Location: Reading, United Kingdom
In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow’s possible.
Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

LOCATION: READING (HYBRID WORKING)

We are seeking an AI Expert with proven experience of innovating AI solutions. This person will drive technical leadership for AI in the Thales UK cortAIx Labs - our innovation hub for AI algorithms & enabling capabilities.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

• In this pivotal role, you will maintain a profile and network as an AI thought leader both within Thales UK and externally. You will identify and master the most promising AI based technologies, engage with our customers to ensure AI is used appropriately for their problems and collaborate with the UK, European and International research ecosystems.

• You will provide specific leadership for AI R&D and innovation for reinforcement learning. With our ambition to develop and expand the team, will we expect you to identify new talent and partnering opportunities with industry and academia. The role is also critical to identifying and winning customer-funded projects, leveraging our internal investment and bringing customer requirements into our capability roadmaps

• Interdisciplinary working is critical to solving our customers’ problems, and you will benefit from the wider Labs’ expertise in human-machine teaming, autonomous systems and advanced signal

processing, to lead the development of AI solutions.

• To support the strategic development and delivery of AI solutions applied into Thales’ portfolio of complex mission systems, you will collaborate with the Thales UK CortAIx Factory to develop AI within robust processes for assurance, integrity and in-service support.
• As part of the global Thales Group, Thales UK undertakes R&D challenges across its international

network. This role will engage with the AI community in France, Canada, Singapore to ensure the continued contribution of UK AI R&D to the Group technical strategy.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Strategic Leadership:
• Be the face of AI R&D and innovation for Thales UK
• Bring personal vision and ideas to the cortAIx Lab technical strategy and drive the capability development in your area
• Interface with the Thales Group international cortAIx network to influence direction and grow UK activities, including but not limited to the PCC KTD
• AI delivery
• Work with UK CortAIx Factory to develop and deliver new AI algorithms into Thales product offerings
• Design & Governance
• Working with the UK CortAIx Factory, ensure the development of AI models, algorithms, and data architectures meets business, technical, and regulatory requirements.
• Promote best practices in AI ethics, robustness, transparency, and governance.
• Market & Customer Engagement
• Build customer intimacy to help secure customer-funded projects
• Monitor industry trends, competitive landscapes, and benchmarks to maintain a technical edge.
• Identify and engage third-party collaborators to enhance the capabilities of the AI Lab team as needed
• Team Leadership
• Supervision and technical leadership of AI lab resources to deliver the agreed cortAIx Lab technical strategy