Staff AI Research Engineer (Remote) — Generative AI & Tech

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Bethesda (MD); Remote; USD 151,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Corporation is seeking a Staff AI Research Engineer to advance the Engineering Generative AI portfolio. You will work on scalable, governed AI capabilities, collaborating with cross-functional teams to scope opportunities, prototype solutions, and mature enterprise-ready implementations.

The role emphasizes applied AI, ML research, and software engineering with a strong focus on responsible AI governance, security, and production readiness.

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

• Identify high-value AI opportunities with Engineering users and translate workflows into technical requirements.
• Research, develop, test, deploy, and sustain Generative AI, AI/ML, and agentic applications.
• Design and implement AI algorithms, applications, and services including LLM-based retrieval and orchestration.
• Build and optimize full-stack AI solutions including UX, APIs, and deployment pipelines.
• Develop prototypes using approved AI tools and mature capabilities into enterprise-ready solutions.
• Apply RAGE, cybersecurity, architecture, and DevSecOps requirements throughout lifecycle.
• Evaluate performance, reliability and user value through AI evaluation and monitoring.

Skills

AI/ML development

Python

C++

Large language models

Prompt engineering

Production deployment

System design

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

LlamaIndex

AWS

Job description

Lockheed Martin Corporation is seeking a Staff AI Research Engineer to advance the Engineering Generative AI portfolio. You will work on scalable, governed AI capabilities, collaborating with cross-functional teams to scope opportunities, prototype solutions, and mature enterprise-ready implementations.

The role emphasizes applied AI, ML research, and software engineering with a strong focus on responsible AI governance, security, and production readiness.