Research Software Engineer

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 24 November 2025

Newcastle University invites applications for a Research Software Engineer to develop and deploy machine learning solutions on edge computing platforms.

In this role, you will be responsible for integrating, optimizing, and deploying machine learning models on resource constrained devices, ensuring real time processing capabilities.

You will collaborate with cross functional teams to deliver scalable, efficient, and robust edge AI solutions that can function reliably with limited connectivity and power constraints.

This role is part time for 25 hours per week for the duration of 3 months.

• Design and implement software pipelines to deploy ML models on edge devices with real time inference capabilities
• Optimize machine learning models (e.g., quantization, pruning) for edge hardware to balance accuracy, latency, and power consumption
• Integrate edge AI solutions with sensor data streams and device hardware
• Develop observability tools for monitoring model quality, drift, and system health on deployed devices
• Write clean, efficient, and well documented code with comprehensive testing
• Stay updated on the latest advancements in edge AI frameworks, hardware accelerators, and deployment strategies

• The candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Candidate must have experience in using LiDAR data for autonomous vehicles or an equivalent application
• Candidate must have knowledge of Deep Learning Architectures and Training
• Candidate must be able to program in Python
• Candidate should have experience working in the industry
• Candidate should have skills of presentation, communication, and working in team
• Candidate should have skills of report writing
• Candidate should have skills of research methods

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a Gold Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC. We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.