Senior Machine Learning Engineer – DAS / Acoustic Sensing

This is us

At Avenga, we believe that human creativity empowers technology that matters. Operating globally, our 6000+ specialists provide a full spectrum of services, including business and tech advisory, enterprise solutions, CX, UX and Ul design, managed services, product development, and software development.

This is the job

At Artificial Intelligence and critical infrastructure intersection, we are looking for a Senior AI Engineer to help build next-generation vessel and intrusion detection systems using Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) and AIS data.

You’ll work on a highly innovative R&D initiative focused on protecting subsea communication infrastructure through advanced machine learning, computer vision, and signal processing techniques. The role combines deep learning, geospatial intelligence, and large-scale time-series analysis to validate real-world detection capabilities using acoustic cable data.

This is the team

You’ll join a senior-level engineering and research team working on applied AI solutions for real-world sensing systems. The team operates in an experimental R&D environment where rapid prototyping, scientific validation, and engineering pragmatism are equally important.

In this role, you’ll collaborate with AI engineers, signal processing specialists, and infrastructure experts to design and validate machine learning pipelines for DAS-based vessel detection and subsea infrastructure monitoring systems.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Work with cutting-edge multimodal datasets combining acoustic sensing and geospatial tracking

• Experiment with modern vision transformer architectures and deep learning pipelines

• Build scalable AI systems on Google Cloud infrastructure

• Influence technical direction in an early-stage, high-impact project
  
  This is you

• Strong experience training and fine-tuning deep learning models in PyTorch

• Hands-on experience with computer vision and transformer-based architectures such as DINO / Vision Transformers

• Experience building ML pipelines and experiment tracking using MLFlow and Vertex AI

• Strong Python engineering skills and modern AI development workflows

• Experience working with time-series or signal processing data

• Comfortable operating in ambiguous R&D environments with evolving requirements

Nice-to-have skills:

• Experience with DAS, seismic, sonar, or other sensor-based systems

• Familiarity with PostgreSQL/PostGIS and geospatial indexing (H3)

• Experience deploying ML systems on Google Cloud Platform

• Understanding of acoustic signal analysis and spectral methods

• Experience with multimodal data fusion (vision + sensor data)

This is your role

• Research and validate machine learning approaches for DAS-based vessel detection

• Train and adapt deep learning and computer vision models for acoustic signal interpretation

• Build proof-of-concept AI systems integrating DAS and AIS datasets

• Develop scalable ML workflows using Vertex AI and MLFlow

• Analyze vessel signatures including engine, propeller, and vibration patterns

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver production-oriented R&D outcomes

• Present findings, experiments, and validation results to technical stakeholders

What awaits you at Avenga?

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