AI Solutions Architect

Canopy A&D is built to accelerate the future of advanced materials for space, defense, and maritime systems. Canopy delivers specialized materials and components that carry customers from concept through sustainment. Canopy A&D’s advanced signal attenuation technologies and production-scale manufacturing accelerate the fielding of platforms that are faster, cooler, and quieter. Our adaptive approach ensures solutions evolve at the pace of shifting challenges, keeping our customers ahead of the curve.

• Design, build, and maintain production-ready AI/ML applications, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, and intelligent automation tools for internal business and manufacturing workflows.
• Integrate and fine-tune foundation models, specifically Google Gemini (Gemini Pro/Flash via Vertex AI) and open-source models deployed in private VPCs/enclaves.
• Build robust APIs, microservices, and orchestration connecting AI agents to enterprise IT systems (ERP, PLM, MES, and knowledge repositories).

• Design and implement zero-trust, isolated, and containerized deployment environments for AI workloads (Kubernetes, FedRAMP-authorized cloud, or on-prem/hybrid infrastructure).
• Implement strict data loss prevention (DLP), encryption in transit/at rest, role-based access control (RBAC), and sanitization to prevent unauthorized model training on proprietary CUI (Controlled Unclassified Information) or IP.
• Ensure safeguards against prompt injection, data exfiltration, model poisoning, and hallucination risks.

• Ensure all AI architectures and data pipelines comply with CMMC 2.0 (Level 2/3), NIST SP 800-171, NIST SP 800-53, and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF).
• Collaborate with the CISO and IT Compliance team to maintain audit trails, system security plans (SSPs), data lineage documentation, and compliance artifacts for AI systems.
• Validate that third-party AI APIs and infrastructure adhere to ITAR, EAR, and FedRAMP High/Moderate requirements.

To conform to US Government export regulations, the applicant must be a (i) US Citizen, (ii) lawful permanent resident of the U.S. (aka green card holder), (iii) protected individual as defined by U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or (iv) eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Canopy A&D is an Equal Opportunity Employer, employment with Canopy A&D is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.