AI Engineer

About Special Projects Engineering LLC

At Special Projects Engineering LLC , we don't just think outside the box—we redesign the box, patent it, and teach robots to build it. We're a small but mighty Seattle-based skunkworks team focused on applying advanced AI to ambitious, high-impact problems across industries : autonomous systems, predictive infrastructure, synthetic biology, defense-grade automation, and the occasional moonshot that starts on a napkin.

If it’s never been done before, we probably want to try.

What You’ll Do

As a Senior AI Engineer, you’ll be a critical force in designing, developing, and deploying cutting-edge AI systems that push technical and practical boundaries. You’ll work directly with the CTO and a cross-disciplinary team of engineers, researchers, and mad scientists to prototype, test, and ship solutions to real-world problems (and a few strange ones, too).

Responsibilities :

Architect and implement machine learning models, with a focus on performance, scalability, and experimentation.

Work with unstructured data including images, video, audio, text, and sensor data.

Build intelligent systems for perception, decision-making, prediction, or control — depending on the project.

Rapidly prototype ideas while balancing robustness and research-grade curiosity.

Collaborate closely with hardware, embedded, and product teams.

Help define the future of AI inside Special Projects — including tooling, infrastructure, and capability roadmap.

What We’re Looking For

5+ years of experience in AI / ML engineering or applied research.

Proficiency in Python (bonus for C++ or Rust), and deep experience with ML frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX).

Strong grasp of data science fundamentals, model training, evaluation, and deployment at scale.

Experience with real-world applications — e.g. computer vision, NLP, RL, time-series, or multimodal models.

Comfortable owning projects end-to-end in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.

Bonus : background in robotics, embedded ML, distributed systems, or “weird” sensors.

Why Join Us?

Competitive salary and generous equity packages

Flexible work hours and remote-friendly flexibility

Full health, dental, and vision coverage

Access to top-tier hardware and GPU infrastructure

Work on insane, fun, important things with people who care

Ready to build the future? Apply now and let’s get weird.