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Research Engineer

Your role is to lead the development and engineering of new algorithms, tools, and techniques from concept to production. . The research and tools you develop will be central to our ground-breaking technology demonstrators, ensuring that Improbable’s decision support tools, training systems and digital twins embody robust and cutting-edge science.

The Research team brings together experienced researchers and software engineers from multiple disciplines interested in improving the performance, validity, richness and effectiveness of simulations of complex systems.

Areas for Impact

• Lead the development and engineering of new algorithms, tools, and techniques from concept to production.
• Work with other research scientists and engineers to pursue research and development towards our strategic objectives. This requires translation of ambitious but often vague objectives into concrete proposals, with a realistic assessment of the necessary resources and expected outcomes
• Understand deeply and take ownership of the vision for next-generation software for planning and training for defence and security - to save lives and public funds. This means thinking creatively about customer problems, and often taking a novel perspective on established fields

We'd like to hear from you if you identify with the following:

• A track record of delivering software projects in an academic or industry setting, experience scaling and deploying ML models is desirable
• PhD in computer science, machine learning or related field
• High level of proficiency in Python
• Experience with a low level language like C, C++ etc.
• Experience with agent-based models or microsimulations in any domain would be very interesting, but by no means essential

Nb: While we think the above experience could be important, we can’t predict the future and so we’re keen to hear from applicants that believe they have valuable experience. If you identify with the team & mission, but not all of the suggestions, then please still apply

Due to the nature of this role, you will be expected to meet requirements associated with obtaining UK security vetting clearance; including an unbroken residency in the UK for the previous 5 years. If you think that this might be an issue for you, please let us know

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About Us

Improbable is determined to foster an environment where people can do their best work and feel like they belong. We believe a healthy culture, strong values and contribution from a diverse range of individuals will help us to achieve success.

We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any other legally protected status.