Frontier AI Research Engineer, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton

Full time Computer Occupations
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Location
McLean, Virginia, United States
Posted
July 21, 2026

Job Description

Frontier AI Research Engineer, Lead

The Opportunity:

Frontier Research operates at the edge of what’s possible to convert breakthrough capabilities into real-world impacts. Frontier Research functions as both a strategic radar and an execution engine, turning frontier AI capabilities into differentiated IP, new product directions, and transformational business opportunities.

The Lead Engineer is a senior technical builder who drives the architectural rigor and engineering execution behind Frontier Research prototypes and integrations. This role is responsible for designing, building, and validating advanced AI systems across the full stack. The Lead Engineer translates frontier concepts into working systems, ensures technical excellence across prototypes, and serves as the lab’s senior-most hands-on engineering authority.

If you are passionate about building distributed AI systems, architecting agentic applications, and transforming cutting-edge research into...