Senior Research Scientist: Data Science and Machine Learning AIP

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Overview

Location: Great Baddow – Hybrid working 2 days onsite per week | UK, Europe & Africa: UK: Great Baddow


BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.


Job Title: Senior Research Scientist | Requisition ID: 121740


Grade: GG11 | Referral Bonus: £5,000


Role and team

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence Innovation and Technology is seeking to recruit a senior researcher to join our rapidly expanding Data and Decision Support Capability. The right candidate will join our Advanced Information Processing (AIP) group, specialising in developing novel inference algorithms and the application of AI/ML to sequential data and decision making. You will have the opportunity to deliver a wide range of AI/ML research topics for customers across space, defence, security and commercial sectors, and to maintain strong links with academic partners and grow technical research areas of interest to you. The Data and Decision Support Capability has teams working across AI/ML areas such as RF, EW, radar, sonar, distributed sensing-processing, data fusion, reinforcement learning, autonomy, image analysis and computer vision, generative AI, NLP, knowledge graphs and more. You will work with these colleagues in multi-disciplinary teams.


Typical Responsibilities

  • Lead technical delivery of projects, leading junior researchers. Prepare and deliver technical reports, proposals and supporting material.
  • Lead novel research in given topic areas; collaborate with internal/external suppliers and/or leading UK Universities.
  • Develop prototypes and proof of concept demonstrators.
  • Take ownership of tasks in projects and deliver to challenging standards.
  • Work effectively on self-directed projects and as part of a project team.
  • Present results to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Mentor junior staff working on similar research topics.
  • Publish and/or patent novel concepts and research findings where appropriate.

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience

  • PhD or equivalent industry experience in a relevant discipline.
  • Several years of expertise in applying AI/ML and/or statistical signal processing to sequential data and decision-making post PhD.
  • Experience in software development for proof of concept in Python.
  • Experience with machine and deep learning frameworks: TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, etc.

Domains of Particular Interest

  • RF communications and CEMA
  • Electronic or Electromagnetic Warfare (EW)
  • Tracking and sensor data fusion
  • Radar signal processing
  • Acoustic data processing (including sonar)
  • Distributed sensing and processing
  • Autonomy
  • Human machine teaming
  • Space-domain Awareness (SDA)
  • Positioning, navigation, and timing
  • Pattern of life analytics

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.


Security and Eligibility

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality and place of birth can affect eligibility. All applicants must at a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, typically with 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required.


Division overview

Division overview: Capabilities. At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, Capabilities is the engine that keeps the business moving forward. It is the largest area of Digital Intelligence, containing our Engineering, Consulting and Project Management teams that design and implement defence solutions and digital transformation projects.


Company

BAE Systems


Experience and Education

Senior (5+ years of experience)


Tagged as: Industry, Machine Learning, NLP, United Kingdom


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