DarkMatter is looking for a Principal Machine Learning Engineer based in the UAE to lead Advance Research software development in Edge Computing Secure Communications domain to drive end-to-end security architecture including clients that could be smart IoT devices or mobile devices to cloud at the other end of the network. The person would work across the organization in collaboration with the critical business groups stakeholders to ensure that our research goals and schedules are well aligned. The ideal candidate will have preferably demonstrated prior experience in leading hardware and/or software strategy and development projects. He or she should have a good understanding of Cybersecurity, wireless, IOT, machine learning and compute technologies. We are looking for someone who is flexible and can respond quickly, energetically, and enthusiastically to challenges, and develop proofs of concepts that can be rapidly productized. The successful candidate will interact with engineering teams, operations, IT, legal, marketing, finance, procurement and other resources inside and outside DarkMatter.
Essential Functions - Understand use cases and customer requirements for secure communications and develop a security architecture solution working with the cross-functional teams.
- Lead software development of proof of concepts of new solution working with the teams.
- Close collaboration with Research and Development teams
- Excellent Communicator of Vision to internal and external audiences through presentations and technical papers
- Have the ability to prioritize appropriately and drive issues to closure/resolution keeping the big picture in sight at all times
- Must be a disciplined organizer and ready to work with highly skilled engineering teams to identify and resolve potential risks to the schedule and quality of the product
- Must be at ease leading and working with distributed teams, ODMs, contractors across multiple geographies and time zones
- Collaborate across the organization to manage dependencies.
- Proactively identify and mitigate risks and remove impediments.
- Communicate project status, deployment milestones/deadlines, schedules, risks, expectations, timelines/milestones, team velocity and other key project metrics to multiple audiences (executive management, project team, clients, key stakeholders, etc.)
REQUIREMENTS Education and Experience - Master's or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, electrical engineering, related field and at least 10 years' experience in Machine Learning Development
- Has led some groundbreaking work in Machine Learning development
- Led proof of concept development and transfer of technology to product teams
- Must be hands-on and familiar all latest tools (e.g., Tensorflow) and agile methodologies
- Excellent cross-functional communication skills (verbal/written), collaboration, and interpersonal skills are essential
- Strong leadership skills, the ability to influence and prevailing positive approach. Able to build strong partnerships across the organization to deliver the best outcomes
- Demonstrated ability to learn and leverage technical knowledge to effectively guide strategy, development and teams.
ABOUT THE COMPANY DarkMatter is transforming the cyber security landscape. Headquartered in the UAE and operating globally, we're the region's first and only fully integrated digital defence and cyber security consultancy and implementation firm. Our elite team of global experts deliver advanced, next-generation solutions to governments and enterprises across the cyber security spectrum.
We help clients simplify the enormous complexity of today's ever-evolving cyber threats. Our vision is to protect the future by securing its technologies. Innovation and Research are cornerstones to our development and the activities in these areas underpin our entire range of offerings, including Secure Communications, Public Key Infrastructure and Big Data & Analytics products.
