOps framework that deploys through containers. The qualified applicant will join our technically diverse team that includes computer scientists, engineers, operations research analysts, and mathematicians.

Planners and operators interact with our autonomy services to define and refine mission-specific goals, preferences, and constraints. This input is applied to domain models with local contextual information and the decision services reason over possible courses of action to determine the most appropriate selection for the situation.

The role will include development of domain decision models, software development of autonomy support services, integration and testing of services for simulation testing, and multiple objective optimization.

No candidate comes into our group with all of the skills that we use on a daily basis, so we invest in tutorials and mentoring. We are looking for candidates that bring pragmatic expertise in at least one aspect of what we do and will give you the opportunity to grow into the others.

BS in Computer Science, Linguistics, Engineering, Operations Research, Mathematics or similar discipline OR 3 years of programming work OR 1.5 years of programming work plus an Associate's degree
3+ years demonstrable experience with ONE OR MORE of the following:
* Software development in object-oriented language (e.g. Java, Python, C#, Rust)
* Logic or constraint programming (e.g. clingo, prolog, Z3, SAT solvers)
* Operations research optimization with multi-criterion decision analysis (MCDA)
Due to requirements of our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be a U.S. Citizen and willing and able to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance

While not everyone may possess all of the preferred qualifications, the ideal candidate will bring many of the following:

Advanced degree in Computer Science, Linguistics, Engineering, Operations Research, Mathematics, or similar discipline
Planning domain language (e.g. PDDL) experience
Applied game theory experience
Ontology and linked data development (e.g. OWL, RDF) experience
Applied artificial intelligence and autonomy technologies experience
Practical experience with container virtualization and management technologies (e.g. Docker, K8s)
Software development processes including source control, issue tracking, continuous integration, and requirement flow experience

Informed by its Catholic and Marianist mission, the University is committed to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Informed by this commitment, we seek to increase diversity, achieve equitable outcomes, and model inclusion across our campus community. As an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, we will not discriminate against minorities, women, protected veterans, individuals with disabilities, or on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity.