Lockheed Martin Space is looking to hire a Senior Computer Vision Software Engineer to drive architectural evolution and deliver high-performance perception code for edge-deployed platforms, transforming algorithmic concepts into deployable solutions for mission-critical platforms with strict hardware constraints.
Requirements
- Strong command of C++ (C++14/17/20) and Python
- Test‑driven mindset - experience writing unit, integration, and performance tests; familiarity with frameworks such as Google Test
- Understanding of software design patterns and architectural principles (e.g., SOLID, factory, strategy, visitor, dependency injection)
- Understanding of core algorithms and data structures (graphs, trees, heaps, dynamic programming, greedy techniques, etc.)
- Proficiency with modern development tooling - Linux/Unix environments, build systems (CMake), debugging/profiling tools (gdb, valgrind).
- Familiarity with functional programming languages like Rust
- Knowledge of GPU/parallel programming (CUDA, OpenCL, OpenMP)
Responsibilities
- Apply solid software design principles (modularity, testability) to enhance and extend our existing C++/Python codebase
- Collaborate closely with hardware engineers, optics specialists, system architects, and other stakeholders to transform algorithmic concepts into high-performance, deployable solutions
- Write production-grade C++ code for core functionality, complemented by Python scripts for testing, simulation, and rapid prototyping.
- Deeply understand the target hardware architecture and its processing constraints to fine-tune algorithms, maximizing runtime efficiency and extracting every ounce of performance from the processor
- Contribute to and leverage our Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI, Google Test, and Docker for automated builds, containerized testing, and seamless delivery.
Other
- To meet requirements of the program/customer, this position requires the selected employee to be a U.S. Citizen.
- Although not required to start, the selected applicant must be eligible to obtain, and maintain, Top Secret with adjudicated SCI Eligibility (i.e. TS/SCI) for long term employment on this program
- Collaborative communication skills - comfortable discussing technical trade‑offs with peers, documenting design decisions
- Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
- The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $101,000 - $178,135.
