At a Glance
- Tasks: Develop cutting-edge AI/ML solutions and lead innovative R&D projects.
- Company: Join a leading tech firm focused on Defence and National Security.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus, hybrid work, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities to mentor and engage with customers.
- Why this job: Make a real-world impact by solving complex problems with AI.
- Qualifications: Experience in AI/ML, strong Python skills, and a passion for innovation.
The predicted salary is between 72000 - 88000 £ per year.
Location: Romsey, Hampshire/Hybrid (2 days per week on site)
Salary: £65,000 plus 6% bonus
Candidates must be willing and eligible to go through SC security clearance.
Build AI that solves problems others can't within Defence, National Security & Intelligence.
Are you an AI/ML Engineer, Research Engineer or Applied Scientist who wants to work on genuinely complex, technically challenging problems? This is an opportunity to join a leading technology and engineering business working across National Security, Defence, Intelligence and Commercial markets, where you'll be doing far more than simply implementing existing models. You'll be researching, experimenting, developing and delivering novel AI/ML solutions that can make a real-world difference.
What you'll be working on:
- You'll operate at the cutting edge of AI/ML, working across areas including:
- Computer Vision
- Reinforcement Learning
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Deep Learning and advanced ML techniques
- Novel algorithm development and experimentation
A key part of the role is taking academic research and state-of-the-art techniques and turning them into practical, usable solutions for complex customer challenges. This isn't just a research role; you'll remain hands-on technically, whilst also taking a leading role within engineering teams.
You'll have the opportunity to:
- Develop novel AI/ML solutions from the ground up
- Lead technically complex R&D projects
- Translate research papers and emerging techniques into working solutions
- Build production-quality software using Python
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers
- Work across multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Engage directly with customers on early-stage technical challenges
- Contribute to bids, proposals and solution design
- Help shape the direction of Roke's AI/ML capability
What we're looking for:
We're interested in people who combine genuine AI/ML expertise with strong software engineering ability. You'll ideally have:
- Proven commercial experience in AI/ML R&D
- Strong Python development skills
- Experience in one or more of Computer Vision, NLP, LLMs or Reinforcement Learning
- A track record of developing novel AI/ML applications
- Experience adapting and applying academic research
- Strong software engineering fundamentals
- Experience working in Agile engineering environments
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