Head of AI

8 hours ago

Berlin, Germany or Munich, GermanyStaff+

Responsibilities

Define and own STARK’s AI strategy across product and internal domains.
Lead AI stack, model, framework, MLOps infrastructure, evaluation, and tooling decisions with final technical accountability.
Resolve cross-team AI dependencies, shared infrastructure gaps, and redundant workstreams.
Drive internal AI adoption through developer productivity tooling, agent and automation infrastructure, and responsible-use frameworks.
Provide technical oversight of AI workstreams, including methodology, adversarial robustness, distribution shift, and operational performance.
Monitor academic and commercial AI advances and translate them into strategic recommendations.
Partner with programme and product leadership to align AI development with mission requirements.
Contribute to senior technical hiring, define AI engineering standards, and build STARK’s defence-AI standing.
Represent STARK externally at defence, robotics, and AI venues and through relevant publications or presentations.

Degree in machine learning, computer vision, robotics, or a closely related field, or demonstrably equivalent depth through industry research and an open publication or open-source record.
Proven experience setting AI technical strategy at a senior level across multiple domains.
Deep technical fluency in perception and sensor fusion, autonomy and motion planning, SLAM/localisation, or multi-agent coordination.
Strong experience influencing technical decisions without direct line authority and working with Technical Leads.
Experience in defence, aerospace, or another safety-critical domain where AI failure has real-world consequences.
Direct UAS or ground-robotics experience is strongly preferred.
Fluent English; working German is advantageous in Berlin or Munich.
Eligibility for the required security clearance.
An existing European defence-AI network, staff- or principal-level AI experience, public technical work, or open-source experience is desirable.
Ability to operate autonomously with low overhead and without a large dedicated team.

5,001-10,000 employees