The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an engineer within our AI & Algorithms department. As a PhD AI & Algorithms Engineer, you’ll work within our team of talented engineers and scientists on a diverse range of projects. With cutting-edge labs and computing resources at your disposal, you’ll use technology to solve problems in the real world.

What you’ll be doing

• Building intelligent systems, developing your skills through hands-on coding and training/testing models.
• Learning software development skills in mixed-discipline teams, attending stand-ups and contributing to planning sessions.
• Contributing to our internal research and development programs, building on state-of-the-art literature to produce our own, market-leading solutions and compelling demonstrations that showcase our expertise to clients.
• Supporting projects for our clients to solve real-world problems.
• Communicating the results of your work to your colleagues and clients.

What you can bring

We are looking for someone with strong academic credentials and a PhD in a relevant technical subject, such as AI/machine learning, computer science, mathematics, physics or theoretical physics. You will also have:

• Interest in applying AI and algorithmic techniques to real-world problems.
• Strong Python programming skills and appreciation for modern software development practices.
• Demonstrable research experience in a data-driven field (such as project work, conference proceedings or papers published in scientific journals).

While not essential requirements, we would also be very interested if you have experience with any of the following:

• Information science
• Bioinformatics
• Reinforcement learning
• Transformer, diffusion models
• Robotics
• Edge compute

Why Cambridge Consultants?

Cambridge Consultants creates exciting and novel breakthroughs in technology and products. Our work on intelligent systems area has helped create world-first and market-changing technologies including real-time AI-enhanced medical imaging, autonomous defence systems against cyberattacks, and edge algorithms to help visually impaired people navigate indoor spaces. We combine our research output with engineering rigour to create innovative and robust solutions to solve complex problems presented to us by our clients. We help clients across a diverse range of markets, including defence/security, healthcare, biotech, industrial and energy, so there is no shortage of variety.

At the heart of what we do are talented and motivated multi-disciplinary teams empowered to create cutting edge technologies and systems to solve difficult problems for our clients. We offer a diverse, fun, and challenging work environment where you’ll have the chance to work on a wide variety of projects that deliver real value using technology.

We recognise and celebrate individual talent and we understand the importance of letting individuals be just that. Our people are here to do the best work of their lives and our job is to provide the platform for them to do it.

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