Details:
- Salary: £60,000 - 65,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Southampton Hampshire
- Date: 2 days ago
Description:
Senior AI/ML Engineer
Location: Southampton / Hybrid, 2 days a week.
Salary: Up to £65,000 + benefits
Security: To be eligible, you must be able to obtain or hold UK Security Clearance.
We’re looking for an experienced Senior AI/ML Engineer to join a highly skilled engineering and research environment, delivering innovative solutions across defence, national security, intelligence and commercial sectors.
The role combines hands-on development with technical leadership, working on complex challenges across AI/ML, Computer Vision, NLP, Reinforcement Learning and LLMs.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead AI/ML R&D projects from concept through to delivery
• Apply emerging research to real-world engineering challenges
• Develop innovative AI/ML solutions using Python
• Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers
• Work with multidisciplinary teams and customers
• Contribute to technical strategy, solution design and bids
Key Requirements
• Strong AI/ML R&D experience
• Strong Python development skills
• Experience with modern AI/ML techniques and frameworks
• Experience applying research to practical engineering problems
• Agile software engineering experience
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills