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Job ID: 2616775 Location: Chantilly, VA, US Date Posted: 2026-09-12 Category: Engineering and Sciences Subcategory: Systems Engineer Schedule: Full-Time Shift: Day Job Travel: No Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI_wPoly Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE Description ?SAIC has 2 immediate openings on a newly awarded contract for Artificial Intelligence (AI) experts to perform in a Systems Engineering and Technical Assistant (SETA) role and support operational, engineering, and research related activities. Successful candidates will be Subject Matter Experts in AI, especially frontier models and will understand the economic impacts of AI. Candidates will also have experience with AI research, emerging model types, and other related dependencies in order to understand counter-AI. The SETA must be adaptable, resilient under pressure, and capable of operating both independently and in team settings. Qualifications Must currently hold a TS/SCI clearance and active polygraph in order to be considered Bachelor's Degree or experience can be substituted for the degree At least 5 years of post-graduate technical expertise in artificial intelligence or a closely related field Minimum of 9 years of relevant systems engineering experience Must currently hold a TS/SCI clearance and active polygraph in order to be considered At least 5 years of demonstrated experience within the Intelligence Community and working across multiple IC components and DoW In-depth technical knowledge in one or more of the following areas: o Applications of frontier models o Economics of frontier-model applications o Foreign frontier AI models, particularly open-source models o Experience working in or with AI research laboratories o Emerging AI model types and domains o Adversarial or counter-artificial intelligence o Other frontier AI research areas Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors. <![CDATA[SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .