Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Engineer - SE&IT

Job Description

WHAT WE'RE DOING
Advancing the Integrated Discrimination and Electronic Protection capabilities of the Missile Defense System (MDS)
Leading systems engineering trades, analysis, and studies related to requirements generation
Developing and delivering MDS capabilities and engineering artifacts into the Technical Baseline (TBL)

THE WORK
The Systems Engineering and Integration Team is seeking an Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Engineer to support the design, guidance, and implementation of AI/ML-enabled capabilities for missile defense mission areas. The successful candidate will contribute across multiple phases of the mission lifecycle, supporting analytical, modeling, simulation, and decision-support activities related to detection, tracking, discrimination, fi re control, and engagement functions within a complex system-of-systems environment.
The Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Engineer will collaborate with systems engineers, domain experts, and software developers to identify appropriate problem formulations and opportunities for the application of AI/ML techniques. Responsibilities include developing and curating training and evaluation datasets from diverse sources, defining data management and labeling strategies, and designing scalable training, testing, and validation infrastructure consistent with program constraints and security requirements.
The candidate will be responsible for guiding the selection, development, and integration of AI/ML models into existing analytical, modeling, and simulation frameworks, ensuring alignment with system architectures, interfaces, and performance objectives. This includes supporting model evaluation, uncertainty characterization, robustness assessments, and lifecycle considerations such as retraining, configuration management, and traceability.
The Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Engineer will also contribute to the establishment of best practices, standards, and governance for AI/ML usage, including documentation, verification and validation approaches, and coordination with broader digital engineering and systems engineering processes. Emphasis will be placed on explain ability, testability, and integration within mission-relevant workflows, while maintaining compliance with applicable policies, security requirements, and program constraints.
The AI/ML Specialist will provide guidance and subject matter expertise to the Digital Ecosystem and Platforms team for the SE&I Team's AI adoption strategy. Key tasks include identification, evaluation, and integration of Large Language Model(s), as well as use case specific AI tooling such as SysML modeling and Integrated Development Environment (IDE) plug-ins.

WHO WE ARE
A dedicated team at Lockheed Martin committed to advancing missile defense systems
Collaborative environment focused on innovation and excellence in engineering
Engaged in high-impact projects with national security significance

WHO YOU ARE
Experienced in systems engineering, particularly in requirements generation, concept development, analysis, and simulation
Skilled in leading technical teams and providing oversight in a complex engineering environment
Proficient in interfacing with technical stakeholders and managing technical documentation and baselines
Adept at preparing and delivering technical briefings and engineering products
Strong project management skills with experience in monitoring tasks, schedules, scope, and costs

WHY JOIN US
Excellent benefits and amenities.
Ongoing career development and support.
Rewards and recognition for your hard work.
Medical and dental coverage.
401k retirement savings plan.
Paid time off for work/life balance.
Mentorship opportunities

Basic Qualifications

Demonstrated experience applying multiple Artificial Intelligence and/or Machine Learning techniques (e.g., artificial neural networks, Bayesian belief networks, decision trees) to complex technical or analytical problems.
Experience working with data-centric workflows, including data preparation, curation, labeling, and quality assessment for analytical or modeling purposes.
Familiarity with the full AI/ML lifecycle, including model development, training, testing, validation, and iterative improvement.
Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, including systems engineering, software development, and domain subject matter experts.
Ability to translate high-level mission or system objectives into well-defined analytical or computational problem statements.
Experience documenting technical approaches, assumptions, and results in a clear and structured manner suitable for engineering and programmatic review.
Understanding of basic software engineering practices, including version control, modular design, and reproducibility.
Ability to work within established program constraints, including security, configuration management, and governance processes

Desired skills

Experience applying AI/ML techniques within complex, distributed, or system-of-systems environments.
Familiarity with modeling and simulation, digital engineering, or analytical frameworks used to support system design, assessment, or decision support.
Experience with scalable training, testing, or evaluation infrastructure, including compute resource management and automation.
Exposure to uncertainty quantification, robustness analysis, model verification and validation, or performance assessment methodologies.
Experience supporting data governance, model traceability, or lifecycle management in regulated or mission-critical environments.
Familiarity with explainable AI concepts or techniques and their application in engineering or decision-support contexts.
Experience working in government, defense, aerospace, or other highly regulated technical domains.
Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience supporting transition of analytical or AI/ML capabilities from development environments into operationally relevant workflows.
Familiarity with hardware, programming languages, scientific computing environments, and resource management tools commonly used for data analysis and modeling to include graphical processing units (GPUs), Python / MATLAB / SQL, High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters and SLURM.

EEO

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.

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Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They're dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.

Other Important Information

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.

Work Schedule Information

Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

National Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $128,400 - $226,435. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.

Premium Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $147,700 - $255,990. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.