Position Summary

We are currently looking for exceptional Knowledge Graph, AI and ML experts to join our growing team in Staines-upon-Thames. This is an excellent opportunity to work on next generation mobile devices and solve industry relevant problems.

We need enthusiastic researchers with a strong academic background and experience in Ontologies, Knowledge Representation and Data Management. The candidate will contribute to the research, specification and development of next generation query answering and recommendation systems.

The candidate is expected to collaborate with multiple research and development teams providing technical expertise and contributions to the research. The candidate will liaise with academic partners and other research centres to develop new technologies and participate in proposing new research proposals.

Role and Responsibilities

As a Senior Knowledge Graph Researcher you will:

Technically contribute to all aspects of the research through inception, feasibility, design and implementation phases of projects.
Collaborate with academic partners and provide technical contributions to research papers and patents.
Drive the generation of new ideas and opportunities utilizing knowledge representation and reasoning technologies to create new products and services for Samsung.

Skills and Qualifications

Required Skills

A PhD or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Electronics, Physics, Mathematics, Engineering or related discipline.
A proven post-doctoral research record in areas including Ontologies, Ontology Languages, Description Logics and Automated Ontology Reasoning.
Publications in top ML/AI conferences, including AAAI, ESWC , ICLR, ICML, ISWC, SIGMOD
Good understanding of Knowledge Representation and Semantic Web Technologies (OWL, RDF, SWRL, SPARQL)
Experience with relational and non-relational databases, including: triplestore technologies and graph databases.
Programming proficiency in Java and/or Python
Excellent communication and team work with a results-oriented attitude

Desirable Skills

Familiarity with machine learning methods and their application to knowledge representation
Experience with natural language processing methods
Experience with embedded platforms (e.g. Android)
C/C++ programming experience.

Contract Type: Permanent

Job Location: Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey, UK

Hybrid Working: Typical working week will be 3 days working from the office and 2 days working from home

Employee Benefits: Competitive Salary, Annual Performance Bonus up to 25%, Pension Scheme with company contribution up to 8.5%, Income Protection, Stocks & Shares ISA, Life Assurance, 25 days holiday (increasing to 30 with length of service). We also have a wide range of Flexible Benefits to choose from with Samsung providing an allowance of 600 per year to spend on them.

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