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Head of AI/ML Technology Research
Apply remote type Hybrid locations Reading time type Full time posted on Posted 4 Days Ago job requisition id R0241997 Location: Reading, United KingdomIn fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.Head of AI/Machine Learning Technology Research
Reading – occasional travel may be required
Do you want to work with a highly regarded team who will support your learning and development? Would you like to work for a world-renowned department that research, develop and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, keep us safer and be more sustainable? Do you want to be part of a team of specialists that are designing solutions that make tomorrow possible, today? …..Then look no further
What the role has to offer:
Senior leadership opportunity!
Set the AI vision and agenda for Thales UK.
High profile role, which will put you at the forefront of our technology agenda at both UK and Group level.
Our Opportunity
Thales UK Research, Technology and Innovation (RTI) identifies, explores and develops technologies and innovations for use in future products and services. RTI works with all of our businesses and their customers to deliver a strategic advantage for Thales. Collaborating with academic and other research partners helps us in our mission to de-risk future technologies and ensure Thales is competitive.
Thales UK have an exciting opportunity available for a Head of AI/Machine Learning Technology Research to join the RTI team. I n this role, you will lead the AI/Machine Learning research agenda for Thales UK, coordinating AI/ML research across the UK and the wider Thales Group, and actively accelerating the core, strategic research programmes. You will lead a core team accelerating AI/ML core research in-particular deep learning in Thales UK, identifying and securing external funding to complement this research agenda.
Day to day you will:
Coordinate core research with other research groups including AI Validation and Verification (V&V), Human-Machine Teaming (HMT) and applied AI.
Coordinate with product lines across Thales to identify AI/ML use-cases.
Help grow AI/ML research team capability and personnel.
Under the governance of the Thales corporate technical strategy, investigate and develop new technologies and concepts up to Technology Readiness Level 5 of relevance across multiple market domains and a wide range of application areas.
Carry out fundamental feasibility studies, state-of-the-art surveys and modelling/simulation.
Develop proof of concept demonstrators using appropriate software and hardware implementations
Work within a research team to invent and explore new concepts and technologies and demonstrate their applicability to the Thales businesses and their customers.
About You
You will be highly experienced in an appropriate Machine Learning/AI research or advanced development environment role, with a record of delivering research in this space. You should be able to lead a number of large research projects in a technical leadership capacity. You will have the ability to understand complex new data and adapt existing technology to work with new datasets. You should have excellent communication skills, with the ability to interface at all levels of the business and its customers.
What We Can Offer
We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.
Flexibility
Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
If you are interested in this role, we would encourage you to have informal chat with the Talent Acquisition Partner.
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
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