Senior AI/ML Engineer

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