AI/ML Research Engineer - Orlando, FL

Lockheed Martin•Orlando, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility. Your Mission is Ours. At Lockheed Martin, we apply our passion for purposeful innovation to keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. We are seeking an emerging Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (A/AI) Research Engineer to join a highly skilled team of systems engineering technologists and algorithm developers supporting various contracts and IRADs within Missiles and Fire Control. A/AI Engineer tasks include: Design, implement, and test Deep Learning object detection and classification solutions and image processing and augmentation methods for missile and fire control products Develop, verify, and validate both complex models and simulations that utilize convolutional neural networks, transformers, generative AI, and other such techniques to detect and classify objects of interest Deploy AI/ML algorithms to CPUs, GPUs or edge devices Evaluate system performance in complex scenarios and environments and verify system and subsystem level requirements Perform critical studies, analyses, and test activities that support ground and flight test efforts including Hardware-In-The-Loop (HWIL) activities Support program reviews and technical interchange meetings with internal leadership and/or external customers

Requirements

Candidate must have a Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, applied mathematics, or similar
Candidate must have demonstrated the ability to perform one or more of the following AI/ML assignments based on completed course work or professional experience: Train and inference on modern deep learning neural networks for object detection and classification and analyze results
Candidate should be proficient in one or more of the following languages: Python, C++, Matlab
Demonstrate strong math skills in the areas of linear algebra, matrix math, statistics, trigonometry, and convolution transformations

Nice To Haves

Experience developing and analyzing algorithms related to computer vision
Ability to perform preflight system performance assessment and post flight verification analyses
Experience designing and analyzing object detection and classification networks and applying image augmentation and explainable AI
Demonstrated skills in probability, statistics, and Design of Experiments (DOE)
Experience deploying algorithms that satisfy real-time performance requirement to various hardware platforms

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and test Deep Learning object detection and classification solutions and image processing and augmentation methods for missile and fire control products
Develop, verify, and validate both complex models and simulations that utilize convolutional neural networks, transformers, generative AI, and other such techniques to detect and classify objects of interest
Deploy AI/ML algorithms to CPUs, GPUs or edge devices
Evaluate system performance in complex scenarios and environments and verify system and subsystem level requirements
Perform critical studies, analyses, and test activities that support ground and flight test efforts including Hardware-In-The-Loop (HWIL) activities
Support program reviews and technical interchange meetings with internal leadership and/or external customers