At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead AI projects, design machine learning algorithms, and collaborate with experts in defence applications.
- Company: C3 AI, a leading Enterprise AI software company transforming industries.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, equity plan, and excellent benefits for your future.
- Other info: Join a diverse team with opportunities for growth and innovation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in defence with cutting-edge AI technology.
- Qualifications: MS or PhD in relevant fields and experience in applied AI.
About C3 AI
C3 AI (NYSE: AI) is an Enterprise AI application software company delivering a suite of integrated AI products, including the C3 Agentic AI Platform, domain‑specific SaaS applications, and generative AI offerings for enterprise digital transformation.
Role Overview
As a member of the C3 AI Data Science team, you will work with large enterprises to build AI‑powered applications on the C3 AI Platform. You will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers and subject matter experts to define new analytics capabilities, select appropriate machine learning algorithms, and implement them at scale. This frontline role supports defence programmes in the UK and Europe, focusing on predictive maintenance, digital targeting and logistics for aircraft and platforms in secure settings.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead research, design, implementation and deployment of machine learning algorithms, intelligent agents and optimisation solutions for enterprise applications using the C3 AI Suite.
- Assist customers in building their own applications on the C3 AI Suite.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of new features of the C3 AI Suite.
- Analyse model performance across asset fleets, diagnose issues such as low risk scores or false positives and recommend hyper‑parameter adjustments.
- Collaborate with data and subject‑matter experts from C3 AI and customer teams to seek, understand, validate, interpret and correctly use new data elements.
Security Clearance
This role supports defence programmes that require UK Security Clearance. Candidates must hold or be able to obtain and maintain SC or NATO clearance. Eligibility requires a minimum of five years’ continuous UK residence.
Requirements
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics or equivalent fields.
- Applied AI experience in generative AI, agentic solutions, regression and classification, supervised and unsupervised learning.
- Strong mathematical background in linear algebra, calculus, probability and statistics.
- Experience with scalable ML (MapReduce, streaming).
- Ability to drive a project and work independently and in a team.
- Strong communication skills and proactive attitude.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with JavaScript and prototyping languages such as Python and R. Experience with Java and Scala is a plus.
- Portfolio of projects (GitHub, papers, etc.) is a plus.
Benefits
C3 AI provides a competitive compensation package, generous equity plan and excellent benefits.
Equal Opportunity
C3 AI is proud to be an equal‑opportunity and affirmative‑action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of legally protected characteristics.
