Artificial Intelligence Jobs in Bristol

Hadean · London

Lead a new AI-powered defence product team, line-managing AI/ML, simulation, infrastructure and web engineers while staying hands-on in TypeScript, React and Node. You own delivery end-to-end, hiring and people development, partnering with Product and technical leads, with hybrid working one day a week in Shoreditch.

University of Bristol · Bristol · £44,746 – £58,225 pa

The postholder will contribute to world-leading AI research and develop and deliver education programmes, including a new undergraduate degree in Computer Science with AI. The School is particularly interested in candidates with strengths in Multi-Modal AI and Computer Vision, and the role involves publishing in top venues and applying for external funding.

University of Bristol · Bristol · £44,746 – £50,253 pa

Builds and operates the software-defined compute and storage/networking platforms behind the UK's most powerful supercomputer, using Python, Rust, Terraform/OpenTofu, Kubernetes, Git and Bash. Works closely with AI researchers to co-design and debug massive-scale GPU and CPU/GPU workloads, with a focus on stability, security and scaling.

Copello · Bristol · £80,000 – £900,000 pa

Take technical ownership of FPGA and programmable logic design for advanced gimbal payload systems, covering video capture and processing, sensor and high-speed serial interfaces, and real-time pointing and stabilisation control. Work spans RTL design, simulation, synthesis, timing closure and hardware bring-up, taking in-house boards from prototype to qualified production while mentoring other engineers.

Copello · Bristol · £54,000 – £58,000 pa

Develops and evaluates image processing, computer vision and deep learning algorithms for imaging sensor systems, covering segmentation, noise removal, tracking, pose estimation and classification. Works with cross-functional teams to turn complex requirements into operational software, supporting research into emerging AI/ML techniques and algorithm testing and integration.

Cirrus Selection · Filton · £45,000 – £58,000 pa

Research, develop and evaluate image processing and computer vision algorithms within a specialist team, applying AI and deep learning to segmentation, object detection, tracking and classification. Work spans optical flow, pose estimation, particle filtering and computational imaging using MATLAB, Simulink and Python with PyTorch, collaborating with multidisciplinary engineers to turn research into practical applications.

Emponics · Almondsbury · £80,000 – £130,000 pa

This role involves owning the data infrastructure for AI deployments, integrating AI solutions into business systems, and ensuring reliable and scalable production-grade pipelines. You will work closely with AI strategists to take prototypes to production, manage data models, and troubleshoot integration issues.

Spencer Rose · Bristol · £450 – £480 pd

Designs, builds and deploys end-to-end AI/ML solutions for a banking client's Coach AI programme, including LLM-powered assistants, copilots and multi-agent agentic systems. Involves production deployment, MLOps pipelines, NLP, computer vision and voice AI, plus AI guardrails, responsible-AI governance and mentoring a team as senior lead.

Ocado · Hatfield

Two-year graduate programme with guided rotations across Commercial, Partner Success and a compulsory six-month shift-based placement in a Customer Fulfilment Centre, including nights, weekends and 5 AM starts. Targets client-facing roles such as Partner Success, Commercial Operations, Sales Development and Product Management, with hybrid working in Hatfield.

Ocado · Bristol

First-line responder for engineering faults in a highly automated Bristol fulfilment centre, diagnosing and resolving issues that affect performance. Carries out planned servicing and repairs while contributing to proactive reliability and efficiency projects. Works 12-hour shifts across days, nights and weekends to support a 24/7 operation.

University of Bath · Bath

A professorial role leading research in core AI areas such as generative models, NLP, reinforcement learning, and AI security within a highly regarded AI & Machine Learning group. The position involves strategic leadership, grant capture, industry collaboration, and research-led teaching, with opportunities to help shape the newly launched Bath Centre for AI.

AI Security Institute · London · £65,000 – £145,000 pa

Expression of interest for engineers at all levels to join a government team building shared tooling and infrastructure for frontier AI security research. Work spans open-source Inspect plugins, large-scale evaluation systems, hosting open-weights models, secure model-access proxies, and custom research infrastructure.

AI Security Institute · London · £65,000 – £145,000 pa

Evaluates frontier and open-weight AI models for cybersecurity, autonomy and AI R&D capabilities, building realistic cyber ranges and CTF suites, running pre-deployment testing and validating novel model behaviours. Works alongside engineers and researchers with high autonomy, collaborating with UK government, frontier labs and NCSC.

Amazon · London

Lead end-to-end delivery of complex AI/ML engagements for enterprise customers, from strategic planning through pre-production deployment and optimisation. Architect solutions on AWS services with a focus on Generative AI using Amazon Bedrock and SageMaker, while mentoring junior consultants and supporting pre-sales scoping. Based in AWS UK offices when not at customer sites.

University of Bath · Bath

A full professorship in the AI & Machine Learning group, seeking research strength in areas such as generative models, NLP, reinforcement learning, or AI verification and security. The role combines strategic leadership, research publication and grant capture, and research-led undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, with strong industry connections and involvement in the new Bath Centre for AI.

Incubator for AI · London · £45,740 – £53,970 pa

Join the Impact and Evaluation team to estimate the benefits of proposed AI tools, model how wider AI adoption might change demand on public services, and support product teams with impact evaluations and metrics. The role spans scoping, incubation and scaling, working alongside evaluators, engineers and policy colleagues on varied, often open-ended analytical questions.