Define the future of aviation by transforming ideas and dreams into reality through unmanned fully autonomous flight at Lockheed Martin
Requirements
- Background and applied expertise in autonomous systems perception including computer vision, mapping, object detection, semantic segmentation, classification, camera/lidar calibration, and point cloud processing
- Strong knowledge of the state-of-the-art research and emerging technology in perception, including various sensors
- Expertise in autonomous systems motion planning and trajectory optimization including search-based and sample based planning algorithms
- Strong applied background in motion planning with kinodynamic constraints in cluttered environments in 3-dimension
- Knowledge of the state-of-the-art research and emerging technology in motion planning for systems with kinodynamic constraints
- Strong coding skills in C/C++, Python, and MATLAB
- Experience with Fly-By-Wire Flight Control Systems, Guidance/Navigation & Control (GNC), Flight Test, Autonomy, Aviation Robotics, Perception, AI, and Motion Planning
Responsibilities
- Build novel software architectures, algorithms, and tools for modeling the environment
- Develop databases and analytics tools to enable collection and processing of very large terrain and point cloud based data sets
- Rapidly prototype innovative perception and motion algorithms and transition them to flight test
- Collaborate with other researchers and engineers across the autonomy and flight controls team
- Support various programs to develop autonomy including software development, test, system integration and flight tests
- Develop and integrate motion planning and trajectory optimization algorithms
- Work with system with multiple perception sensors including cameras, Lidars, and Radar as well as sensor fusion algorithms
Other
- Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in a relevant field
- Ability to work on highly complex and complicated problems
- Willingness to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders
- Ability to drive innovation and transformation across factories
- Location: Stratford, CT
