Senior Research Engineer (PhD level) / Neuro-Symbolic AI

Description : Job Description :

Bringing together people who use their passion for purposeful innovation...Your Mission is Ours.

At Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and they make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. We provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life in and outside of work.

Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) is chartered with creating generation-after-next technology to help Lockheed Martin maintain technology dominance. As a group of applied research laboratories, we are professionals who develop and apply leading edge technologies to our customers' most difficult problems and needs. Our researchers work closely with customers to create and shape opportunities and are skilled in applying emerging research to evolving programs. Our agile business structure is designed to swiftly respond to urgent needs. Our primary partners include government agencies like the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and government service laboratories, commercial enterprises, and other Lockheed Martin organizations. ATL maintains research and development relationships with government agencies, key universities, industry partners and thought leaders

What our team does :

This position is within the Trusted Intelligence Laboratory (TIL). Our mission is to create new competencies for Lockheed Martin for development of Trusted-by-Design Intelligent Systems. TIL technology focus areas include Neuro-Symbolic and Generative AI, AI Assurance, and Human-AI Trust. TIL current application areas are Autonomy, Counter-Autonomy, Command and Control, and Cognitive Security. Advances in AI and Autonomy are poised to have a transformational impact on society. We are growing our areas of research to lead future technology advances in applied formal methods, simulation, test, verification, validation, and certification of autonomous and AI-enabled systems across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains.

What you will do :

• Co-developing research ideas for internal and external customers.
• Leading / co-leading the development, implementation, and evaluation of ideas in software.
• Developing AI and autonomy algorithms with strong mathematical foundations.
• Co-author technical reports and / or research papers.
• This role is scoped as Hybrid with an onsite requirement in either our Arlington, VA or Cherry Hill, NJ locations. If the selected applicant will be badged to a location within 15 miles of the Camden, NJ City Hall, the role will be represented by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).

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Basic Qualifications :

Desired Skills :

Security Clearance Statement : This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Clearance Level : Secret

Other Important Information You Should Know

Expression of Interest : 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.

Ability to Work Remotely : 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.

Work Schedules : 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.

Schedule for this Position : 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week

The base range for this position in New Jersey is $91,000 - 172.488.

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. The wage range and benefits summary is a general guideline and is governed by the applicable collective bargaining agreement when extending an offer.

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 diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.

If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you're invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs , and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.

Experience Level : Experienced Professional

Business Unit : ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY LABS

Relocation Available : Yes

Career Area : Software Engineering

Type : Full-Time

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