Artificial Intelligence Engineer — Subject Matter Expert

Job overview

Compensation is $222,000–$239,000 per year. The Artificial Intelligence Engineer — Subject Matter Expert role is onsite in Columbia, MD, supporting a government client. ; the posting provides no numeric salary range. ARSIEM provides technical support and solutions to government clients. The role advises government teams on the design, evaluation, and advancement of AI-enabled applications and workflows. It helps ensure proposed systems are technically sound and operationally relevant through architecture review, prototyping guidance, testing, and clear recommendations to stakeholders.

What you'll do

• Provide systems engineering and technical assistance support to government teams developing or assessing AI applications
• advise on design, prototyping, integration, and evaluation
• assess LLM, retrieval-augmented generation, agentic workflow, orchestration, prompt pipeline, and evaluation-harness solutions
• review architectures, model usage, and technical risks
• advise on latency, reliability, observability, testability, guardrails, data flow, and integration
• compare frameworks
• support prototypes, guidance, briefings, and testing
• collaborate with engineers, product leads, mission users, and government leadership.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

artificial intelligence engineer

ai engineering

llms

rag

agentic workflows

ai evaluation

government support

ts/sci with polygraph

u.s. citizenship required

columbia md

arsiem

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• The posting directs candidates to ARSIEM’s careers benefits tab for an overview
• specific benefits are not listed.

Why this role

Requires an active TS/SCI with polygraph and U.S. citizenship. The role supports a government client and focuses on modern AI application patterns and technical evaluation.

About the employer

ARSIEM is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.