Senior NLP Systems Engineer & SETA SME (TS/SCI)

M1 Technology LLC; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

M1 Technology, LLC seeks a Technical SETA SME - Natural Language Processing to join our Bethesda, Maryland team. The role requires TS/SCI with Polygraph and involves complex, data‑intensive environments, NLP pipelines, and AI governance.

You will contribute to program plans and deliver mission‑focused NLP capabilities within a classified context. Ideal candidates bring a strong background in NLP, AI/ML, and systems integration, with experience in text processing, model training, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in physics, mathematics, CS or related engineering field.
• 8+ years in physics, math, CS or relevant engineering fields.
• Experience with NLP methods such as information extraction, classification, or transformer models.
• Experience developing or evaluating NLP pipelines for mission environments.
• Understanding of data architectures and large-scale analytics pipelines.
• Familiarity with AI governance, data quality, and bias mitigation.

Skills

AI/ML knowledge

NLP methods

System integration

Data pipelines

Documentation

Project planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in physics or CS

Eight+ years experience in relevant fields

Tools

Hugging Face

PyTorch

TensorFlow

spaCy

Job description

M1 Technology, LLC seeks a Technical SETA SME - Natural Language Processing to join our Bethesda, Maryland team. The role requires TS/SCI with Polygraph and involves complex, data‑intensive environments, NLP pipelines, and AI governance.

You will contribute to program plans and deliver mission‑focused NLP capabilities within a classified context. Ideal candidates bring a strong background in NLP, AI/ML, and systems integration, with experience in text processing, model training, and