Remote Senior AI Research Engineer Generative AI

Lockheed Martin Corporation; King of Prussia (PA); Remote; USD 136,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) match

PTO, Holidays, Parental Leave

EAP

FSAs

Education Assistance

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Flexible work arrangements (e.g., 4x10

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Corporation seeks a Staff AI/ML Engineer to advance the Engineering Generative AI portfolio. You will identify high-value opportunities, develop prototypes, and mature enterprise-ready AI solutions in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

You will design AI algorithms, implement full-stack capabilities, and ensure governance and security throughout development and deployment, including LLM-based retrieval and orchestration.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience developing and deploying AI/ML solutions at scale.
• Experience with AI/ML programming languages, such as Python or C++, and software engineering practices for production applications.
• Hands-on experience developing, fine-tuning, integrating, or deploying large language models and Generative AI applications.
• Demonstrated expertise in prompt engineering, including designing, testing, and optimizing prompts for reliability, safety, and performance.
• Experience deploying or hosting AI solutions and applications in production environments.
• US Citizenship is required due to system access.

Responsibilities

• Apply modern AI tools to solve complex Engineering challenges and develop scalable AI capabilities.
• Scope opportunities with Engineering partners, develop prototypes, and mature solutions for enterprise use.
• Design and implement AI algorithms, including LLM-based retrieval, tool use, orchestration, and decision-support workflows.
• Build and optimize full-stack AI solutions (UX, APIs, backend, data connections, model integrations, deployment pipelines).
• Develop prototypes with approved AI tools and mature capabilities into secure, enterprise deployable solutions.
• Ensure governance, cybersecurity, architecture, and DevSecOps requirements throughout development and deployment.

Skills

AI/ML at scale

Python / C++

Generative AI

Prompt engineering

Production deployment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

LlamaIndex

AWS

Job description

Lockheed Martin Corporation seeks a Staff AI/ML Engineer to advance the Engineering Generative AI portfolio. You will identify high-value opportunities, develop prototypes, and mature enterprise-ready AI solutions in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

You will design AI algorithms, implement full-stack capabilities, and ensure governance and security throughout development and deployment, including LLM-based retrieval and orchestration.