For over 110 years Aston Martin has made the most exquisitely addictive performance sports cars.
But no one builds an Aston Martin on their own. Behind these legends and landmarks are hundreds of dreamers, darers and doers who make extraordinary happen, every single day. That's why the name of everyone who has ever worn our famous wings is inscribed on the wall of our factory.
As we embark on an exciting new era for the business, we need the very best people to write their own chapter on our journey to become the world's most desirable ultra-luxury British performance brand.
Join us.
Job Purpose:
Lead the development and prototyping of innovative AI/ML solutions for our ultra-premium automotive brand, with a focus on predictive maintenance and generative AI. This role demands a proactive, hands-on approach to drive our AI initiatives from concept to implementation.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
- AI/ML Prototyping: Develop and prototype AI/ML models for predictive maintenance and generative AI, leveraging tools like Langchain, open-source LLMs, and advanced RAG techniques (e.g., GraphRAG, multimodal RAG).
- Data Exploration & Engineering: Analyse diverse datasets (e.g., CAN signals, CRM, service records), performing data cleansing, transformation, and feature engineering to optimize model training.
- Iterative Model Improvement: Continuously refine and optimize models, ensuring alignment with business needs and real-world applications.
- Visualisation & Communication: Create clear, compelling visualisations and present insights effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with ML Engineers, Data Engineers, and Product Managers to ensure seamless integration of prototypes into production, fostering teamwork and knowledge-sharing.
- Innovation & Initiative: Stay ahead of AI/ML advancements, proactively proposing new applications and driving projects independently while maintaining a collaborative spirit.
Qualifications & Experience:
- & Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field.
& & & & Essential for this role:
- Hands-on experience developing and deploying machine learning models, particularly in automotive or IoT contexts.
- Expertise in Python, data science libraries, and tools like GitHub for versioning and branching.
- Experience with generative AI tools like Hugging Face and implementing solutions on platforms like Azure ML Studio, MLflow or Sagemaker
- Strong problem-solving skills, with a proactive, self-driven approach to overcoming challenges.
- Excellent communication skills to convey complex ideas clearly.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.We'd prefer if you had:
- Experience with advanced RAG techniques and real-time data processing.
- Familiarity with Jira and Confluence for project management in agile environments.
- Background in the automotive industry, especially with connected car data or predictive maintenance.
About You:
- Collaboration – builds & maintains effective relationships within own function as well as across departments. Collaborates within teams to achieve goals. Team player with ‘can-do' attitude.
- Internal customer focus – always focuses on high attention to detail & demonstrates accuracy in their work with the end user/customer in mind.
- Communication – ensures communication has a clear purpose, is factual, accurate & provided at the right time. Proactively shares information with colleagues & stakeholders. Excellent written communication skills for report writing & concerns raising. Able to verbally communicate at all levels.
- Commitment – takes ownership of objectives, work activities & behaviour, & makes informed decisions backed by data. Commits to deadlines & achieving milestones Strong time management, ability to balance and prioritise multiple tasks to meet customer/business needs.
- Continuously challenge & improve – takes initiative & uses data to challenge traditional ways of thinking & improve processes & working practices.
Belong at Aston Martin
We understand that the incredible beauty, craft and art that defines an Aston Martin comes from the inclusion of our amazing people.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs. We celebrate diversity and are seeking applicants who can bring something different. Please speak to us if there is anything you need to support making an application with us.
The post holder will be required to comply with all policies and procedures issued by and on behalf of Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd