Lead AI Systems Engineer

Nyla Technology Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nyla FLEX program

Health care fully covered

10% 401k matching

Professional development $5,000/year

Student loan repayment program

Volunteer time off (8 hours/year)

Job summary

Nyla Technology Solutions in Columbia, Maryland seeks a Technical AI Requirements Systems Engineer with an active TS/SCI polygraph. Lead requirements with customers, engineers, and AI stakeholders to define, validate, and deliver mission-critical software capabilities bridging AI and enterprise systems.

You will perform hands-on requirements definition and functional validation for enterprise applications, collaborate with Agile teams, and ensure solutions meet mission needs with clear technical

Qualifications

• Experience eliciting and documenting detailed functional requirements from customers.
• Proven ability to translate requirements into technical specifications.
• Experience translating mission requirements into user stories and epics in Jira.
• Hands-on testing of enterprise application features and integrations.
• Strong technical liaison across multidisciplinary teams and AI stakeholders.
• Awareness of modern AI/ML advancements and enterprise integration opportunities.

Skills

Software architecture

Requirements engineering

Agile tooling (Jira)

Functional testing

Technical communication

AI/ML awareness

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS/CE/SE

High School Diploma / GED + 11+ years experience

Job description

Job Description

ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIRED We have an immediate need for a Technical AI Requirements Systems Engineer. In this high-impact role, you will help oversee the planning, design, and implementation of a mission-critical system, bridging the gap between cutting-edge AI capability and enterprise software execution. You will work directly with customers, systems engineers, software developers, and AI solution stakeholders to ensure mission-driven software capabilities are accurately defined, built, tested, and delivered. If you are passionate about collaboratively solving complex technical challenges, tactically engaging with Agile development teams, and performing hands-on requirements definition and functional validation for enterprise applications integrating AI-enabled capabilities, this is the position for you.

The annual base salary range for this role is $150,000-$250,000 (USD), which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

Work Style: On-site with up to 1 day per week of telework flexibility available!

Required Skills

• Software Architecture Familiarity: Operational familiarity with software development using Java or JavaScript frameworks, RESTful microservices, and cloud-based deployments (Amazon Web Services).
• Requirements Engineering: Proven ability to work directly with customers to elicit, analyze, and document detailed functional requirements and convert them into concrete technical specifications.
• Agile Tooling: Experience translating high-level mission requirements into actionable user stories and epics within Jira.
• Functional Testing: Hands-on experience conducting functional testing of enterprise application features and integrations.
• Technical Communication & Stakeholder Engagement: Strong ability to act as a primary technical liaison across multidisciplinary teams and articulate complex AI approaches, trade-offs, and design implications clearly.
• AI/ML Awareness: Demonstrated awareness of modern AI/ML advancements and the ability to identify practical opportunities for enterprise application integration.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, PLUS 7+ years of professional software engineering experience OR High School Diploma / GED, PLUS 11+ years of hands-on technical software development experience in lieu of a degree.

Desired Skills

• AI Artifact Design: Experience designing or refining technical artifacts, architecture diagrams, and specification documents specifically for AI/ML integration.
• AI Evaluation & Trade-off Analysis: Ability to evaluate AI architectures, assess model performance, and analyze system-level integration trade-offs.
• End-to-End AI Lifecycle Management: Experience coordinating the design and development of AI-driven solutions from initial concept to deployment, ensuring seamless integration with existing software architectures.
• Continuous Innovation: Active engagement with the latest AI/ML breakthroughs and a continuous drive to apply novel technologies to solve complex enterprise problems.

About Nyla Technology Solutions

Nyla Technology Solutions delivers exceptional Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and Software Engineering services for the U.S. Government. Nyla embraces a forward-thinking and bold approach at every turn, earning us a solid reputation of technical trendsetters within the industry. We have a passion for developing solutions that have a quick and immediate impact on mission. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, our customers love how we tackle their most challenging problems and get things done.

Taking Care of All of You

Nyla provides a top-of-market compensation and benefits package. And through our unique Nyla FLEX program, we custom tailor these benefits to best fit your lifestyle.

The Nyla FLEX benefit program is designed to offer you flexibility in the 3 biggest areas of your life: your pay, your leave, and your schedule.

• PAY: Nyla starts with 4 weeks of Annual Leave plus 11 holidays and an additional day of Annual Leave for each year you’re at the company. You have the flexibility to cash out your annual leave hours, opt out of other Nyla benefits, and/or arrange for additional hours on contract* (over 40 hrs/week). There’s even an option to earn 1.3 times your hourly rate once you work over 1880 hours on contract!
• LEAVE: Want to spend more time with the family? Want more time to travel the world? You can BUY additional annual leave for a total of 6 weeks of annual leave. That’s up to 240 hours of leave plus 11 holidays! That’s not even including paid anniversary leave!
• SCHEDULE: Does the traditional 40-hour workweek no longer fit your lifestyle? With Nyla FLEX, you have the freedom to scale down to 30-32 hours while still enjoying the top-notch Nyla benefits you know and love. It's flexibility that works for you without compromising the perks!
• OTHER BENEFITS: Nyla’s health care (medical, dental, and vision) is 100% covered by the company. We provide 10% 401k matching - with full vesting day 1! Our Professional Development offers $5,000 per year to be used towards fees, tuition, or time off for your continued growth. We even have a student loan repayment program and we provide 8 hours of volunteering annually so you can support your community, making your world a better place.

To learn more about Nyla’s culture and our exceptional benefit packages.

Nyla is an equal opportunity employer.