Senior Machine Learning Engineer

SONITEC Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

SONITEC Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

This range is provided by SONITEC. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

A$180,000.00 / yr - A$200,000.00 / yr

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We’re partnering with a high-growth technology leader building mission-critical AI systems with global impact. This is an incredible opportunity for an experienced Machine Learning Engineer who thrives at the intersection of AI, automation, and real-world systems .

About the role

In this role, you will drive the design and deployment of state-of-the-art deep learning algorithms, with a strong focus on real-world applications in RF and multi-modal domains.

You’ll lead end-to-end machine learning initiatives - from research and experimentation to scalable production deployment - shaping the future of how AI is applied in defence and security. This position offers the rare opportunity to work on high-impact problems where cutting‑edge ML research directly translates into operational advantage for customers worldwide.

Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations

• Design and develop production‑grade DL algorithms based on state-of-the-art research for diverse RF-based applications.
• Lead the end-to-end ML experimentation cycle, including workflow design, algorithm implementation, evaluation, and result analysis.
• Define long-term (monthly) research objectives and deliver on short-term (weekly) milestones.
• Write production-quality code following software engineering best practices (e.g., test, version control, modularity).
• Optimize model training (e.g., distributed clusters), post-training (e.g., quantization, ONNX), and inference on modern AI hardware (e.g., GPUs, TPUs, NPUs, FPGAs).
• Mentor junior team members and foster a collaborative, high-performance culture.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate and deploy models into production systems.
• Ensure high standards in code quality, reproducibility, and documentation.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

Who you are

Why this role?

You’ll be part of a company at the forefront of applied AI innovation — growing fast, building globally, and solving real-world challenges every day. It’s technical. It’s meaningful. And it’s a chance to make an impact you can see.

If you’re seeking a role where AI meets mission engineering , we’d love to chat.

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Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industry : Defense and Space Manufacturing

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