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Principal Consultant - Smart Health/Wearables/Bio-tech
Job Title: Lead Technologist – Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
Introduction:
A global defence & security contractor are expanding their AI research team and are looking for a Lead AI Technologist to help lead the team, researching and developing novel AI/ML technologies. You’ll lead projects spanning reinforcement learning, NLP, computer vision, and signal processing, while mentoring teams and shaping partnerships with academic and industry leaders.
Responsibilities
* Lead delivery of large-scale AI/ML projects and ensure high technical standards
* Provide technical assurance for proposals, reports, and project outputs
* Identify and direct research opportunities, including collaboration with universities and industry partners
* Present research findings to both technical and non-technical audiences
* Mentor and guide junior engineers and researchers
Key Skills/Experience
Required:
* PhD in a relevant discipline
* ~10+ years in AI/ML (industry or academia)
* Proven team leadership experience
* Strong background in engineering assurance and technical review
* Proposal writing experience
* Strong communication and mentoring skills
Beneficial:
* Expertise in one or more of:
* AI/ML for imagery and remote sensing
* Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models
* Knowledge graphs and graph neural networks
* AI for RF, EW, radar, sonar, or acoustics
* Autonomy applications
If you are interested and think you have the skills required as a Lead AI Technologist, please don’t hesitate to apply.
Seniority level
* Not Applicable
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Research and Science
Industries
* Defense and Space Manufacturing
* Research Services
* Software Development
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