Ops AI Engineer

Job Description
Ops AI Engineer (Level 2)

The Operations Systems and Modeling AI team at Lockheed Martin Aerospace is seeking a data scientist analyst who will play a key role in developing, deploying, and maintaining AI-based solutions tailored for production operations. This position focuses on applying advanced artificial intelligence techniques to solve complex operational challenges, delivering impactful results that enhance efficiency and drive productivity. This position will be responsible for overseeing development and deployment of AI solutions, big data analysis, and front-end development for AI and results based applications.

What You Will Be Doing
In this role you will assist in the development and testing of AI applications that support production‑operations use cases, collaborating with senior engineers to apply sound software‑development practices that promote code quality and scalability. Participate in gathering and documenting requirements from production teams, translating key operational challenges into functional specifications. Contribute to front‑end development efforts, building intuitive user interfaces that enable end-users to interact with AI‑driven tools effectively. Perform data extraction, cleaning, and exploratory analysis on large‑volume production datasets to support model training and performance monitoring. Help deploy AI solutions in pilot environments, provide basic user training, and gather feedback to drive incremental improvements. Support change‑management activities by communicating updates to end‑users and ensuring that the tools remain maintainable, adaptable, and aligned with future operation needs.

What's In It For You: 3 day weekends every weekend
From onsite to remote, we offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security, Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package here.

Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus -if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

Fort Worth, TX

This position is in Fort Worth, TX  Discover Fort Worth.

Desired Skills

• Familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs) and/or Generative AI (GenAI)
• Familiarity with GenAI Coding Assistants
• Experience with agentic AI frameworks
• Experience in API Development & Integration
• Experience with cloud-based platforms and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Understanding of agile development methodologies and version control systems (e.g., Git)
• Experience interfacing with database architectures such as PostgreSQL or MySQL
• Experience with aircraft manufacturing processes
• Strong organization and communication skills
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, AI/ML or related field

Other Important Information
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.