AI/ML Engineer

CBSbutler Ltd.; Romsey; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Roke in Romsey, Hampshire is seeking an AI/ML Engineer to join our cutting-edge team across Defence, National Security & Intelligence. You’ll research, develop and deliver novel AI/ML solutions, translating academic insights into practical systems, with hands-on coding and leadership within engineering squads.

You will work on CV, NLP, LLMs and RL, applying state-of-the-art methods to real-world challenges, while aligning with agile practices and customer-facing projects.

Qualifications

• Proven commercial experience in AI/ML R&D.
• Strong Python development skills.
• Experience in Computer Vision, NLP, LLMs or Reinforcement Learning.
• Experience adapting and applying academic research.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience working in Agile engineering environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop novel AI/ML solutions from the ground up.
• Lead technically complex R&D projects.
• Translate research papers and techniques into working solutions.
• Build production-quality software using Python.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers.
• Work across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Engage directly with customers on early-stage technical challenges.

Skills

Python

AI/ML R&D

Computer Vision

NLP

LLMs

Reinforcement Learning

Academic research

Software engineering

Agile

Tools

Python

Job description

Job title: AI/ML Engineer

Location: Romsey, Hampshire/Hybrid (2 days per week on site)
Salary: £65,000 plus 6% bonus

Candidates must be willing and eligible to go through SC security clearance.

Build AI that solves problems others can't within Defence, National Security & Intelligence

Are you an AI/ML Engineer, Research Engineer or Applied Scientist who wants to work on genuinely complex, technically challenging problems?

This is an opportunity to join a leading technology and engineering business working across National Security, Defence, Intelligence and Commercial markets, where you'll be doing far more than simply implementing existing models. You'll be researching, experimenting, developing and delivering novel AI/ML solutions that can make a real-world difference.

What you'll be working on:

You'll operate at the cutting edge of AI/ML, working across areas including:

• Computer Vision
• Reinforcement Learning
• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Deep Learning and advanced ML techniques
• Novel algorithm development and experimentation

A key part of the role is taking academic research and state-of-the-art techniques and turning them into practical, usable solutions for complex customer challenges.

This isn't just a research role

You'll remain hands-on technically, whilst also taking a leading role within engineering teams.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Develop novel AI/ML solutions from the ground up
• Lead technically complex R&D projects
• Translate research papers and emerging techniques into working solutions
• Build production-quality software using Python
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers
• Work across multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Engage directly with customers on early-stage technical challenges
• Contribute to bids, proposals and solution design
• Help shape the direction of Roke's AI/ML capability

What we're looking for

We're interested in people who combine genuine AI/ML expertise with strong software engineering ability. You'll ideally have:

• Proven commercial experience in AI/ML R&D
• Strong Python development skills
• Experience in one or more of Computer Vision, NLP, LLMs or Reinforcement Learning
• A track record of developing novel AI/ML applications
• Experience adapting and applying academic research
• Strong software engineering fundamentals
• Experience working in Agile engineering environments