Senior Research Engineer, Advanced Technology Laboratories

Overview

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 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 develop and apply leading edge technologies to our customers' most difficult problems and needs. Our agile business structure responds to urgent needs. Our primary partners include government agencies like 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.

Special note : 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).

Basic Qualifications

• Degree in a STEM field (e.g., Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Math, Physics) from an accredited college or university
• Bachelor\'s degree with 5 years professional experience; or master\'s degree with 3 years professional experience; or PhD with no experience necessary
• Strong demonstrated experience in one or more of the following :
• Algorithm and software development languages (e.g., Python, Java, R, Rust, C, C++ …), libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, Keras …) and platforms (e.g., MATLAB …)
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques (e.g., reinforcement learning, graph neural networks, game theory, causal fusion, neuro-symbolic reasoning, GenAI…)
• Formal methods for assurance, optimization, and verification / validation (e.g., formal specification, model-checking, theorem proving, reactive synthesis, cyber-physical systems…)
• Safety-critical Systems Engineering : experience designing and testing systems that meet rigorous safety and reliability standards (e.g., DO-178, MIL-STDs, etc.), knowledge of assurance cases, risk assessment, safety analysis, failure mode analysis, system / software dependability.
• Application of technical skills in one or more of the following areas :
• Autonomous Systems : scalable autonomy, human-machine teams, counter autonomy
• Command and control, decision-making, targeting and intelligence
• "Gray Zone" operations and influence campaigns
• Must have the ability to obtain a U.S. Secret security clearance that requires U.S. citizenship. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information

Desired Skills

Security Clearance

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

Other Important Information You Should Know

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. We provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel development, boost agility, and empower 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, you may 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

Shift : First

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