Optical Image Processing Engineer

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Lockheed Martin is a global leader in aerospace, defense, and technology solutions. Our Manassas campus is a thriving center of engineering expertise, fostering a culture that encourages creativity, excellence, and the creation of exceptional products. Our team is made up of dedicated professionals who are passionate about pushing the boundaries of what's possible.

Lockheed Martin is a global leader in aerospace, defense, and technology solutions. Our Manassas campus is a thriving center of engineering expertise, fostering a culture that encourages creativity, excellence, and the creation of exceptional products. Our team is made up of dedicated professionals who are passionate about pushing the boundaries of what's possible.

At Lockheed Martin, we're at the forefront of cutting‑edge technology and innovation. Our campus in Manassas, Virginia is a hub for engineering excellence, where we tackle some of the world’s most challenging engineering problems. We pride ourselves on our culture of creativity, excellence, and product innovation.

The Integrated Submarine Imaging System (ISIS) program in Manassas, Virginia, is seeking a skilled Optical Image Processing Engineer to support the development and integration of advanced imaging capabilities for current and next‑generation submarine platforms. This role will focus on designing, developing, testing, and containerizing image‑processing software, as well as creating new algorithms and enhancing legacy code that underpins mission‑critical underwater imaging.

The position requires strong Linux/C++ expertise, GPU acceleration experience, and familiarity with optics, multispectral sensors, and modern Dev Ops practices.

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Joining Lockheed Martin Means Becoming Part Of a Team That's Making a Significant Impact In The Field Of Engineering. When You Choose To Work With Us, You'll Enjoy an excellent working environment equipped with state‑of‑the‑art tools, the opportunity to work alongside industry leaders and top‑notch professionals, a chance to be a part of solving some of the world’s most challenging engineering problems, and a culture that encourages creativity, excellence, and the development of remarkable products.

• A flexible schedule, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enabling a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work.
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• Design and implement real‑time, high‑throughput software pipelines.
• Work with multispectral imaging sensors and perform sensor‑fusion preprocessing.
• Apply traditional image‑processing techniques and integrate AI/ML‑based vision algorithms.
• Develop GPU‑accelerated solutions using NVIDIA toolkits (Tensor
  
  RT, NPP, CUDA, other SDKs).
• Optimize code for low‑latency and real‑time execution on embedded or workstation platforms.
• Familiarity with performance profiling and debugging tools for both CPU and GPU.
• Experience with new algorithm research through experimentation, peer reviews, development, integration and delivery.
• Ability to mentor others in image processing.

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Onsite Full‑time:
The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Defense and Space Manufacturing