AI/ML Software Engineer III

THOR Solutions is actively seeking a Software Engineer III with a focus on AI and Machine Learning (ML) to support a contract developing an AI tool to automate the comparison process for U.S. Navy engineering drawings or “Damage Control Plates” in Virginia Beach, VA. The software engineer will be part of a team building a computer vision-based image processing pipeline that ingests two versions of the DC plates and identifies differences, and a locally deployed language model that takes output from the first component and generates draft comparison reports.

This position is a short-term position, anticipated to last approximately though the end of December, 2026, with possibility of further work.

Typical Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and integrate a computer vision pipeline capable of ingesting, aligning, and automatically detecting differences between two versions of an engineering drawing. • Develop and deploy a locally hosted language model to interpret comparison output and generate structured, human-readable draft reports for engineer review. • Build and maintain a secure, engineer-facing web interface that allows users to review AI-generated findings, annotate results, and approve or correct comparison reports. • Implement drawing ingestion and normalization routines supporting multiple file formats including PDF, TIFF, CGM, DXF, and JPEG. • Ensure all software components are deployable on existing on-premise hardware with no cloud infrastructure dependency.…