AI/ML Engineer - Mid-Career - Level 3

Lockheed Martin•Fort Worth, CT

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Lockheed Martin is seeking an experienced Level 3 AI Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of AI‑driven automation solutions. The role focuses on leveraging AI agents, large language models (LLMs), and advanced AI toolchains to streamline and automate business processes such as computer‑vision‑based OCR, image recognition, automated data entry, data extraction, and contextual understanding of textual communications (e.g., emails). The engineer will work primarily with Python and SQL, while also evaluating and integrating additional technologies as needed, always using Lockheed Martin‑approved AI platforms and security‑compliant tools. This is a hybrid telework role, and candidates should be local to Milwaukee, WI, Orlando, FL, Marietta, GA, Stratford, CT, or Fort Worth, TX.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
3+ years of professional experience developing AI/ML solutions in production environments.
Hands‑on experience with Python (including libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit‑learn, OpenCV, LangChain).
Strong SQL skills (writing complex queries, optimizing performance).
Experience with large‑scale cloud AI services (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.) that have been vetted for LM use.
Computer‑vision expertise (OCR, object detection, image classification).
Experience building or fine‑tuning LLMs for text understanding, prompting, and tool‑use.
Familiarity with AI agents or autonomous tool‑use frameworks.
Knowledge of data pipelines, ETL, and workflow orchestration.
Version control (GitLab/GitHub).
Excellent problem‑solving and analytical abilities.
Strong communication skills to convey technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders.
Proactive, self‑directed, and comfortable leading cross‑functional initiatives.

Nice To Haves

Master’s or Ph.D. in a relevant discipline.
Experience working with or on the Lockheed Martin AI Factory team.
Prior work in aerospace and defense.

Responsibilities

Design end‑to‑end AI pipelines that incorporate agents, LLMs, and domain‑specific models.
Define system architecture, data flow, and integration points with existing enterprise services.
Develop and fine‑tune OCR pipelines for high‑accuracy text extraction from scanned documents, emails, forms, and images.
Implement LLM‑based parsers to extract intent, entities, and actionable items from emails, tickets, and unstructured text.
Create context‑aware summarization and routing engines to automate workflow decisions.
Combine AI components into reusable “agents” that can autonomously retrieve data, perform transformations, and update downstream systems.
Write performant Python scripts and SQL queries for data ingestion, cleansing, and storage in ERP as well as data warehouse.
Ensure data lineage, versioning, and compliance with LM security policies utilizing GitLab.
Work exclusively with Lockheed Martin‑approved AI platforms (e.g., LM AI Factory).
Participate in security reviews, model‑risk assessments, and compliance documentation.
Partner with product owners, system engineers, and domain experts to translate business needs into AI solutions.
Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, and promote best practices for reproducibility and testing.
Evaluate emerging AI research (foundation models, prompting techniques, multimodal AI) for potential application within LM’s mission‑critical environments.
Prototype proof‑of‑concepts and iterate based on stakeholder feedback.