Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer – Advanced Research (open to permanent or 6 month contract)

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, Agile methodologies, C Programming, C++, Effective communication skills, Git, Large Language Models - LLMs, Machine learning techniques, NeurIPS, Python Programming, PyTorch, Teamwork, TensorFlow

Job Description

The AI team at Samsung Research UK is looking for exceptional Senior Machine Learning Research Engineers to join the growing team in Staines-upon-Thames. The team undertakes projects involving the application of cutting-edge research into proof-of-concept and commercial products for Samsung devices and services. The prospective candidate will have the opportunity to be part of building next generation mobile devices from Samsung. The candidate will contribute to software development and research of on-device AI tools and methods for their deployment on Samsung’s flagship mobile devices. We encourage enthusiastic researchers and engineers with a strong academic background and expertise in development of AI frameworks and tools. You will be poised to grow and expand your programming skills and expertise into a dynamic new set of research problems. This position will require you to work closely with other researchers and engineers to enable and accelerate new research efforts for on-device AI.

Role and Responsibilities

As a Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer, you will:

• Innovate & develop state-of-the-art solutions to industry relevant problems in the field of privacy preserving on-device machine learning

• Actively propose and prototype novel research ideas/solutions considering real-world constraints

• Work on complex systems and develop research ideas into production ready software

• Incorporate software engineering practices at both research and development stages

• Have technical responsibility for one or more significant sections of the assigned research project.

• Translate complex functional and technical requirements into detailed design

Skills and Qualifications

• PhD degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related disciplines (an equivalent period of industrial experience may be substituted).

• Demonstrated excellent knowledge of fundamentals of machine learning and artificial intelligence: First author publications in top ML/AI conferences/journals (e.g., ACL, ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, CVPR, IEEE TPAMI or similar) on the following topics:

• Natural Language Processing.

• Model Compression.

• Continual/Few-shot Learning

• Security and Privacy in Machine Learning

Demonstrated success:

• Professional software development experience with Python or C/C++ is required.

• Creating comprehensive and well-written documentation.

• Familiarity with software engineering practices and tools such as Git, CI, Agile, etc.

• Experience with programming using machine learning frameworks (e.g., Tensorflow/PyTorch).

• Excellent communication, teamwork and a results-oriented attitude.

• Proficiency in problem solving and debugging.

Desirable Skills

• A proven track record in AI model development and deployment (on embedded or distributed devices is a plus).

• Performing test-driven development.

• Contribution to open source software libraries.

• Publications on Large Language Model efficiency.

• Experience with Rust.

Contract Type: permanent or 6 month contract (inside IR35)

Location: Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey, UK

Hybrid Policy: 3 days a week onsite and 2 days working from home if preferred