Posted on 2026/10/29
ML Engineer
Insight Global
San Diego, CA, United States
Listed compensation: US$175K–US$188K a year
Insight Global is seeking a ML Engineer for a top autonomous systems and defense technology client.
This engineer will develop and deploy machine learning algorithms focused on detecting and classifying drone threats within Counter-UAS systems.
The role combines AI/ML, RF signal processing, DSP, deep learning, and MLOps, with extensive work on large-scale RF datasets, spectrogram processing, data pipelines, and workflow automation. The ideal candidate brings strong Python and DSP capabilities and enjoys translating complex, real-world signal data into high-impact detection solutions.
- Develop, apply, and evaluate ML algorithms for drone-threat detection and signal-processing problems
- Work with large-scale RF datasets for model training and testing
- Apply DSP techniques to denoise and precondition spectrogram data
- Build and improve data-processing pipelines
- Identify opportunities to automate manual data workflows
- Analyze real-world results to determine root causes and statistical trends
- Improve data quality and detection/model performance
- Partner with AI/ML, software engineering, and field-test teams
- Support R&D efforts involving signal processing, statistics, deep learning, and MLOps
Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or similar field
- 3-5 years of relevant experience
- Strong Digital Signal Processing (DSP) foundation
- Professional experience with machine learning, statistical signal processing, or pattern recognition
- Strong Python skills
- Experience handling large, complex datasets
- Ability to analyze real-world data, statistical trends, and model results
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- PyTorch or comparable deep learning framework experience
- MATLAB experience
- MLOps experience across model training, versioning, and deployment
- Spectral analysis experience
- Adaptive filtering experience
- Detection/estimation theory knowledge
- Counter-UAS experience
- Radar, Electronic Warfare (EW), or defense RF systems experience
- Proven ability to develop creative data-processing or workflow automation solutions
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