Scientist (AI and Autonomy)
Pubblicato il 13-08-2026 - Altro in Roma
1. POST CONTEXT
This is a position within the Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE), an organization of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). CMRE is an established, world‐class scientific research and experimentation facility that organizes and conducts scientific research and technology development, centred on the maritime domain, delivering innovative and field‐tested Science & Technology (S&T;) solutions to address defence and security needs of the Alliance. The position is within the Research Division (RD) which is responsible for identifying, developing and delivering Science & Technology (S&T;) solutions to the needs of the Alliance in the maritime domain. The Division leads the development of CMRE's scientific strategy and through its capability in ocean sensing, numerical modelling, big data analytics, artificial intelligence and autonomy, delivers the Centre's S&T; goals while maintaining CMRE's reputation within the scientific community.
Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW)
Autonomous Naval Mine Warfare (ANMW)
Environmental Knowledge and Operational Effectiveness (EKOE) & Climate Change (CC)
Data Knowledge and Operational Effectiveness (DKOE)
Maritime Unmanned Systems Enablers (MUSE)
This position is within the Autonomous Naval Mine Warfare (ANMW) team and contributes to ANMW Programme of Work (PoW).
2. PRINCIPAL DUTIES
We are looking for a talented scientist in robotics and autonomous systems with a preference for underwater robotics to join our team in the research department at CMRE. This role requires a strong background and expertise in robotics and autonomy, applied more specifically to uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUVs), uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), and uncrewed air vehicles (UAVs). The incumbent will be required to design, develop, implement and validate state‐of‐the‐art autonomy algorithms to solve complex problems in relation to autonomous mine hunting and seabed warfare. The incumbent will be part of a multi‐disciplinary re