Lead ML Engineer - UAV Defence Scale-up - London Darwin Recruitment have partnered exclusively with a true leader in the Autonomous UAV sector across Europe. We've already helped them to scale-up their AI teams and they are not slowing down! They now have a fantastic opportunity for a Lead Machine Learning Engineer to lead a growing team of Engineers with the focus of designing, developing and deploying ML models that underpin their real time intelligence UAV solutions. This will (at least initially) be a 50/50 hands on vs leadership/strategy role. Previous tech / team leadership of small to medium size teams is a MUST. Flat structure without all the politics that get in the way, you will be able to truly have a seat at the table and influence strategic decision making. Experience of Interest: Bachelors, Masters or PHD in Computer Science, Engineering, Robotics or similar. Industry experience of ideally 5 years within ML development and deployment. Tech & Team leadership of small to medium size teams. Experience of the UAV / Drone / Autonomous Systems sector. Python, C++, Java or Rust. TensorFlow, TensorFlow Lite, TensorRT, PyTorch, Scikit-Learn. Software Development best practices (CI/CD, DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes) Familiarity with Cloud environments (AWS, GCP etc.). This is a chance to join a business with real purpose, where you work has a real-world impact! You can work from anywhere in the UK, with fully remote or hybrid options available (no sponsorship available). Pay depends on location and experience, however we're looking at a range from £100,000 to £120,000 10% Pension 25 days holiday. For the full details you can reach out to Richard James, UAV Business Manager at Darwin Recruitment - richard.james@darwinrecruitment.com / 44 1277 289226 Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.