Senior AI/ML Engineer - Underwater Acoustic Sensing

Optics11 Life; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

International high-tech organization

Cross-functional team environment

Personal development opportunities

Lunches

Job summary

Optics11 Life seeks an experienced Senior AI/ML Engineer to develop and deploy ML solutions for underwater acoustic sensing using fiber-optic platforms. You will work with acoustics engineers, signal processing specialists, and embedded teams to build robust ML components integrated into operational systems.

The role requires strong math foundations, research-driven design, and the ability to balance model performance with real-world constraints in an R&D environment, including security

Qualifications

• MSc in Machine Learning, Signal Processing, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field.
• Strong foundation in linear algebra, probability, statistics, and signal processing.
• Experience applying AI/ML to time-series or sensor data (CNNs, RNNs/LSTMs, Transformers).
• Supervised and unsupervised learning for detection and classification.
• Hands-on model training, evaluation, and validation in applied settings.
• Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX).
• Applied R&D with experimental and field data.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy ML solutions for underwater acoustic sensing use cases.
• Select modelling approaches based on data availability and constraints.
• Combine physics-based acoustics with data-driven ML methods.
• Design, train, evaluate, and benchmark AI/ML models for deployment.
• Validate models with lab experiments and offshore field datasets.
• Analyze large-scale sensing data and support scalable data workflows.
• Collaborate with acoustics engineers, signal processing, and software teams.

Skills

Machine Learning

Signal Processing

Applied Mathematics

Python

PyTorch

Education

MSc in ML / Signal Processing / Applied Mathematics / CS / Physics

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

JAX

Job description

Optics11 Life seeks an experienced Senior AI/ML Engineer to develop and deploy ML solutions for underwater acoustic sensing using fiber-optic platforms. You will work with acoustics engineers, signal processing specialists, and embedded teams to build robust ML components integrated into operational systems.

The role requires strong math foundations, research-driven design, and the ability to balance model performance with real-world constraints in an R&D environment, including security