Jobs in Northampton

Software Engineer

Contributes across the full development lifecycle, from concept and algorithm design to system integration, testing and troubleshooting of safety-critical navigation and autonomy software in C++. Works with a multidisciplinary team on real-time embedded systems, hardware/software-in-the-loop testing and flight test activities, producing design documentation and test reports.

Flarebright Bicester £39,000 – £49,000 pa

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

Senior Software Engineer, Chem-Bio

Senior individual contributor building the shared platform, tooling and infrastructure for an interdisciplinary chem-bio research team. Work spans LLM-based agent systems, evaluation frameworks, cloud and container infrastructure, and production Python, translating varied research needs into maintainable systems while mentoring engineers without line management.

AI Security Institute London

On-site Permanent

Head of AI

Lead AI strategy, governance and delivery across a major UK pension administration organisation, working with the CTO and executive team to identify and scale AI opportunities. Establish responsible AI frameworks, build and manage a specialist AI team, and oversee adoption of tools such as Microsoft Copilot, Civica UPM and UiPath. The role combines strategic leadership, risk assurance and supplier engagement to drive measurable service improvements.

Local Pensions Partnership Administration Preston £90,000 – £100,000 pa

Hybrid Permanent

Engineering Manager - dominAI

Owns people leadership and end-to-end delivery for a new AI-powered defence product team, line-managing a multidisciplinary group of AI/ML, simulation, infrastructure and web engineers. Stays hands-on in a TypeScript, React and Node codebase while partnering with Product and technical leads, hiring into a growing sub-team and adapting agile delivery to research-shaped AI work.

Hadean London

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Faculty Position in Statistics

The role involves contributing to research and teaching in statistics, broadly interpreted from theoretical mathematical statistics to foundations of machine learning, within the world-leading Statistical Laboratory. The post-holder will lecture undergraduate and master's courses, pursue research funding, and build interdisciplinary collaborations across Cambridge and internationally.

University of Cambridge Cambridge £47,389 – £59,966 pa

Permanent