AI/ML Engineer

  • CBS Butler
  • Southampton, Hampshire
  • 15/05/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

AI/ML Engineer

+ £50,000 - £72,000 DOE

+ Excellent Benefits

+ Southampton

+ Hybrid Working Patterns

You will join a high technology defence consultancy as an AI/ML Engineer and work alongside their customers to solve their complex and unique challenges.

You will be an experienced researcher or developer with a strong interest in state-of-the-art AI and Machine Learning technologies.

The AI/ML Engineer is responsible for delivering novel solutions to our customers challenging problems (Technically Complex or Novel Research), leading teams of engineers in delivering a mixture of small, early-stage research projects and algorithmic components of larger, multi-disciplinary development programmes.

You'll be primarily "hands on" and actively providing technical expertise across a broad range of AI/ML disciplines, including Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning, LLMs and NLP.

Due to the sector you will need to be eligible for SC Clearance.

The Key Requirements

  • Proven experience in AI/ML R&D (eg computer vision, reinforcement learning, NLP, also including Large Language Models).
  • Significant experience conceiving novel applications of AI/ML techniques, particularly adapting and applying academic research.
  • Strong understanding of and experience in software engineering - Experience of working in, and leading, agile teams and delivering complexity at pace. This includes experience developing with widely used software tooling and development languages (including Python).