Principal Scientist
Core
Provide deep technical leadership in developing disruptive technologies and capabilities for defence and national security applications.
Role type
Principal Scientist (Strategy & Technical Depth)
Builds
Practical, scalable systems and operational capabilities from research concepts
Domain
Defence, National Security, Deep-Tech
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | research | infrastructure
Required skills
Strategic scientific direction, hypothesis testing, experimental design, prototyping, cross-disciplinary collaboration, technical leadership, IP development, complex problem translation
Preferred skills
Physics/applied physics, optics/photonics, signal processing, AI/ML, autonomous systems, electronic warfare, advanced materials
Technologies
AI/ML, signal processing, optics, RF, electronics, control systems
Responsibilities
Define and lead scientific roadmap for disruption technologies, develop and test novel concepts through modelling and field trials, translate scientific problems into engineering challenges, provide technical leadership to scientists and engineers, partner with Product/Engineering to deploy technology, engage with defence customers and research partners, validate or kill ideas via experiments
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship