NLP Tech SME for DoD Programs – LLM & Text Analytics

NLP PEOPLE; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 113,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Education & Learning Opportunities

Mobility Stipend

Employee Referral Program

Job summary

Guidehouse seeks a Senior NLP SETA to provide SME support across the lifecycle of a research program, with emphasis on NLP, LLMs, and AI-driven language processing. You will attend meetings, workshops, and testing events to guide technical execution in data-intensive environments.

The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, a STEM degree, and 8+ years in related fields. Travel is up to 10% and compensation reflects security requirements and experience.

Qualifications

• ACTIVE and MAINTAINED TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, CS, or relevant engineering fields.
• 8+ years of work experience in physics, mathematics, CS, or engineering.
• Experience with NLP methods: text classification, NER, topic modeling, information extraction, or transformers.
• Experience developing/evaluating NLP pipelines, including preprocessing, tokenization, training, tuning, and optimization for mission environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME in NLP, including LLMs and language processing technologies.
• Provide lifecycle support for research programs from development to transition; attend meetings and testing events.
• Collaborate across teams on data architectures and analytics for mission environments.

Skills

NLP

AI/ML

Text analytics

LLMs

Systems engineering

Data pipelines

Governance bias

Project planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, computer science, or relevant engineering fields

Master’s or PhD in physics, mathematics, CS, or relevant engineering fields

Tools

Hugging Face

PyTorch

TensorFlow

spaCy

Job description

Guidehouse seeks a Senior NLP SETA to provide SME support across the lifecycle of a research program, with emphasis on NLP, LLMs, and AI-driven language processing. You will attend meetings, workshops, and testing events to guide technical execution in data-intensive environments.

The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, a STEM degree, and 8+ years in related fields. Travel is up to 10% and compensation reflects security requirements and experience.