Machine Learning Researcher

Ecm Selection; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical and dental plans

10% employer pension contributions

Structured professional development

Job summary

ECM Selection in London seeks a full-time RF/AI research specialist to drive development of algorithms for RF signals, AI-enabled problem solving, and concept validation. The role emphasizes rigorous research and collaboration across teams to produce impactful results.

The candidate will be expected to publish findings, lead high-quality projects, and be eligible for UK security clearance due to sensitive nature of work. Hybrid office-based with some home working.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to develop algorithms solving RF/RADAR/communication problems.
• Commercial or academic ML experience applied to real-world problems.
• Experience leading high-quality research projects and publishing in top journals.
• A PhD or equivalent research-focused experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver advanced RF/AI research projects.
• Publish findings in top-tier journals and present at conferences.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to transition concepts to proofs-of-concept.

Skills

RF/ML algorithms

ML for real-world problems

Research project leadership

PhD or equivalent

Education

PhD or equivalent

Tools

Python

PyTorch

Jupyter

Rmarkdown

Job description

This renowned research institute is developing world-class capabilities in the understanding, management and exploitation of the electromagnetic environment through the application of AI technologies. They research new algorithms and techniques to be used in congested and chaotic RF environments and develop subsequent proof-of-concepts. While there is an academic feel to the work it has real-world impact as your discoveries are further developed and deployed by other teams.

The overriding objective of this team is to ensure the continued security and defence of the UK and UK personnel both at home and overseas. Your research will therefore be focused on detection and exploitation of RF signals including both protection measures and offensive capabilities. You will need to be eligible and willing to undergo SC security clearance checks. This typically means you need to be a UK citizen.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience developing algorithms to solve problems in RF, RADAR, communication networks or similar physics or engineering domains.
• Commercial or academic experience applying ML techniques to real-world problems.
• Experience leading high-quality research projects including publishing research to top-tier reviewed journals.
• Strong academics including a relevant PhD or equivalent research focused commercial experience.

Headquartered in central London (close to good rail links) you will need to be in the office weekly although as little as just one day per week with support for significant home working. This is a full time 3-year fixed term contract with the expectation that this can be extended. Benefits are generous and include private medical and dental plans, 10% employer pension contributions and an extensive structured professional development programme.

Keywords

Defence, EM, Electromagnetic, RF, Radio Frequency, AI, Artificial Intelligence, ML, Machine Learning, GNNs, Transformers, Autoencoders, Reinforcement Learning, Multi-Modal AI, Data Fusion, EPM, Electronic Protection Measures, ESM, Electronics Support Measures, EA, Electronics Attack, Python, PyTorch, Jupyter, Rmarkdown

Recommend for £250 - see www.ecmselection.co.uk/tell-a-friend for details.