Principal Engineer

Fixed Term position for 3 years.

Building your career at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) offers many rewards.

The State Government of South Australia and the University of Adelaide have co-invested in an Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML).  The AIML is the largest University based computer vision and machine learning group in Australia with over 200 members including academics, engineers, and HDR students.

The AIML works on a mixture of fundamental and commercially orientated research projects in computer vision and machine learning, with a strong track record of publication in the AI top venues.  The University’s Computer Vision research is amongst the best in the world.

Find out more at https://www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/home

Working under broad direction with a high overall degree of autonomy, the Principal Engineer will manage a significant and complex suite of projects and lead a small team to deliver machine learning systems for challenging real-world problems that will make a difference in people’s daily lives. They will be heavily involved in the complete development lifecycle for computer vision and machine learning software solutions including scoping and planning projects; and, taking responsibility for delivery of software to end users.  In this multifaceted role, the successful applicant will also engage in the development of machine learning systems as a machine learning engineer.

To be successful you will need:

• 5+ years’ experience in commercial software development and product management
• 5+ years’ experience in a commercial programming language and environment (i.e. Java, .NET, C++) and also in a data science programming language (i.e. python, R) and toolchain (i.e. PyTorch, Tensorflow, Scikit learn, CARET)
• Strong software design and architecture skills, including a deep understanding of how systems are built, orchestrated, tested, and automated
• Experience in cloud-based software development, automation, monitoring and orchestration
  • E.g., Kubernetes, Google Cloud, Terraform, Ansible
  • Demonstrable experience developing, testing, and operationalising machine learning products into such an environment
• Experience in the end-to-end delivery user-facing systems that have a machine learning element to them

(Please note, the successful candidate will be involved in the administration or execution of defence related activities)

Enjoy an outstanding career environment

The University of Adelaide is a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs – including significant industry, government and community collaborations – offers you a vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.

It also enables us to attract high-calibre people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work’s cutting-edge nature – not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour – provides a constant source of inspiration.

Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework  and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge and capability of all our staff.

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.

In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include: salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high-quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities.

Learn more at: adelaide.edu.au/jobs

Your faculty’s broader role

The Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology is a multidisciplinary hub of cutting-edge teaching and research. Many of its academic staff are world leaders in their fields and graduates are highly regarded by employers. The Faculty actively partners with innovative industries to solve problems of global significance.

Learn more at: Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology | University of Adelaide

The Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) conducts globally competitive research and development in artificial intelligence and machine learning.