Lead Research Data Scientist - Defence AI Research (DARe) Centre

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The Alan Turing Institute

Named in honour of Alan Turing, the Institute is a place for inspiring, exciting work and we need passionate, sharp, and innovative people who want to use their skills to contribute to our mission to make great leaps in data science and AI research to change the world for the better.

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BACKGROUND

The Defence & Security (D&S) programme at the Turing is looking to expand a newly formed team of research engineers working on real-world problems aligned with defending and securing the UK. Following in the footsteps of the institute’s namesake, Alan Turing, the team operates at the intersection of mathematics, engineering and computing and works in close collaboration with the Turing’s National Security partners.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Your role will be to work both independently and collaboratively with the Principal Investigators (PIs) and other researchers in the centre working in domains as diverse as: space situational awareness and space systems, future sensing, cyber, generative AI and disinformation, communications and networks, human-machine teaming, and digital twins. The ideal candidate is inquisitive, enjoys solving complex, challenging problems, and thinks creatively to find non-obvious solutions.

DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• Provide technical leadership and project management on multi-person projects (2 to 4 people), guiding the project directions synergistically with other related efforts and align with the strategic research goals of the institute.
• Be the primary person responsible for delivery of a service area of strategic importance to the Institute.
• Line manage a team including their performance and supporting their career development aspirations.
• Understand the problems of the Turing’s partners and develop appropriate approaches to solving these problems.
• Develop, implement, and adapt state-of-the-art and novel data science and artificial intelligence, and future sensing techniques.

Person Specification

• A PhD degree or equivalent professional experience in a field with significant use of both computer programming and advanced algorithmic, statistical, physics or numerical techniques.
• Undergraduate-level degree or higher in computer science, engineering, data science, mathematics, statistics or a related discipline.

Please see our portal for a full breakdown of the Job Description.

Terms and Conditions

This full-time post is offered on a fixed-term basis for three years. The annual salary is  £62,666 to £67,200 plus excellent benefits, including flexible working and family friendly policies,  https://www.turing.ac.uk/work-turing/why-work-turing/employee-benefits.

Must be eligible to hold a UK SC clearance and secure SC clearance within 6 months of the commencement of their employment, or in such longer period as the Institute may in its absolute discretion consider reasonable to obtain such clearance.

Successful applicants will be subject to a Dstl research workers check at the offer stage.

The Alan Turing Institute is based at the British Library, in the heart of London’s Knowledge Quarter. We expect staff to come to our office at least 4 days per month. Some roles may require more days in the office; the hiring manager will be able to confirm this during the interview.

Application procedure

Please see our jobs portal for full details on how to apply and the interview process.

Equality Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to making sure our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive.

This includes making reasonable adjustments for candidates who have a disability or long-term condition. Please contact us at adjustments@turing.ac.uk  to find out how we can assist you.

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