AI Product Engineer (KTP Associate)

AI Product Engineer (KTP Associate)

Ulster University and The Odyssey Trust Company Limited (OTC)

School: School of Computing

Location: The Odyssey Trust Company Limited (OTC), 2 Queens Quay, Belfast BT3 9QQ

Salary: £37,000 to £42,000 per annum

Closing Date: 8th February 2026

Full-time, Fixed-term for two years

Reference Number: 040487

- THE BUSINESS -

At The Odyssey Trust, we seek passionate individuals to help us bring education and entertainment to life in Northern Ireland. The Odyssey Trust manages Northern Ireland's millennium project, including the Stena Line Belfast Giants, The SSE Arena, Belfast, W5 Science & Discovery Centre, W5 LIFE, and the Odyssey Car Park, welcoming over a million guests annually. Our goals are to advance public education through W5 and provide leisure and recreation facilities to improve social welfare.

We are committed to the BEET (Best Experience Every Time) ideology for customers, colleagues, and stakeholders, guided by our core values of positivity, integrity, commitment, innovation, and teamwork. Sustainability is central to our mission, and we strive to create unforgettable experiences while minimising environmental impact and enhancing the wellbeing of our community.

- THE ROLE -

The OTC in partnership with Ulster University, has established a 2-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Project and is offering an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and highly motivated Computer Science/Software Engineering graduate to work as a KTP Associate to oversee the development of an AI-powered decision support platform to drive proactive decision-making, ultimately leading to improved customer experience, reduced operational costs, and increased revenue.

- KTP PROJECT DESCRIPTION -

The KTP will focus on developing the Agentic AI-powered Situation Awareness Platform (AI-SAP) to be an intelligent and integrated decision-support platform that can handle large and complex datasets from diverse sources, provide actionable, real-time insights and predictive capabilities, and allow users to interactively query complex data and make more effective business decisions. The project involves utilising skills in Agentic AI, LLM, machine learning, data engineering and software development.

- BENEFITS -

This KTP project provides a unique opportunity to apply your knowledge and skills to a real industry challenge whilst benefitting from industrial and academic supervision and mentoring from Ulster University's experts, Dr Tazar Hussain, Professor Jun Liu, and Professor Chris Nugent, who will enhance your technical expertise in Agentic AI, ML/Data analytics, Large Language Models (LLM), and their implementations. As a KTP Associate, you will also acquire new skills in strategic leadership that can help to super-charge your career.

Additional benefits include:

• Generous £11.8k Training, Development, Equipment & Travel Budget, dedicated to project delivery, which includes but is not limited to training and courses to enhance research skills, as well as critical networking with key players in the field, specific project equipment, etc.
• FREE formal management training and development
• FREE University postgraduate part-time study opportunities at Ulster University (where appropriate)
• 10% Associate development time built into work plan
• Opportunity to work with academics to develop scientific articles to be published in peer-reviewed, world-class academic journals
• Competitive salary
• Enhanced skills and experience that are marketable and highly transferable
• KTPs accelerate careers

- ABOUT YOU -

Applicants should hold an honours degree in a Computing-based subject, including Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related numerate discipline with significant programming/computing components.

The Associate should have good skills and experience in the following areas:

• Knowledge and experience of using research methods (and understanding of qualitative and quantitative research) and/or being involved in research
• Proven experience in ML/data analytics and AI projects
• Proficient in programming languages such as Python
• Experience contributing to progress within software development and/or research projects
• Knowledge of advanced computing topics, e.g., AI, ML, and LLMs, etc.

Further information can be found in the Candidate Briefing Document on our website.

The appointment will be for a period of two years and, although the post is administratively linked to the University, the Associate will be based at the Company's premises at 2 Queens Quay, Belfast BT3 9QQ. Successful completion of the KTP may lead to a new position within the company partner at the end of the project period.

Both the OTC and Ulster University are Equal Opportunities employers.

The University is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community, particularly from those with disabilities. Appointment will be made on merit.

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