TS/SCI SETA AI Engineer — Mission-Focused Advisory

Cornerstone Defense LLC; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 220,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Plans

Generous PTO

401(k)

Tuition Reimbursement

Life Insurance

Job summary

Cornerstone Defense LLC in Columbia, MD is seeking a SETA AI Engineer to guide AI-enabled applications and workflows for government missions. The role requires hands-on expertise with modern AI systems, LLMs, and agentic architectures, delivering technical briefs and prototypes to government stakeholders.

The candidate will review architectures, assess risks, and ensure secure, reliable AI solutions. Collaboration with platform teams and leadership is essential to align with mission needs.

Qualifications

• 18 years of experience with a BS or 15 years with a MS in CS/Engineering/Data Science or related field.
• Experience designing, building, or evaluating AI/ML-enabled applications or software tools.
• Familiarity with LLM-based applications, RAG, prompt engineering, agentic workflows.

Responsibilities

• Provide SETA technical advisory support for AI-enabled applications, tools, and workflows.
• Evaluate AI frameworks, agentic libraries, and cloud environments for mission suitability.
• Review architectures, model usage, and risks; deliver briefs and prototypes to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with platform engineers and leadership to ensure mission-aligned AI solutions.
• Translate complex concepts into clear government-facing communication.

Skills

AI/ML-enabled apps

LLMs

Agentic workflows

Orchestration

Cloud AI environments

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Data Science/Math

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

AutoGen

CrewAI

Haystack

LlamaIndex

Job description

Cornerstone Defense LLC in Columbia, MD is seeking a SETA AI Engineer to guide AI-enabled applications and workflows for government missions. The role requires hands-on expertise with modern AI systems, LLMs, and agentic architectures, delivering technical briefs and prototypes to government stakeholders.

The candidate will review architectures, assess risks, and ensure secure, reliable AI solutions. Collaboration with platform teams and leadership is essential to align with mission needs.