ALTEN

Senior AI Engineer (Autonomy & Machine Learning)

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2 days ago
Bristol, United KingdomSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop AI and machine learning solutions for complex business and engineering challenges.
  • Translate customer and stakeholder requirements into scalable AI architectures, technical designs, and measurable outcomes.
  • Develop, train, evaluate, and optimise machine learning models for computer vision, NLP/LLMs, time-series analytics, and autonomous systems.
  • Build data-processing, training, evaluation, feature-engineering, experiment-tracking, and model-validation pipelines.
  • Collaborate with software, systems, cyber, and data engineering teams to productionise AI capabilities and integrate them into operational systems.
  • Apply Responsible AI principles to address security, safety, explainability, and regulatory requirements.
  • Develop reusable AI components, frameworks, and reference implementations.
  • Support technical demonstrations, bids, proofs of concept, and customer workshops.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of relevant experience in AI/ML or related engineering work.
  • Strong Python development skills and experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-Learn, and Hugging Face.
  • Proven experience developing and deploying machine learning solutions, including deep learning, computer vision, NLP/LLMs, or time-series analytics.
  • Experience with autonomy frameworks such as ROS2 and integrating AI into autonomous or intelligent systems.
  • Experience with data processing and analysis tools including Pandas, NumPy, and SQL, plus model deployment technologies such as FastAPI, ONNX, or TorchScript.
  • Understanding of software engineering practices including testing, version control, and code quality standards.
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, or a relevant technical military background with equivalent experience.
  • Commercial AI/ML development experience and experience deploying machine learning solutions into operational environments.
  • Strong communication, collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and delivery skills.
  • Desirable experience with MLOps, MLflow, Weights & Biases, cloud AI platforms, Docker, explainable AI, adversarial robustness, privacy-preserving techniques, or Responsible AI.
  • Proficiency in C++ and experience with safety-critical software environments are desirable.
  • Open-source contributions, technical publications, patents, or advanced research activities are desirable.
  • Candidates must be willing and eligible to obtain SC security clearance.

Benefits

  • Permanent contract.
  • Hybrid working in Bristol, Crawley, or Glasgow, with site attendance based on project requirements.
  • Personalised career path, ongoing learning, mentoring, and career development.
  • Private Medical Insurance.
  • Cycle & Tech Scheme.
  • Employee assistance programme.
  • Life insurance and pension scheme.
  • Social atmosphere, regular gatherings, and team-building activities.
  • Flexible way of working, dependent on the role.

Tech Stack

AWSAzureC++DockerFastAPIGoogle Cloud PlatformMLflowNumPyPandasPythonPyTorchscikit-learnSQLTensorFlow

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About ALTEN

10,000+ employees

ALTEN provides engineering and IT services, including R&D outsourcing, product development, and digital systems consulting for major industrial and service-sector companies. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, it operates in 30+ countries and is publicly traded on Euronext Paris. Revenue model based on consulting engagements, managed services, and turnkey project delivery across sectors such as aeronautics, automotive, telecom, energy, finance, and life sciences.

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