ME00579-Data Scientist 3 at Momentum Engineering, Inc.

Department: Engineering 1

Compensation

$135,000 – $180,000/yr

Setup: On-site
Location: Fort Meade, Maryland
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Apr 1, 2026

Description

Momentum Engineering, Inc. is seeking a Data Scientist to support a Natural Language Processing project that develops automated solutions for processing, analyzing, and annotating spoken and written language data. The role involves building tokenization and linguistic-feature models, creating annotation frameworks, evaluating model performance against human-generated annotations, preparing datasets, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Candidates must hold an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph and meet the stated education and experience requirements; the position is exempt and includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and other benefits.

Required Skills

NLP
Python
Tokenization
Machine learning
Speech processing

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Master’s degree with 6 years of relevant experience, Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of relevant experience, or Associate’s degree with 10 years of in-depth relevant experience related to the position
Required Previous Experiences: Experience with NLP techniques and tools
Experience with text and speech data processing, tokenization, and annotation
Experience evaluating model performance with quantitative metrics
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with annotated language datasets and linguistic frameworks
Familiarity with machine learning or deep learning models for NLP
Experience with speech processing or audio data analysis
Knowledge of model evaluation and performance benchmarking
Experience in mission-driven or government environments