MFK Recruitment

Senior Computer Vision Engineer - Deep Learning Salary: 70,000 to 95,000 Location: West London Working arrangement: Predominantly office and customer-site based, with some remote working available Employment: Permanent, full-time. Contract opportunities may also be considered. MFK Recruitment is recruiting a Senior Computer Vision Engineer for an innovative UK technology company working at the forefront of computer vision, perception and autonomy. The company develops advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technology for defence, security and other demanding real-world environments. Its work combines machine vision, deep learning and neuroscience-inspired approaches to create AI systems that are accurate, robust and reliable. MFK Recruitment has successfully recruited four Engineers to this company over the past five years, and all four are still with the business. This speaks volumes about the culture, technical challenges and long-term opportunities available. Senior Computer Vision Engineer role You will design, develop and deploy production-grade computer vision systems using modern deep learning techniques, with a particular focus on Convolutional Neural Networks and Vision Transformers. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone comfortable working across research, software development and real-world deployment. You will help translate recent AI research into reliable products used within demanding defence and security environments. The position is predominantly office and customer-site based in West London, although some remote working will be available. Senior Computer Vision Engineer responsibilities Design, develop and optimise computer vision models using CNNs, Vision Transformers and related deep learning architectures. Develop customised neural networks, training strategies, loss functions and evaluation metrics. Implement and adapt techniques from recent AI and computer vision research. Build scalable training, validation, evaluation and inference pipelines. Optimise models for accuracy, robustness, latency and deployment across cloud and edge platforms. Translate research outputs into maintainable, production-quality software. Collaborate with Software Engineers, Researchers, Technical Leaders and customers. Contribute to architecture decisions, testing and CI/CD practices. Support the deployment of computer vision systems into customer environments. Essential experience Strong commercial experience developing deep learning solutions for computer vision. Excellent Python development skills. Commercial experience using PyTorch. TensorFlow experience will also be considered. Strong knowledge of CNNs and modern computer vision techniques. Experience designing, modifying or adapting neural network architectures. Experience with model training, validation, hyperparameter optimisation and performance evaluation. Experience implementing techniques from recent AI or computer vision research. Experience delivering reliable AI systems into production. Strong software engineering practices, including Git, testing, code reviews and CI/CD. Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills. Desirable experience Vision Transformer architectures. Object detection, tracking, segmentation or pose estimation. Multi-object localisation or multi-modal perception systems. GPU optimisation, CUDA, inference acceleration or edge AI. Real-time computer vision systems. Docker, Kubernetes, Kubeflow or MLOps pipelines. Aerial, satellite or ISR imagery. Synthetic data generation, Unreal Engine or NVIDIA Omniverse. Distributed training and large-scale model optimisation. Defence, government or national security projects. An MSc or PhD in Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics or a related subject. Security clearance Candidates must be eligible to obtain UK BPSS and Security Check clearance. Existing clearance is advantageous but is not required for every appointment. Applicants for SC clearance are normally expected to have lived in the UK for the previous five years. A shorter period of UK residency or time spent overseas will not necessarily prevent clearance, but eligibility will be assessed individually by the sponsoring authority.

Machine Learning Engineer - Spiking Neural Networks Salary: 75,000 to 100,000 Location: West London Working arrangement: Predominantly office and customer-site based, with some remote working available Employment: Permanent, full-time MFK Recruitment is seeking a specialist Machine Learning Engineer to help develop an engineering-grade Spiking Neural Network engine for practical machine vision applications. Our client develops advanced AI and Machine Learning technology for defence, security and other demanding operational environments. Its work combines computer vision, perception and neuroscience-inspired technology to produce accurate and robust AI systems. MFK Recruitment has successfully recruited four Engineers to this company over the past five years, and all four are still with the business. Machine Learning Engineer role You will combine current knowledge of Spiking Neural Networks with strong C++ software development skills to transform advanced research into a practical and usable product. This is a rare opportunity to apply genuine SNN experience to production software with direct operational applications. You will work alongside Researchers, Data Scientists and Engineers on SNNs, machine vision, synthetic training data and related CNN or Transformer-based projects. The position is predominantly office and customer-site based in West London, although some remote working will be available. Machine Learning Engineer responsibilities Apply your knowledge of SNNs to the development of a novel machine vision engine. Develop high-quality C++ software based on research outputs and product requirements. Use machine vision and image-analysis techniques to solve complex engineering challenges. Contribute to projects using CNNs and Transformer networks. Integrate recent Machine Learning algorithms into production software. Support synthetic training-image generation and the curation of real-world ISR imagery. Work closely with Researchers to understand and implement technical solutions. Contribute to system design, version control, testing and CI/CD pipelines. Support colleagues and customers during technical discussions and project delivery. Essential experience Current hands-on experience developing Spiking Neural Networks. Strong C++ programming and software engineering skills. Knowledge of machine vision, image analysis or computer vision. The ability to understand research outputs and transform them into reliable software. Experience developing maintainable code using version control, testing and CI/CD. Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills. Desirable experience CUDA and GPU programming. Python and PyTorch. CNNs, Transformers or broader deep learning architectures. Synthetic training imagery and simulation environments. ISR imagery or defence-related machine vision. Commercial software development alongside academic or research experience. An MSc, PhD or postdoctoral background involving SNNs, Computer Vision, AI or Machine Learning. Security clearance Candidates must be eligible to obtain UK BPSS and Security Check clearance. Existing security clearance would be highly advantageous. Applicants for SC clearance are normally expected to have lived in the UK for the previous five years. Applicants with a shorter UK residency history may still be considered, subject to the sponsoring authority being able to complete the required checks.