The Northern Ireland Artificial Intelligence Collaboration Centre (AICC) at Queen’s University Belfast is seeking to appoint a research engineer to undertake collaborative research projects with Northern Ireland companies in the areas of visual analytics, data cleansing, time series analysis, machine learning, digital twins, predictive analytics or data analysis techniques.
The AICC is a £16.3M investment by InvestNI and the Department for the Economy that aims to increase the use of AI by companies in Northern Ireland. Delivered in partnership by University and Queen's University Belfast on sites in Belfast and Derry/Londonderry, the AICC offers an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to join world class research activities, collaborating between academic AI researchers and companies to work on a range of challenging applied research projects.
About the person:
The successful candidate must have:
To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.
This post is available for 42 months. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.
What we offer:
Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-and-benefits/
Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.
For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit www.qub.ac.uk/diversity.
Candidate Information
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