Senior AI/ML Engineer - Defense Systems & RDT&E

nou Systems, Inc.; Lorton (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Time Off, Holidays

Job summary

nou Systems, Inc. (nSI) is hiring a Senior Analyst to join the Engineering Services Division in the NCR. You will design, implement, and scale ML and AI solutions, guiding end-to-end development from research to deployment while coordinating with DoW and government partners.

A TS/SCI clearance and US citizenship are required. The role emphasizes data-driven storytelling, governance, and collaboration across DoW, S&T centers, and national labs, supporting missile defense and cybersecurity

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, physics, or engineering; Master’s degree preferred.
• 8 years in algorithms including supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning.
• 10 years in designing and implementing robust MLOps pipelines for automated training, validation, deployment, and monitoring of models at scale.
• 10 years in statistical analysis, experimental design, and data storytelling.
• 8 years in data governance and data quality.
• Active TS Clearance w/ Eligibility for SCI; US citizenship preferred.
• U.S. citizen to be eligible for this position.

Responsibilities

• Design, construct, and implement ML and deep learning models.
• Lead continuous improvement, rearchitecting, and updating AI/ML systems.
• Oversee algorithm and software development from theory to deployment and sustainment.
• Extract actionable insights from large, complex datasets.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

AI/ML concepts

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Physics/Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Python

TensorFlow / PyTorch

SQL

Airflow

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

nou Systems, Inc. (nSI) is hiring a Senior Analyst to join the Engineering Services Division in the NCR. You will design, implement, and scale ML and AI solutions, guiding end-to-end development from research to deployment while coordinating with DoW and government partners.

A TS/SCI clearance and US citizenship are required. The role emphasizes data-driven storytelling, governance, and collaboration across DoW, S&T centers, and national labs, supporting missile defense and cybersecurity