Emerging Technology AI SE5

Lifecycle Corporation; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifecyle Corporation is seeking an Emerging Technology Systems Engineer located at Fort Meade, Maryland. This full-time position requires a candidate with at least 15 years of systems engineering experience and relevant educational qualifications, along with the ability to support customers in formalizing requirements and processes.

The role includes planning and generating systems engineering artifacts, as well as leading decision meetings to engage stakeholders in project development. TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph is a must for applicants.

Qualifications

• 15 years of systems engineering experience.
• TS/SCI clearance with polygraph required.
• Significant experience with Intelligence Community customers and their infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Support customers in establishing formal requirements and processes.
• Contribute to the development of systems engineering documentation.
• Lead and document decision meetings to engage stakeholders.

Skills

Systems engineering experience

Requirements elicitation

Strong working relationships

Operational experience of customer systems

AI/ML knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline

Master’s or PhD Degree

High School Diploma with 19 years of experience

Job description

Fort George G Meade, United States | Posted on 05/26/2026

This is a full-time position requiring 1880 hours of support per year; and work is performed at a customer location. As an Emerging Technology Systems Engineer on our team, you will support the customer in establishing and formalizing approaches that will underpin formal requirements and processes supporting customers. This role will contribute to the development of sections of systems engineering documentation such as Systems Engineering Plans, Requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents. This role involves planning, monitoring, and generating systems engineering artifacts to assist the government with facilitating technology transition into and out of the capabilities architecture, and works with the government to facilitate, lead and document decision meetings to engage stakeholders in accomplishing the work. The role will also help define the methods, processes, and evaluation criteria by which the systems, subsystems and work products are verified against their requirements in a written plan.

Requirements

Individual Capabilities/Experience Required

• A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline and at least 15 years of systems engineering experience.
• A Master’s or PhD Degree may be substituted for two years of experience.
• Note: A High School Diploma or GED plus 19 years of systems engineering experience would also be acceptable.
• Position requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Operational experience of customer systems.

Individual Capabilities/Experience Desired

• Significant experience with Intelligence Community customers, their missions and infrastructures.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships with customers.
• Demonstrated customer interface experience in eliciting technical requirements.
• Experience working on project development from requirements definition to deployment.
• Key words: AI/ML, Emerging Technology, Process Management, Requirements.