Research Scientist Associate - Early Career

Security Clearance

Secret

Shift

First

Direct/Indirect

Direct

Business Area

Space

Department

AFC0A00:OPTICAL SENSING

Relocation/Housing Stipend Available

Possible

Job Code/Title

E1481:Research Scientist Asc

Job Class

Scientist

Job Category

4 yr and up College

Req Type

Full-Time

Job Description

By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility.

Your Mission is Ours.

The Advanced Technology Center (ATC) is the research lab for Lockheed Martin Space. Through our own skills and those of our partners—including universities and research labs around the world—we are able to put vision in motion. While we are a part of LM's Space division, our technologies are far-reaching across domains. Napkin sketches of lasers that can shoot down UAVs—we made it real. Changing molecules so metals behave differently?

We invented that. ATC’s story is written in the success of missions here on Earth and far, far into space. Our innovation extends beyond incremental change. We strive for first-of-a-kind capability with enduring impact. Whatever the application, our charter is to create game-changing technologies. At the ATC, we are inspiring change in our endless pursuit of what is next.

We are searching for a Research Scientist - Early Career, to join our extraordinary team. In this role you will perform the research, development, and analysis of algorithms to detect, acquire, and track objects of interest. You will apply this research to understanding system-level implications, analyzing new missions and enabling cutting-edge technologies to make a real-world impact.

You will participate on teams implementing this understanding to develop new and novel system architectures, and evaluate performance of existing architectures.

Basic Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in or recently completed an accredited degree program such as physics, applied physics, applied mathematics, computer science, computer engineering, chemistry, mechanical engineering, or electrical engineering
• Exposure to or awareness of suitable scientific/engineering disciplines related to algorithms, sensors, image processing, tracking and filtering, and modeling & simulation of physical systems.
• Strong technical writing, presentation and overall communication skills for reports, proposals, technical presentations, and interaction with team members and academic/industry collaborators.

Desired skills

• Scientific, data, and information visualization; and data exploitation
• Experience with software programming: Python, C/C++, MATLAB, and/or Java
• Image and signal processing
• Artificial Intelligence / Machine learning
• Modeling and simulation

State

California

Zip

94089

EEO

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.

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At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.

With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.

If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you’re invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs