Research Scientist - Remote Sensing

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) from an accredited institution or an equivalent blend of education, training, and minimum 1 year of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in MATLAB and another programming language.
• Ability to obtain a secret security clearance.

The Advanced Programs and Exploitation (APEX) team with Lockheed Martin in Boulder is looking for a research scientist to support ongoing programs and internal research and development efforts. The APEX team supports multiple programs related to mission processing applications of remote sensing payloads and multi-int fusion.

• Work in coordination with research scientists, FPGA engineers, and software engineers for all activities required to develop, test, and deliver prototype and fully capable systems.
• Work with software engineers to develop C++ and Python code.
• Perform data analysis to evaluate various mission processing solutions to determine the best one for various missions.
• Provide algorithm expertise (for detection, tracking and multi-int fusion purposes).
• Optimize performance of a signal processing chain.
• Possibly work on AI/ML algorithm applications.

• Active secret clearance.
• Proficiency in C++ and/or Python.
• Linux OS background/experience developing in a Linux environment.
• Applied mathematics or algorithm development experience.
• Experience working with data structures.
• Strong experience in software design and development.
• Familiarity with tracking and/or signal processing algorithms.
• Experience with containerization tools like Docker.
• Experience with a machine learning platform such as Tensor Flow, PyTorch, or Keras.
• Experience with machine learning for image segmentation and image generation.
• Experience with software vision control such as GIT.

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.