AI Engineer

Systek, Inc. is seeking an AI Engineer - AI/ML SME to deliver SETA support to government teams in Hanover, MD. The role focuses on technical review, evaluation, and guidance for AI-enabled applications and tools.

Location

Hanover, MD (onsite)

Role Summary

Provide subject matter expertise to support the development or assessment of AI-enabled applications and tools for mission use cases. Support includes architecture and risk review, evaluation of AI solution patterns, and technical recommendations for engineering teams and government stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Assist with reviewing architectures, development approaches, model usage patterns, and technical risk areas.
• Monitor rapid changes in the AI ecosystem and provide recommendations on emerging tools and practices.
• Evaluate solutions that involve LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation, tool use, agentic workflows, orchestration layers, and prompt pipelines.
• Advise on AI engineering considerations including latency, reliability, observability, testability, guardrails, and data flow.
• Assess and compare modern AI frameworks, agentic libraries, and experimentation harnesses for suitability in mission contexts.
• Support test and evaluation activities for AI tools, including performance assessment, qualitative review, and workflow validation.
• Contribute to the development of technical guidance, prototypes, engineering recommendations, and briefings for government stakeholders.
• Collaborate with platform engineers, product leads, mission users, and government leadership to keep AI efforts technically grounded and operationally relevant.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or computer science.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in systems engineering supporting DoD programs.
• 5 years of AI experience in a commercial setting may be substituted.

Technologies

• LLMs
• Retrieval-augmented generation
• Agentic workflows
• Orchestration layers
• Prompt pipelines

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, information systems, software engineering, or computer programming.
• Relevant certifications in cloud, systems engineering, cybersecurity, or platform operations.

Security Clearance

Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance required.

Travel

Some travel may be required.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• 401k plan
• Paid time off
• Service anniversary awards
• Tuition reimbursement

Job Code

1175