Head of Artificial Intelligence

Aventix; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Pension and insurance

Annual leave 30 days

Hardware budget

Conference support

Job summary

Aventix is seeking a Head of AI to own our AI strategy and transform raw sensor data into reliable models and customer-facing capabilities. You will work closely with the CTO and founders to set direction, build the team, and shape Aventix as a company, not just its models.

In your first year you will still code and ship models alongside scientists, engineers, and customers, while aligning AI with product and platform vision.

Qualifications

• Experience leading ML work from idea to production.
• Experience hiring, mentoring, or leading engineers or data scientists.
• Strong Python and hands-on ML skills.
• Solid grounding in statistics, data analysis and model validation.
• Experience developing and evaluating models on real-world data.
• Good software engineering habits and data-processing skills.
• Ability to work independently and across disciplines.
• Clear communication in English about AI trade-offs to stakeholders.
• Experience with time-series, anomaly detection, signal processing or deep learning.
• Background in laboratory tools or life sciences is a plus.
• track record of ML deployment and monitoring at scale.

Responsibilities

• Own the AI roadmap and connect it to product vision.
• Define what to build, buy or leave, with data and model governance standards.
• Hire, lead and mentor ML and data team members.
• Lead architecture and build-out of ML and data infrastructure.
• Develop, test and improve models on real measurement data.
• Build pipelines to collect, process and analyze data.
• Turn prototypes into production-ready features.
• Collaborate with customers to translate needs into product.

Skills

Leadership

Python

ML concepts

Communication

Time-series

Deep learning

MLOps

Data processing

Education

PhD or MSc in ML/CS/Engineering

Tools

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

MLOps

Job description

Our mission

We are on a mission to change the world by democratizing bioanalytics in the life sciences. Trustworthy measurement shouldn’t be a privilege of the best-equipped labs. Today, scientists everywhere lose samples, assays and weeks of work to errors nobody saw happen. We think that is fixable.

Aventix builds sensor-based bioanalytical tools that show labs what actually happened in their processes. Our first product, Scarlett™ 01, verifies dispensed volumes and flags problems before they become lost samples, failed assays or reruns. We already work with labs in pharma, chemical and agricultural R&D through our Early Access Program. Scarlett is the start of a platform for trustworthy lab measurement , and we intend to lead the lab tools industry while building it.

Missionaries, not mercenaries

We are a small and efficient team of hard-core doers. We are not looking for someone who wants a job; we want someone who wants this job. If you are optimizing for title, perks or a quiet life, there are better places for you. If you want your work to matter, read on.

• Purpose first. Every model and pipeline should move a real lab closer to data it can trust.


• Bias for action. We ship, measure, learn and ship again. A working prototype on real data beats a perfect plan.


• Ownership. Nobody says “not my job.” You see a problem, you own it until it is solved.


• Data over ego. We build measurement tools, so the evidence wins the argument.

The role

As Head of AI, you will own Aventix’s AI strategy and how raw sensor data becomes reliable models, insights and customer-facing capabilities. Working closely with our CTO and founders, you will set the direction, build the team and shape Aventix as a company, not just its models.

This is a hands-on leadership role.

In your first year, you will set the strategy and still write code and ship models yourself, side by side with our scientists, engineers and customers.

What you will do

• Own the AI roadmap and connect it to our product and platform vision


• Decide what we build, buy or leave alone, and set standards for data, validation and model governance


• Hire, lead and mentor the first ML and data team members


• Lead the architecture and build-out of our ML and data infrastructure


• Develop, test and improve models on real measurement data


• Build pipelines that collect, process and analyse that data


• Tackle segmentation, anomaly detection, signal processing and pattern recognition


• Take models from prototype to reliable, production-ready features


• Work with Early Access customers to turn their needs into product, and represent our AI to customers, partners and investors

What you bring

• Experience leading ML work from idea to production, ideally in a startup or new product


• A track record of hiring, mentoring or leading engineers or data scientists


• Strong Python and hands-on machine learning skills


• Solid grounding in statistics, data analysis and model validation


• A track record of developing and evaluating models on messy, real-world data


• Good software engineering habits and data-processing skills


• The ability to work independently and across disciplines


• Clear communication in English of AI trade-offs to founders, customers and investors


• Time-series, anomaly detection, signal processing or deep learning


• Scientific, experimental or measurement data


• ML deployment, MLOps, monitoring or data processing at scale


• Laboratory tools, life sciences or a related field


• A PhD degree, Master’s degree or equivalent experience in ML, CS, engineering, physics, mathematics or a related field

Who you are

You believe in the mission and want to look back knowing you helped change how science gets done. You are a leader who still loves to build, and a doer who would rather ship something real this week than debate it for a month. You are relentlessly curious about where AI is going: you experiment, build your own ideas and keep learning because you enjoy it. Here, you will point that energy at real measurement data, real lab problems and technologies still being built.

What we offer

Competitive salary and equity stake that reflects the seniority of the role, pension and insurance per Swedish standards, 30 days of annual leave, a hardware and compute budget that matches the work, conference support, and visa sponsorship for the right candidate.

We move fast. We aim to finish within three weeks of first contact.

1. Intro call with our CTO (30 min)


2. Technical deep dive into your past work, topic of your choice (60–90 min)


3. Your first 90 days: how you would set up AI at Aventix, tested on a real sensor-data problem. Discussion-based, no gotcha problems.


4. Vision and mission conversation with our Founders.


5. On-site in Gothenburg: meet the team, see Scarlett run, talk product and roadmap


6. Offer

Aventix is an equal opportunity employer. We hire on capability, curiosity and commitment to the mission, and welcome applicants from every background. Unsure if you qualify? Apply anyway.

Precision for every lab. Progress for mankind.