AI​/Machine Learning Engineer Manager

Job Summary

The Lockheed Martin Artificial Intelligence Center (LAIC) team is looking for a Machine Learning Engineering Manager who will provide functional and technical leadership to a team of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning engineers. The ideal candidate will possess passion for conceptualizing, building, testing and maturing AI systems.

The selected candidate will lead a range of projects including short‑term sprints (rapid prototyping) and long‑term engagements (integration, maturation of prototypes) and will be responsible for the technical execution of AI system development and integration activities for a number of simultaneous programs for the Cognitive Weapons & Effectors team. The chosen candidate will be engaged in system development activities throughout the entire project life cycle, including requirements generation, system and software design, implementation, integration (often in classified spaces) and flight test while ensuring the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools are applied on assigned programs.

This candidate will apply technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques in the software field to develop tangible, differentiated and meaningful solutions aimed at significantly enhancing the sustainment of complex systems and enabling future hyper‑battlespace capabilities. The chosen candidate will also advance the craft of software engineering, implementing new techniques and leveraging AI to create state‑of‑the‑art technologies. The selected candidate should expect to focus on specific technology areas that will enhance the effectiveness and reliability of kinetic and non‑kinetic effectors.

From a functional perspective, the candidate will provide career development & guidance, perform merit and salary actions, develop training plans, and support recruiting, hiring and staffing activities.

In addition, the selected candidate will support the development of product line road maps, pursue new business opportunities, and assist in new business captures.

The candidate must exhibit self‑motivation, a strong work ethic, time management and interpersonal skills.

The selected candidate can work at any major Lockheed Martin facility or remotely. Must be a U.S. citizen.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or other related discipline
• Proven leadership experience in engineering assignments and successful proven results in leading and executing on software intensive programs
• General knowledge of Agile principles
• Proven experience leading virtual teams
• Strong and proven understanding of the engineering development process
• Ability to multi‑task
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience deploying AI capabilities to SAPs
• TS Security Clearance
• Must be a U.S. citizen

• Experience applying reinforcement learning
• Experience applying neuro‑symbolic AI
• Experience applying level 3 fusion
• Experience applying modern Computer Vision or RF signal processing
• Experience using machine learning frameworks (Pytorch, Tensorflow, MxNet, Caffe, etc)
• Experience with Python and libraries for scientific computing (Num Py, OpenCV, Scikit, Pandas, etc.)
• Basic understanding of web application development (React, Angular, Type Script, etc.)
• Background in high-performance computing (CUDA)
• Experience with Dev Ops tools:
  Docker, Git [Git Lab, Git Hub], Continuous Integration [CI], Continuous Deployment [CD]
• Experience with network/messaging (UDP, ZeroMQ, RESTful API, etc.)
• Experience developing applications on Linux
• Experience with C++
• Experience interfacing with databases (SQL, Mongo
  
  DB, etc.)
• Active security clearance

Part‑time Remote Telework:
The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.