Ops AI Engineer Senior; Level 3

Job Description

Ops AI Engineer Senior (Level
3)

The Operations Systems and Modeling AI team at Lockheed Martin Aerospace is seeking a senior data scientist analyst who will play a key role in developing, deploying, and maintaining AI-based solutions tailored for production operations. This position focuses on applying advanced artificial intelligence techniques to solve complex operational challenges, delivering impactful results that enhance efficiency and drive productivity. This position will be responsible for overseeing development and deployment of AI solutions, statistical analysis, data governance, and big data processing.

Lead the end to end development and deployment of AI solutions that support Lockheed Martin’s production operations, ensuring code quality, scalability, and maintainability. Direct statistical analysis and model validation activities to verify performance against operational requirements and drive continuous improvement. Establish and enforce data governance policies-including data lineage, security, and compliance-across large volume production datasets, while designing and optimizing big data pipelines for efficient ingestion, processing, and storage.

Collaborate with cross functional teams to gather detailed requirements, translate them into robust solution architectures, and oversee user training and change management efforts to promote seamless adoption and long term sustainability of AI technologies.

3 day weekends every weekend!

From onsite to remote, we offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security, Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.

Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus
-if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

Fort Worth, TX
This position is in Fort Worth, TX Discover Fort Worth.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, AI/ML or related field
• Proficiency in Python and foundational machine learning concepts, with the ability to independently develop, train, and evaluate models
• Experience in developing, training, and deploying deep learning models using machine learning frameworks like Tensor Flow and PyTorch.
• Experience in software development, with a focus on back-end engineering
• Demonstrated expertise in statistical modeling, hypothesis testing, and performance validation of AI models.
• Experience with and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, AI/ML or related field
• Familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs) and/or Generative AI (GenAI)
• Familiarity with GenAI Coding Assistants
• Experience with agentic AI frameworks
• Experience in API Development & Integration
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with data governance frameworks, metadata management, and data catalog tools.
• Experience with aircraft manufacturing processes
• Strong organization and communication skills
• Ability to translate complex operational requirements into scalable AI architectures.
• Understanding of agile development methodologies and version control systems (e.g., Git)

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 – 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.

At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help 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…