Senior Data Scientist

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Data Scientist

Location: UK Wide

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role

Salary: Circa £52,000 per annum depending on skills and experience

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

What you’ll be doing:

This role applies advanced technical expertise to create innovative data/ML solutions that support both strategic and operational business goals. It enhances the organisation’s ability to generate insight by using statistical methods, machine learning and artificial intelligence to explore data and improve decision‑making.

It also ensures all data and AI models are developed and used ethically, meeting legislative, security and contractual requirements. The role provides leadership across the full lifecycle of innovation artefacts—design, upgrade, maintenance, decommissioning and archiving—while guiding best practice in managing machine‑learning and AI models in line with organisational policy.

Core duties:

• You will be an expert in data science tools, including Matlab and Python as well as with relevant libraries for advance data science and machine learning (e.g. pandas, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Jupyter Notebook)
• You will have experience building, validating and optimising supervised and unsupervised ML models
• You will have a working knowledge of Azure Services like Azure MLFlow, Ai Search, Ai Foundry and OpenAi.
• You will be able to explore existing and new data using a range of statistical tools and techniques, such as machine learning and predictive analytics
• You will be able to apply tools and techniques for data analysis, data manipulation and data visualisation (including the use of business information tools) and develop business intelligence reports and/or artificial intelligence artefacts that can be integrated in stand alone solutions

The Data and Analytics Team:

This is an opportunity to join a new part of the business, undertaking a new piece of work, introducing new technology into the wider BAE Business. Joining from the ground up, this is a chance to make your mark and the role your own. This role will provide the opportunity to grow the role & your responsibility into a wider scope or even specialise within a specific area.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 6th April 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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