Language Technologist (Skill Level 2)

Job Description

Description:Lockheed Martin is looking for a Language Technologist to join our team in our Annapolis Junction office. The Language Technologist processes and maintains language artifacts (i.e. lexicons, term bases, word nets, taxonomies, ontologies). Applies analytic techniques to improve performance of assigned lexicons. Leverages understanding of linguistics and assigned language to improve machine translation performance. Prepares test cases to assure proper performance. Collects corpora and evaluates performance of language identification modules.
Basic Qualifications:
Shall have seven (7) years of experience working in the target language; Four (4) years of experience in lexicography; Level 2+ language skills or equivalent in at least one foreign language. Shall have language-specific knowledge of morphology, syntax and grammar and at least four (4) years of experience applying this knowledge to create and improve models. Shall have strong analytic skills and demonstrated experience using information technology. Shall have a solid background in English grammar and excellent oral and written communication skills. Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics, computer science, or a language is required.
Desired Skills:
• Qualified candidates with experience in any of the following languages:, Ukrainian, Tamil, Albanian, Serbian/Croatian, Kazakh, Polish, Gujarati, Urdu, Balochi, Turkish, Somali, Kurdish, Khmer, Lao
• Process and maintain language artifacts (i.e. lexicons, term bases, word nets, taxonomies, ontologies).
• Apply analytic techniques to improve performance of assigned lexicons.
• Leverage understanding of linguistics and assigned language to improve machine translation performance.
• Prepare test cases to assure proper performance.
• Collect corpora and evaluate performance of language identification modules.
• Train other lexicographers.
• Define candidate requirements for future development.
• Work across multiple languages.