Machine Learning Engineer (Forward Deployed)

<p>We’re looking for a Machine Learning Engineer (Forward Deployed) to join a supportive, multidisciplinary team delivering real-world AI/ML systems into operational environments. In this role, you’ll lead software deployments, working closely with users and stakeholders to translate their problems into robust, production-ready machine learning solutions. You’ll rapidly explore, prototype, and deploy ML approaches both within and beyond our core product offerings, taking ownership from initial concept through to live operation. Working at the forefront of applied AI alongside experts across multiple disciplines, you’ll help users defend against Defence and National Security threats, directly contributing to safer, more resilient systems deployed where they matter most.</p> <p>Mind Foundry works on some of the most complex and urgent challenges in Defence and National Security. We specialise in supporting customers across the community to make sense at the speed of relevance from the ever-increasing volumes of data collected by sensors and systems. We often find ourselves working at the edge in complex environments where power, compute, and bandwidth are in short supply. The work is challenging, the customer needs products and applications they can trust, and the sense of achievement is therefore substantial.</p> <p>This is an opportunity to innovate at the forefront of applied machine learning, tackle high-impact real-world problems, grow your technical skills, and shape the way AI/ML solutions are delivered to critical operational environments.</p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Because of the nature of this work:</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <ul> <li>You will be required to travel to and work from client sites and partner locations. When not working onsite, this role can be office-based or hybrid from our Summertown, Oxford office. </li> <li><span data-contrast="none">You will need to hold existing or be eligible for UK Developed Vetting (DV), details of which can be found on the </span><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/dv-guidance-pack-for-applicants"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Gov UK website</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Key day-to-day activities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Moving models from research/prototype to live, high-impact production environments, adapting those solutions to client-specific data, systems, and interfaces.</li&gt