Scientist (AI and Autonomy) - G15

This position is within the Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) under NATO, focusing on robotics and autonomous systems applied to uncrewed underwater, surface, and air vehicles. The role involves designing, developing, implementing, and validating autonomy algorithms for autonomous mine hunting and seabed warfare, contributing to the ANMW Programme of Work.

Responsibilities

• Support the ANMW programme of work in innovative scientific research in naval mine warfare, seabed warfare and drone warfare.
• Develop and implement advanced and novel algorithms and models for autonomous systems.
• Develop rigorous mathematical understanding and assess performance of algorithms.
• Collaborate with researchers and domain experts to identify research questions, solutions and design experiments.
• Conduct and document theoretical and/or experimental investigations as part of a maritime research team.
• Stay updated with latest advancements in autonomy, robotics and related fields and apply methodologies to research projects.
• Participate in interdisciplinary research teams and contribute to research proposals and publications.
• Present research findings at conferences, workshops and internal meetings.
• Support organization and execution of NATO workshops and conferences and development of proposals for external funding beyond ACT.

Requirements

• Strong experience in autonomous navigation, mapping, perception, autonomous behaviors and/or AI-driven autonomy.
• Degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or related field.
• Strong background in robotics and autonomous systems.
• Strong background in AI applied to autonomy.
• Proven track record of high quality scientific research in robotics with significant publication record.
• Experience with robotics software middleware such as ROS or ROS2.
• Strong scientific programming experience using Linux, MATLAB, Python.
• Experience with architectures and algorithms for collaborative robotics.
• Experience participating in scientific project work within a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Experience in submission and execution of scientific projects delivering expected outputs.
• MSc degree from a nationally recognised university in scientific, engineering or related field with at least 5 years post-MSc related experience as Scientist or Engineer with focus on physics, acoustics or signal processing; OR PhD degree from a nationally recognised university in physics, engineering, applied mathematics or related field with at least 2 years post-PhD related experience as Scientist or Engineer with focus and training on ocean acoustics.
• Thorough knowledge of one of the two NATO languages (English or French), both written and spoken, with some knowledge of the other desirable.
• Must hold a fit for sea certificate in line with IMO and ILO standards before taking up duty.

Skills

• Autonomous Navigation
• Mapping
• Perception
• AI-driven Autonomy
• Robotics
• Autonomous Systems
• Scientific Research
• Robotics Software Middleware
• ROS
• ROS2
• Scientific Programming
• linux
• Matlab
• Python
• Collaborative Robotics
• Scientific Research Project Management
• Physics
• Acoustics
• Signal Processing
• Ocean Acoustics
• Algorithm Development
• Autonomy Algorithms

Languages

English