Senior Algorithms Engineer

Senior Algorithms EngineerWokingham, UK | £50,000 – £60,000 | Full-time, HybridOur client is an established, leading design and manufacturing business with sites across the UK, delivering cutting-edge products to the defence industry. They're looking for an innovative Algorithms Engineer to join their Image Processing team, developing next-generation intelligent sensing and computer vision capabilities for challenging defence applications — including electro-optic gun fire control systems, ground-based air defence, counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS), multi-domain surveillance, and autonomous platforms.You'll solve complex real-world perception problems by combining machine learning, computer vision, signal processing, and statistical techniques to help systems detect, classify, track, and understand objects in challenging environments — with the opportunity to take technical ownership of key capability areas and mentor others across the team.What you'll be doing:Researching, developing, and evaluating computer vision algorithms for image classification, object detection, and fine-grained recognitionDesigning datasets, evaluation methodologies, and automated pipelines to accelerate ML developmentAnalysing model performance, identifying failure modes, and driving real-world capability improvementsSupporting integration, testing, and deployment of algorithms into real-time video processing systemsMentoring engineers and sharing computer vision/ML expertise across the teamCommunicating technical concepts and recommendations to stakeholders and customersWhat we're looking for:Degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, AI, Engineering, Mathematics, or PhysicsPractical experience deploying ML/computer vision algorithms in production or near-production systemsExperience with modern CV architectures — object detection, image classification, transformersStrong Python skills, with C++ experience for production or performance-critical systemsA methodical, ownership-driven approach to solving ambiguous technical problemsNice to have:Bayesian inference, uncertainty estimation, or probabilistic modelling experienceFamiliarity with synthetic data, multi-modal neural networks, or action recognitionExperience with ML tooling (experiment tracking, dataset management, CI/CD) or CMake for cross-platform C++What's on offer:37.5hr week with Friday lunchtime finishes, hybrid/flexible working28 days annual leave + Christmas closureMatched pension up to 5%, income protection, life assuranceEAP, health/wellbeing initiatives, EV salary sacrifice schemeShares incentive plan, gym discounts, referral bonus, strong L&D supportPlease note: Successful candidates must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance, including 5 years' UK residency and full right-to-work history.📩 Apply now or reach out directly to find out more.#Defence #ComputerVision #MachineLearning #AlgorithmsEngineer #Hiring #UKJobs #Wokingham