Senior Machine Learning Scientist, Mind Foundry

• A Masters degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Physics or related field, or an equivalent level of experience in these subjects. A PhD/DPhil is highly valued in Mind Foundry, but not essential for this role
• Be able to work with state-of-the-art ML libraries to deliver powerful results quickly
• Be fluent in Python, ideally in a scientific or commercial context
• Experience designing and implementing software systems that allow users to make best use of ML models in a clear and intuitive way
• Be a champion of scientific integrity practices in terms of experimental rigour and validation
• Be eager to learn and have a collaborative approach
• Experience acting as a technical/research lead on projects
• Ability to communicate complex ideas at varying levels of depth according to audience
• Be comfortable speaking to customers and understanding what they need, or happy to learn quickly

Desirable

• We are looking for a Senior Machine Learning Scientist to join our growing Defence and National Security team, in our Engineering and Machine Learning department
• We are growing our team and are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Scientist. You will contribute to our Defence & Security work as part of our Applied Machine Learning team
• You will work alongside other Research Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers, and Product managers to help take cutting-edge approaches and turn them into performant and robust solutions for our customers’ problems
• Use your experience to create AI/ML solutions for signal processing, geospatial data modelling, image processing and high-fidelity simulations of physical systems
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the team (Product Managers, Machine Learning Scientists, Machine Learning Software Engineers and our Engineering teams)
• Maintain and develop a good working knowledge of state-of-the-art ML methods, software tools and implementation methods
• Work closely with platform-engineers to provide ideas and advice on ML techniques you are familiar with
• Evaluate scientific concepts for viability of implementation
• Be responsible for ensuring scientific rigour and best practice is maintained throughout the delivery process, from research project to final implementation
• Write maintainable production-code and promote best practices for code quality in a scientific codebase
• Attend client meetings as required
• Where appropriate, you may deliver training to the customer on core ML concepts and Mind Foundry products and solutions
• Attend appropriate scientific conferences and events in areas related to our products and services
• Mentor colleagues in performing research, or learning about Machine Learning or Data Science
• As part of this role you will be required to work away at partner locations