AI Engineer

1w1 week ago

BAE Systems

Preston, GB · Full-time · £55,000 – £75,000

About this role

Join BAE Systems as an AI Engineer and be part of something bigger. You'll bring unique skills to pioneer progress in defence, aerospace, and security solutions. Shaping a safer future with no limits from ocean depths to space reaches.

Build LLM capability services such as RAG Q&A, summarisation, document integration, and tool integration. Develop LLM-backed APIs using FastAPI for chatbot capabilities. Implement core duties in a hybrid Preston role with flexible arrangements.

Join the Data team in a new part of the business introducing new technology across BAE. Undertake groundbreaking work from the ground up. Make your mark and shape the role to your strengths.

Grow your career with purpose, lifelong learning, and meaningful work. Enjoy a supportive culture embracing diversity and inclusion. Feel valued with rewards tailored to you, financial support, and balanced lifestyle.

Requirements

Python backend engineering skills
Experience of RAG implementation and LLM orchestration
Knowledge of FastAPI
Knowledge of Langchain/LangGraph
Knowledge of vLLM, AI Search, Hugging Face, Docling, PGVector, and AI Foundry

Responsibilities

Build LLM capability services such as RAG Q&A, summarisation, document integration and tool integration
Develop LLM-backed APIs using FastAPI for LLM chatbot capabilities
Implement retrieval workflows including chunking, embeddings, and grounded answering
Integrate with enterprise data sources like MinIO, Databricks, Postgres/PGVector, and Azure AI Search
Improve response quality through evaluation and testing
Deploy services in OpenShift and Azure via GitLab CI/CD