Senior AI Engineer – Defence & Security (Cambridge)

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to £90,000 base salary

10% bonus

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private Medical Insurance

Work on cutting-edge AI and Defence技术

Job summary

Meritus are recruiting for AI Engineers to join a leading technology and engineering consultancy delivering cutting-edge solutions across the Defence, Security and Government sectors. This is an excellent opportunity for AI Engineers to combine hands-on technical delivery with technical leadership, customer engagement and business development.

Working alongside multidisciplinary teams, you'll lead the design and delivery of AI, ML and algorithmic solutions for Defence and Security customers,

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience delivering AI, ML or advanced algorithmic solutions.
• Experience in Defence, National Security or Government sectors.
• Strong knowledge of Transformer Models, Diffusion Models, RL, CV or Machine Perception.
• Strong Python and software engineering skills.
• Experience leading technical teams and architecting complex solutions.
• Customer-facing experience and ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Degree in Computer Science, AI, ML, Mathematics, Physics or related discipline.
• SC Clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical delivery of AI, ML and advanced algorithm projects.
• Act as technical lead and solution architect on complex programmes.
• Apply techniques including Transformer Models, LLMs, Reinforcement Learning, Computer Vision, Sensor Processing and Statistical Modelling.
• Provide technical oversight, governance and peer review across projects.
• Work directly with customers to define requirements and deliver innovative solutions.
• Support proposals, bids and business development activities.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical standards and best practice.

Skills

AI/ML solutions

Defence sector

Transformer Models

Diffusion Models

Reinforcement Learning

Computer Vision

Python

Technical Leadership

Customer-facing

CS/Math/Physics Degree

SC Clearance

Education

CS/AI/Math/Physics degree

Job description

Meritus are recruiting for AI Engineers to join a leading technology and engineering consultancy delivering cutting-edge solutions across the Defence, Security and Government sectors. This is an excellent opportunity for AI Engineers to combine hands-on technical delivery with technical leadership, customer engagement and business development.

Working alongside multidisciplinary teams, you'll lead the design and delivery of AI, ML and algorithmic solutions for Defence and Security customers,