Job title: Data Scientist-AI Engineer

Location: Warton, We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £47683+ dependent on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Collaborate with others to create AI solutions that are impactful, scalable and thoughtfully developed—from early-stage ideas to real-world applications

• Partner with product managers, engineers, analysts and subject matter experts to co-create solutions that reflect a deep understanding of user and business needs

• Help ensure that AI systems are transparent, inclusive and aligned with ethical guidelines and governance frameworks, contributing to trust in AI technologies

• Keep up with emerging trends—especially in generative AI—and explore how they can be thoughtfully applied to benefit the organisation and its users

• Help foster an environment where diverse perspectives are valued, curiosity is encouraged and team members feel empowered to learn, experiment and grow together

Your skills and experiences:

• Excellent working knowledge of Python and familiarity with key AI/ML libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow or Hugging Face Transformers

• Experience training and fine-tuning machine learning models, ideally including large language models (LLMs) or other deep learning approaches

• Comfortable working collaboratively with data scientists, engineers and stakeholders in an agile, team-oriented environment

• Familiarity with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques or experience using vector databases such as Qdrant

• Awareness of MLOps tools and practices, including versioning tools such as DVC

• Understanding of ethical considerations in AI, including bias mitigation and responsible machine learning practices

• Relevant Degree or Experience in this area

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Applied Analytics Team

In this role, you will be an integral part of a collaborative team comprising skilled professionals at multiple levels, fostering an inclusive and dynamic atmosphere where diverse perspectives drive innovation and excellence. Working closely alongside colleagues, you will contribute to a culture of shared knowledge and continuous improvement, ensuring that every project benefits from collective expertise.

You will engage in early-stage experimental work as well as the exploration and development of new capabilities designed to meet the evolving needs of end users in an ever-changing world. This hands-on involvement in cutting-edge technologies and methodologies will allow you to directly influence the practical application of AI solutions across various sectors.

The position offers the unique opportunity to work across the entire air sector, giving you exposure to a wide range of projects and challenges. This diversity not only keeps the work exciting and engaging but also broadens your experience and understanding of different domains, technologies, and business needs. You will be encouraged and empowered to take ownership of your work, making decisions and driving initiatives that have tangible impacts.

Professional growth is a key focus, with access to comprehensive internal and external training programmes designed to support your ongoing development.

Ultimately, this role provides a stimulating and rewarding environment where your contributions matter, your expertise is valued, and your personal and professional growth is actively supported.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 22nd August 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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