Senior AI Systems Engineer

** Description*
* SAIC is seeking a  
** Senior AI Systems Engineer
** to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) support to a mission critical program in Chantilly, VA. In this role, you will directly support the National Reconnaissance Office's (NRO) Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED)-the organization responsible for architecting, acquiring, and sustaining the nation's most advanced space and ground systems across their full lifecycle.

** Active Top Secret Clearance with Polygraph is required for this role.*
* As an  
** Senior AI Systems Engineer** , you will play a pivotal role in shaping the customer's AI/ML strategy within a key ground segment. You will help drive innovation, guide technical direction, and ensure the delivery of cutting edge, mission aligned AI/ML capabilities. This position is ideal for engineers who thrive at the intersection of advanced analytics, system engineering, and strategic advisory work.

** Key Responsibilities to include:*
* + Collaborate with cross functional teams to define AI/ML project goals, success criteria, and development roadmaps that align with mission priorities.

+ Understand and guide the design of advanced AI/ML models and algorithms, ensuring solutions effectively address complex mission challenges and deliver measurable value.

+ Translate mission and business challenges into AI/ML opportunities, clearly articulating benefits, risks, and tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders.

+ Stay current on emerging AI/ML technologies, introducing best practices, tools, and methodologies to strengthen the customer's technical posture.

+ Provide mentorship and technical leadership to junior AI/ML practitioners, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning.

+ Work closely with customer and vendor data engineers and architects to ensure data pipelines, infrastructure, and compute environments are optimized for model development and deployment.

+ Support vendor teams in rigorous model validation and performance testing, ensuring AI/ML solutions meet mission requirements for accuracy, reliability, and robustness.

** Qualifications*
* ** Required

Education and Experience:

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* + Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience;
Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience;
PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience.

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** Active Top Secret Clearance with Polygraph.*
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** 5+ years of industry experience in supporting AI/ML solutions.*
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** Experience with cloud computing services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and their AI/ML offerings.*
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** Experience with ML frameworks (e.g., Tensor Flow, PyTorch) and programming languages (e.g., Python, R).*
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** Experience with data modeling, data pipeline creation, and deployment of ML models in production environments.*
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** Experience with Dev Ops practices, including MLOps, and CI/CD pipelines for AI/ML.*
* + Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work on complex issues where analysis of situations requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.

+ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven record of engaging stakeholders and mentoring teams.

REQNUMBER: 2612038

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity.

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