AI Engineering Lead

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* Job Description:

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** AI Engineering Lead
**** SECURITY CLEARANCE:
** Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance OR You will be subject to BPSS and Export Control checks (including a criminal record check)
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* TRAVEL REQUIRED:

** None
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* LOCATION:

** Site (60% of your working week must be office based)
** TYPE:
** Full time
** WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU
**** Financial Reward:
** Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax-free technology scheme, shopping discounts and much more
** Work / Life Balance:
** 35 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, hybrid working, flexible working, option to buy/sell holiday (AP+)
** Personal Development:
** Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities
** Health & Wellbeing:
** Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support), wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga / meditation
** Family and Caregiving:
** Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay), adoption / shared parental / caregiving leave, purpose built maternity rooms on site
** Inclusive Environment:
** Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)
** Our world is changing. And so are we.
** At Airbus, we are pioneering sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. Data and Artificial Intelligence are key enablers to help us achieve this ambition. They allow us to solve complex industrial challenges, enhance our operational efficiency and advance the competitiveness of our products and services. You will join the central team for Artificial Intelligence of Airbus for commercial aircraft based in the Digital domain.

We play a dual role in the digital transformation of the company. First, we directly architect and build the company’s most critical and complex AI solutions. Second, we define the technical AI ecosystem by providing the platforms, standards, and expert guidance that enable decentralized teams across our business functions to build and deploy AI faster and more effectively.
** HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM
**** Architect & Integrate Complex AI Systems
*** Lead the design of large, interconnected AI systems, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and operationally robust across our enterprise IT landscape (AWS, GCP, Palantir Foundry).
* Drive the technical evolution toward autonomous Agentic Systems, designing workflows where AI agents reason, plan, and execute complex business processes.
* Set high engineering standards for system design, focusing on practical improvements in observability, state management, and error handling for production AI.
** Technical Leadership & UK Interface
*** Act as the primary interface for our global AI Strategy in the UK, voicing company developments and helping the UK sites develop a stronger footprint in utilizing AI.
* Act as a "playing coach" to our AI engineers, fostering a culture of technical quality and autonomy. You will code alongside the team to conduct reviews and solve complex technical roadblocks.
* Contribute to the creation of development standards and reusable components, enabling partner teams across the business to integrate state-of-the-art AI capabilities easily.
** Delivery & Resilience
*** Quickly address and proactively solve complex technical and operational conflicts that arise when deploying novel technology in a large enterprise.
* Take responsibility for the quality of our deliveries, ensuring adherence to standards for reliability and compliance.
** ABOUT YOU
**** Essential Technical

Skills:

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* ** Production Experience**:
Experience in Software or AI Engineering with a proven track record of deploying and maintaining AI systems in…