Lockheed Martin
Senior Autonomy/AI Researcher
Palo Alto, CA
Jan 24, 2025
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Description:By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we 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 development 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.

At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility.

Your Mission is Ours.

Lockheed MartinSpaceinPalo Alto, CAis seeking afull-time Senior Autonomy/AI Researcher.In this role, you will
support ongoing programs and internal research and development efforts, enabling project advancement and emerging technologies.

What will you be working on?
* Performing scientific experiments, investigations, observations and related research studies
* Developing theories for understanding, characterizing, and organizing natural phenomena into a systematic and significant pattern
* Participating in intellectual property evaluations and development of patent applications
* Instructing and teaching junior level engineers/researchers

We are looking for someone who is excited about developing new research ideas in autonomy and robotics. This role will work on deploying for AI and Autonomy algorithms to spacecraft and robotics. Ideally you will have this experience in a research environment, and have a history of publications supporting your expertise.

You are someone with strong technical writing, presentation and overall communication skills for reports, proposals, technical presentations, and interaction with customers, team members, suppliers, and academic/industry collaborators.

You would typically have a Bachelors degree and 5 - 8 years of professional experience, a Masters and 3 - 6 years, or a PhD and 0 - 3 years.
Basic Qualifications:
* Strong experience in software development
* Strong experience in autonomy algorithm development
* Strong experience utilizing machine learning
and other AI methods
* Strong experience evaluating novel
technologies, fast prototyping, feasibility
studies, specification, and/or implementation of
product components
* Experience advancing the state-of-the-art,
including (but not limited to) generating
patents and/or publications in top journals and
conferences
* Experience writing proposals for research
grants/programs
* US Citizenship with the ability to obtain and
maintain a government clearance
Desired Skills:
* Current clearance
* Research Experience in causal modeling, causal inference, and causal graphs
* Research Experience in reinforcement learning
* Research Experience in spacecraft autonomy algorithms
* Established strong relationships with customers from DOD Research Labs, AFRL, DARPA, or NASA Research Centers or similar is a plus
* Expert in the applications of Artificial Intelligence or Autonomous Systems technologies (e.g., Deep Learning, Machine Learning) to sensing, perception, multi-unit
planning or command and control of autonomous systems
* Proven mechatronic experience as demonstrated by a strong publication record and development of working system
prototypes
* Experience using industrial manipulators like UR, ABB, Kuka or similar
* Experience using Clearpath Robotics or similar
* Experience using DJI Drones or similar
* Complex control of manipulators, high-degree of freedom coordination and advanced mobility technologies experience.
* Experience Implementing augmented and virtual reality technologies for robotic applications
* Experience with filtering, estimation, and tracking (Kalman Filters, Multi-Target Tracking) is a plus
* Experience implementing software for scientific and/or real time image or signal processing applications, computer vision, 3D data processing
* Proficiency in the following programming languages: C++, Python or similar
* Experience with Robot Simulation tools like Gazebo, RVIZ or similar
* Experience using Matlab and Simulink
* Experience with COTS sensing modalities, RF, SAR, LIDAR/LADAR, Radar, Computer Vision, Vibration and fusing modalities for perception and inference.
* Knowledge of sensing, planning and algorithms related to SLAM, Autonomous Driving, Manipulation, Rendezvous, Proximity Operations and Docking
* Experience with Real-time processing systems, FPGAs, microcontrollers, measurement and acquisition hardware
* Experience with, and knowledge of Systems Engineering aspects of requirements decomposition, testing and Verification and Validation, at the systems level is a plus
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: TS/SCI
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: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
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
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Washington or Washington DC is $100,900 - $193,300. 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.
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California and New York is $116,000 - $218,500. 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.
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.
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.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Artificial Intelligence
Type: Full-Time
Shift: FirstPDN-9e0ab49e-3baa-486d-aee0-d60128911390
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