Senior Algorithms Engineer – Computer Vision for Defence

OpenSourced; Wokingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Annual leave 28 days

Group pension

Life assurance

Health initiatives

Gym membership discounts

EV salary sacrifice

Shares incentive plan

Referral bonus

Onsite parking

Job summary

OpenSourced in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Algorithms Engineer to join the Image Processing team in Wokingham, delivering next‑generation sensing and computer vision capabilities for defence applications.

You will lead the development of ML and CV algorithms, mentor peers, and help shape future capabilities while ensuring robust production deployments and cross‑functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, AI, Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
• Experience deploying ML/vision algorithms in production or near-production systems.
• Experience with vision architectures including object detection and transformers.
• Ability to analyse image datasets to inform model development and debugging.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Proficient in Python; production/performance‑critical C++ experience.

Responsibilities

• Research, develop, and evaluate computer vision algorithms for image classification, recognition, and detection.
• Investigate challenging problems through structured experiments.
• Design and improve datasets, evaluation methodologies, and automated pipelines.
• Analyze model performance, identify failure modes, and develop solutions.
• Develop tools to improve automation and efficiency across ML lifecycle.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to other engineers.
• Support integration, testing, and deployment of algorithms into real-time video processing systems.
• Produce technical documentation and presentations.

Skills

Python

C++

Machine Learning

Computer Vision

Image Processing

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Degree in Computer Science/AI/Engineering/Math/Physics

Tools

CMake

Job description

OpenSourced in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Algorithms Engineer to join the Image Processing team in Wokingham, delivering next‑generation sensing and computer vision capabilities for defence applications.

You will lead the development of ML and CV algorithms, mentor peers, and help shape future capabilities while ensuring robust production deployments and cross‑functional collaboration.