Description:About Lockheed Martin Space:
Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security, and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire, and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.
At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.
Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you
About the Team:
At Lockheed Martin, we challenge the conventional and drive innovation that transforms how missions are accomplished. Our team is redefining what’s possible through digital modernization, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies that push the boundaries of national security and defense.
While many details of this program are classified, you can expect to play a key role in developing end-to-end solutions that deliver real-world impact. You’ll collaborate with some of the brightest minds in engineering to design and integrate pioneering capabilities that shape the future of our mission.
About the Role:
This position is for a Senior Staff computer vision engineer who will have the following responsibilities: lead a technical team of CV engineers in full life-cycle design of a computer vision solution, drive technical requirements and performance, make key design decisions to ensure the system meets requirements, interface with other subsystems to ensure interface compliance, develop novel CV algorithms and present analyses, findings and paths forward to our customers
Successful applicants generally have 8+ years of related experience and may have a post-secondary degree or training in a related discipline. Typically, individuals with 5 or more years of Computer Vision experience will excel in this role.
Basic Qualifications:
Skill Requirements:
• Expertise in Computer Vision fundamentals, theory and applications including image processing, feature detection & recognition, geometry based vision, camera modeling
Security Clearance / Work Authorization:
• To meet requirements of the program/customer, this position requires the selected employee to be a U.S. Citizen.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI (adjudicated or eligibility) is required for consideration.
• Top Secret security clearance with adjudicated SCI (i.e. TS/SCI) is required prior to start.
Desired Skills:
• Masters or PhD in Computer Vision, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering or related field.
• Displayed expertise in light transport modeling, rendering engines, intrinsic and extrinsic camera calibrations, multi-spectra effects, image filtering, frequency domain operations, image warping and transforms, N-view reconstruction, direct and indirect methods, SLAM, relative pose estimation.
• Demonstrated experience in leading a team of technical engineers
• Experience with C++, MATLAB, Python, CUDA, and/or RUST
• Possess an active TS/SCI clearance
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: 9x80 every other Friday off
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, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $150,800 - $265,880. 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.
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: First
