AI Consulting Team Lead

Job Description

About Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin is a leading technology innovation company driven by a singular mission focus and a desire to continuously innovate. They are dedicated to using cutting-edge machine learning to tackle complex problems and address the accelerating challenges of global security. Their AI-enabled systems are transforming how militaries operate, first responders fight fires, and researchers explore the vastness of space and the ocean’s depths.

Job Description: AI Consulting Team Lead

The Lockheed Martin Artificial Intelligence Center (LAIC) team is seeking a high-energy, experienced leader with technical expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning to lead and expand their AI Consulting team within the AI Foundations directorate. This is a virtual, full-time telecommuting position with travel as required.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the AI Consulting team during a significant growth phase: Provide support for all Lockheed Martin business areas, digital transformation (1LMX), and external consulting engagements.
• Set the strategy and vision for the AI Consulting team: Oversee day-to-day leadership, design complex solutions, and address intricate AI/ML challenges for Lockheed Martin business areas and external customers.
• Develop and expand an innovative and agile team: Quickly iterate and mature solutions from prototypes to deployment, catering to both Lockheed Martin and external clients.
• Provide consultation and mentoring to the corporation: Cover topics such as MLOps best practices, team building, and addressing technical challenges at an enterprise scale.
• Collaborate with AI Foundations, AI Factory (MLOps) team, LAIC, and IT: Ensure a cohesive, organization-wide approach to Lockheed’s foundational AI ecosystem, enhancing 21st-century capabilities for customers and internal business operations.
• Implement best technical practices: Leverage expertise from the fields of machine learning and software engineering.
• Identify tooling gaps within the team and work towards filling those gaps.
• Hire, mentor, and develop team members.
• Share best practices with other Lockheed Martin data science teams: Create and present knowledge materials and engage with other data science leaders.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 15+ years of experience in Computer Science, AI, or a related engineering discipline.
• A combination of technical and strategic leadership, people management, and vision-setting experience.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business strategy into value creation through data and AI.
• Proven ability to foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture that promotes continuous learning, innovation, and attracts top-tier talent.
• Excellent oral, written, communication, and organizational skills, with experience liaising with executive leadership, customers, and external agencies and partners.
• A proven ability to work cross-functionally and lead data analytics projects from problem definition, data discovery, data preparation, feature engineering, model selection, validation, deployment, and continuous improvement.
• Extensive experience in deploying machine learning solutions into real-world business environments, with a track record of designing and implementing scalable AI/ML systems that drive tangible business value.
• Experience with one or more programming languages (e.g. Python, R, Java, etc.).
• Expertise building advanced Large Language models (LLMs) / Generative AI workflows such as retrieval augmented generation, model chaining, dynamic prompting, PEFT/SFT, etc. using Langchain, transformers, vLLM, etc.
• Experience training and evaluating Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs/LSTMs), and other model architectures.
• The ability to stay updated on new technologies in the rapidly evolving field of AI.
• Experience with agile management practices and mentoring individuals and teams.

Desired Skills:

• Experience leading a world-class AI consulting team, managing a wide variety of technical projects for a diverse set of customers.
• Experience in scaling teams during growth phases.
• Demonstrated expertise in the successful application of AI/ML to various applications, such as computer vision, sensors and signals, time series data, manufacturing, operations, and supply chain.
• Experience with MLOps frameworks and pipelines.
• A proven track record of technical and people leadership experience, including leading diverse and dynamic multi-discipline engineering teams.
• Knowledge of AI technology fundamentals, data, and industry trends.
• Understanding of modern DevSecOps (CI/CD) practices and their applicability to AI deployments.
• Familiarity with major cloud computing services (AWS, Azure, etc.) and on-prem distributed computing services.
• Experience in Aerospace and Defense, engineering, manufacturing systems, and business processes.

Security Clearance: This position requires a government security clearance, and candidates must be US Citizens for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret