A/AI Machine Learning Engineering Sr Mgr at Lockheed Martin · Virtual…

Standard Job Description

This Advanced Solutions AI/ML Engineering Sr Manager will lead the definition and build-out of the organization's AI-Driven Software Development Lifecycle (AI-SDLC) capability. This is an AI-accelerated software engineering and development stack will cover the full lifecycle from requirements, design, code generation, testing, security, deployment, and sustainment. The role has two goals: make software delivery much faster and more automated to lower software total cost of ownership, and accelerate a strategy to move the organization from buying commercial software (COTS) and SaaS tools to building its own, retiring recurring license and subscription costs. The leader will manage a multi-team organization of ML, software, and MLOps/platform engineers, including subordinate managers. They will set the direction for technology selection, and make sure AI-generated software meets the LM security, safety, and certification requirements. They will also own the multi-year vision, budgets, and KPIs, working in partnership with Finance, Procurement, Legal, Applications, Cybersecurity, and Program leadership and advising senior leadership on long-range technology investment.

Leads those who serve as the experts for AI and autonomous systems and works with the Systems Engineering to provide the next generation of AI/ML solutions, including and not limited to inferencing, compute, storage as well as controls and systems safety. They support the team with integrating AI/ML with software and infrastructure systems, human-in-the-loop interfaces, and preparations for autonomous systems for certification and deployment. Leads those who research, identify and recommend appropriate software and infrastructure components for autonomous software systems to enable controls, observability, and compliance; Applies appropriate standards, processes, procedures and tools throughout the system development life cycle to support software systems; Qualifies and tests developed software and test plans, procedures, systems.

Desired Skills

Technical leader skills

Hands-on work with LLMs, agentic AI frameworks, skills, harnesses, fine-tuning, and model evaluation.

Familiarity with AI coding assistants and agentic development tools.

Experience with Lockheed Martin's LLM provider platforms, including the LAIC/Genesis and AWS Bedrock

Experience with containers and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and with cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped deployments.

Experience building internal developer platforms and integrated CI/CD, test automation, and secure software supply chain tooling (e.g., SBOMs, vulnerability triage).

Knowledge of regulated or safety-critical software standards including Lockheed Martin's internal software development standards and guidelines

Leadership skills

A record of driving innovation, technology adoption and change management across the enterprise.

Strong communication with executives, including presenting strategy and investment recommendations to senior leadership and customers.

Building centers of excellence, communities of practice, and a culture of innovation and accountability.

Basic Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related STEM field with relevant professional experience.

People leadership experience, including managing managers or technical leads.

Experience leading the delivery of production AI/ML systems and solutions, including LLM-based or generative AI applications.

Experience leading software engineering and development organizations across the full software development lifecycle, including CI/CD and Dev/Sec/Ops practices.

Experience building business cases and managing budgets, including alternatives analysis such as build-vs-buy or cost-reduction work.