AI/ML Engineer: GenAI & Air-Gapped Systems

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Manassas (VA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

State-of-the-art tools

Work with industry leaders

Solve complex engineering problems

4x10 schedule

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Manassas, VA is seeking a software engineer to join the RMS AI team, developing and integrating Generative AI tools for tactical and development systems.

You will work with industry-leading design professionals to upgrade LLMs, implement RAG workflows, and ensure operations in air-gapped environments. Onsite role requiring security clearance; includes state-of-the-art tools and a collaborative engineering culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Software Engineering, CS, ML or related STEM degree.
• 1 year of relevant experience.
• Experience designing, developing, and/or maintaining AI agents and large language models.
• Familiarity with retrieval augmented generation (RAG) in AI agent workflows.
• Familiarity with open source agentic libraries and tools (LangChain, MCP, etc).
• Active security clearance and willing to work onsite in Manassas, VA.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate Generative AI tools into tactical and development systems.
• Interface with developers, program leadership, and customers to develop tools for specific use cases.
• Adapt AI tools for use in air gapped environments.
• Upgrade locally-hosted Large Language Models and the associated tools that leverage the LLM.
• Interfacing with users of GenAI tools to provide technical support and solicit feedback.
• Building data pipelines to ingest data from a variety of sources.

Skills

AI agents

RAG tools

Cross-functional collaboration

Air-gapped environments

LLM optimization

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related STEM

Tools

LangChain

MCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Lockheed Martin in Manassas, VA is seeking a software engineer to join the RMS AI team, developing and integrating Generative AI tools for tactical and development systems.

You will work with industry-leading design professionals to upgrade LLMs, implement RAG workflows, and ensure operations in air-gapped environments. Onsite role requiring security clearance; includes state-of-the-art tools and a collaborative engineering culture.