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Airbus • Paris, France

AI Decision Making Research Engineer (M/F)

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a AI Decision Making Research Engineer (f/m) to join our Technology labs team based in Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) , France .

As an expert in artificial intelligence and decision methods, you will be involved in R&D work aimed at supporting providing novel decision-making tools for all domains of interest using Artificial Intelligence and operations research techniques.

Within Airbus Defence and Space, the Connected Intelligence (CI) entity provides its clients with secure communication solutions available at any time and anywhere in the world, and state-of-the-art software to empower real-time decisions. Connected Intelligence is a global leader in civil, military, and public safety and security software and communication solutions. To maintain this leadership, CI pursues an ambitious innovation policy to expand its portfolio of high-value-added solutions.

This work will primarily be conducted at a specific site in Boulogne-Billancourt. This job is for you if you have interest in solving complex problems in decision making settings across different domains. Furthermore, you want to use your creativity and are eager to tackle complex and innovative technical challenges.

You will be integrated into an engineering team responsible for designing and developing future defense systems capable of exceeding our clients' expectations.

How we care for you:

  • Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.
  • Work / Life Balance: Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
  • Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.
  • Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Your challenges:

  • Contribute to the team's work, research, and architecture work
  • Lead projects within the team
  • Design, develop, test, and integrate software application modules into the laboratory's platforms
  • Integrate the basic AI and optimization solutions for demonstration or proof of concept (PoC) purposes
  • Help integrate solutions in customer premises and subject to specific constraints or existing systems
  • Contribute to the evolution of the laboratory environment, networking and recognition both internally within Airbus group and externally
  • Lead the writing and publication of scientific articles and patents
  • Ensure continuous technological watch
  • Collaborate with academic partners and supervise PhD students.

Your profile:

  • Min 10 years of professional experience
  • Programming languages: C++, Python, Java
  • Mathematical programming / constraint programming solves: Gurobi, OR-Tools, ...
  • Environment: Linux Ubuntu / Centos, Mac OS X
  • Virtualization : VMware, Docker
  • Development environment: git, vscode
  • Mathematical programming/Optimization (continuous, combinatorial, etc.), Metaheuristics (evolutionary algorithms, ...)
  • Reinforcement Learning, and other statistical methods (e.g., Bayesian networks, Markov chains, ...)
  • General computer science concepts including strong knowledge in algorithms, data structures, and graph theory
  • Software Development and software architecture
  • Machine learning models including supervised, non-supervised and time series forecasting (e.g., SVN, XGBoost, GNN, VAE, GAN, LSTM, ARIMA, LLMs, ...)
  • Computer communications and related telecommunication knowledge, including in the field of satellite communication, and softwarized networks, protocol stacks
  • Knowledge of military operations, notions on NATO doctrine and related concepts
  • An advanced spoken and written English is required.

You must hold French nationality in accordance with IGI 1300 of 30/11/2011 (Article 65), as this position requires a security clearance or eligibility for a clearance by the recognized authorities.

Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customized development solutions.

Take your career to a new level and apply online now!

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:
Airbus Defence and Space SAS

Employment Type:
Permanent
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Classe Emploi (France): Classe G14

Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Software Engineering

By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.
Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com .

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

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Company benefits

Accrued annual leave
Adoption leave
Annual bonus
Bike parking
Coaching
Complimentary Medical Services
Cycle to work scheme
Employee discounts
Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Enhanced sick pay
Family health insurance
Health insurance
In house training
Language lessons
Mentoring
On-site gym
Open to compressed hours
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Referral bonus
Sabbaticals
Teambuilding days
Mental health support
Mental health platform access
Mental health first aiders

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165000

Gender diversity (m:f):

70:30

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