Senior Systems Engineer — AI/ML Solutions Lead

Tensley Consulting Inc.; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 205,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Tensley Consulting Inc. seeks an experienced System Engineer 3 in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, to provide senior-level systems engineering leadership across the lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has demonstrated experience with AI/ML technologies and will guide architecture, requirements, and integration across teams. Responsibilities include leading design, managing traceability, and communicating risks to government stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Twenty (20) years of experience as a System Engineer on programs of similar scope.
• Five (5) years of additional system engineering experience may substitute the degree.

Responsibilities

• Analyze user requirements, CONOPS, and architectures to develop system requirements.
• Lead system design and development activities and guide on requirements and feasibility.
• Provide technical leadership for integration of requirements, design, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Manage system requirements to align with architectures including DoDAF and SOA.
• Develop and review SE documentation including SE Plans, specs, ICDs, and test plans.
• Provide direction for development, interfacing, integration, and testing of complex hardware/software.
• Develop architectures, operation concepts, interfaces, assessments, and end-to-end analyses.
• Establish requirements traceability, configuration control, risk management, verification, and validation.
• Coordinate system integration across teams and resolve cross-discipline issues.
• Evaluate design alternatives based on performance, lifecycle cost, scalability, and mission needs.
• Communicate technical considerations and recommendations to Government stakeholders.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Requirements development

AI/ML knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline

Twenty years of System Engineer experience (substitution rule)

Job description

Tensley Consulting Inc. seeks an experienced System Engineer 3 in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, to provide senior-level systems engineering leadership across the lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has demonstrated experience with AI/ML technologies and will guide architecture, requirements, and integration across teams. Responsibilities include leading design, managing traceability, and communicating risks to government stakeholders.