Applied AI Health Scientist

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type
On-site
Location
Washington, DC
Salary
$77,600–$176,000 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

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This role $127k
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This role pays less than 91% of similar roles. Most pay $168,055–$254,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $127k versus about $211k for comparable roles.

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About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting

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TL;DR · Applied AI Health Scientist

As an Applied AI Health Scientist, you will join the team to support the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health in developing advanced research and development programs aimed at improving health outcomes. You will manage the full lifecycle of AI system development, including data aggregation, model training, benchmarking, and deployment in clinical settings. Your daily responsibilities involve evaluating technical proposals from external teams, providing guidance on training methods and validation strategies, and assessing the integration of multimodal health data such as EHR, imaging, and genomic records. You will ensure model architectures align with clinical workflows while ensuring robustness, fairness, and interpretability. To succeed, you must possess expertise in advanced machine learning methods like LLMs or deep learning, a Master’s degree in a relevant field, and proficiency in Microsoft Office tools to communicate complex findings to senior leadership.

What you'll do

  • Review and evaluate AI/ML technical proposals and deliverables from external teams.
  • Provide guidance on model development, training methods, and validation strategies to identify risks and gaps.
  • Advise on the integration of multimodal health data including EHR, imaging, and genomic data.
  • Assess how model architectures align with clinical use cases and clinician workflows.
  • Evaluate benchmarking results to ensure methodological soundness and technical rigor.
  • Advise on deployment considerations such as interpretability, reliability, and safety in real-world settings.
  • Produce high-quality reports and presentations that synthesize complex technical findings for various stakeholders.
  • Provide strategic assessments of new technologies to support senior leadership decision-making.

What we're looking for

  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or Data Science.
  • Doctorate degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or related field (preferred).
  • 5+ years of experience with Applied AI in the Health domain.
  • Experience applying advanced ML methods, including LLMs or deep learning, to complex health datasets like EHR, genomic, and imaging data.
  • Experience in evaluation methods for AI/ML, including robustness, fairness, interpretability, and reproducibility.
  • Experience interacting and communicating with senior-level executives, such as SES or GS-15.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  • Experience in healthcare AI, the rare disease field, technical advisory roles, or working with interdisciplinary teams (preferred).

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