AI/ML Engineer

• Travel Required: Yes - 10% of the time
• Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly
• Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

SAIC is seeking an experienced AI/ML Engineer to serve as a senior technical advisor, ensuring infrastructure supports frontier AI models, mission use cases, and rapid R&D experimentation. Support model-agnostic infrastructure leveraging partnerships with AI Titans and existing enterprise solutions.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide expert guidance on AI/ML infrastructure requirements for models, including, for example frontier and foundational models
• Assess technical approaches for GPU cluster architecture, model training, and inference at scale
• Evaluate contractor’s model-agnostic approach and partnerships with AI Titans
• Support evaluation of AI/ML use cases
• Advise on data fusion architectures across datasets
• Assess AI model deployment, orchestration, and Machine Learning Ops (MLOps) requirements for rapid experimentation
• Guide R&D experimentation framework and capability demonstration planning
• Support experimentation support contract coordination with use case development
• Evaluate hardware benchmark performance against requirements
• Support onboarding and sustainment model development
• Support briefings to senior leadership on AI technical approaches, risks, and use case readiness

Qualifications

Required Experience:

• Active TS SCI w/Poly
• Bachelor’s degree and 14 years or more experience; Master’s degree and 12 years or more experience; PhD and 9 years or more experience
• 10+ years in data management and processing experience with strong emphasis in AI/ML
• Deep expertise in AI/ML model training and inference infrastructure
• Frontier AI models (large language models, multimodal models, etc.) and model-agnostic architectures
• GPU cluster architecture and high-performance AI computing
• MLOps, model deployment, and orchestration platforms
• Data fusion
• AI/ML frameworks
• COTS AI infrastructure and enterprise solution integration
• Partnerships with commercial AI providers and technology transfer
• Technical leadership and senior-level communication
• Rapid experimentation and use case development methodologies

Target salary range: $180,000 - $220,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

About Us

SAIC® is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.