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Lockheed Martin Space in Palo Alto, CA is seeking a
Senior SW/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 SW development, integration and test
- 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 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.
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- Strong experience in software development
- Strong experience in software I&T
- 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 required due to the program requirements
- Current clearance
- Experience integrating SW tools into a larger system
- Experience developing SW in C/C++, Python or similar
- Experience with CAD tools and developing plug ins and add ons to CAD tools
- 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
- Experience with Robot Simulation tools like Gazebo, RVIZ or similar
- 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
(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.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
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.
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Remote Job
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