AI - Solution Architect
Emesent
Software Engineering, IT, Data Science
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Posted on Mar 6, 2025
Our Mission to be Bold and Impactful
How you Contribute
As an AI Solution Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing Emesent’s AI strategy. This is a unique opportunity to define the vision, drive the development of AI solutions, and ensure their seamless integration across our product suite. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product development, and business stakeholders, to maximize the potential of AI in our solutions. Reporting to the CEO, this role requires a strong technical background in AI/ML, coupled with leadership skills to guide the AI strategy and ensure its alignment with business objectives.
Responsibilities & Accountabilities:
- Key responsibilities include:
- Define and execute Emesent’s AI vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with business objectives and long-term growth.
- Identify and prioritize opportunities for AI applications across product development, internal operations, and customer solutions.
- Stay at the forefront of industry trends in AI, machine learning, and robotics, ensuring Emesent remains competitive and innovative.
- Advocate for ethical AI, best practices, and governance to ensure responsible AI use across the organization.
- Lead AI-driven enhancements to Emesent’s mapping, SLAM, and autonomous robotics products, ensuring integration with emerging AI technologies.
- Oversee the full AI/ML model lifecycle—from research and prototyping to production deployment—ensuring the scalability, efficiency, and accuracy of models.
- Drive innovation in AI-powered product features, including computer vision, sensor fusion, autonomy, and data analytics.
- Collaborate with engineering and product teams to ensure AI technologies are incorporated into both new and existing product offerings.
- Implement MLOps practices for efficient model deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
- Optimize AI models, pipelines, and data workflows to ensure reliability, speed, and scalability.
- Establish and track key AI performance metrics, continuously refining models to meet customer needs and business goals.
- Ensure that AI solutions are deployed at scale and can drive operational efficiencies across engineering, product support, and business operations.
- Develop AI solutions for autonomous decision-making, particularly in drone-based applications such as path planning, obstacle avoidance, and real-time decision-making.
- Lead the integration of edge computing and real-time data processing for drones to analyze data on the fly, reducing post-processing time.
- Drive the development of AI-driven analytics platforms to provide customers with actionable insights from raw data, including predictive maintenance and anomaly detection.
- Leverage natural language processing (NLP) and conversational AI to make drone operations and data queries more intuitive and user-friendly.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, marketing, and sales, to ensure AI solutions align with customer needs and business priorities.
- Represent Emesent’s AI strategy externally, speaking at industry events, customer meetings, and investor discussions.
- Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, both internally and externally, to ensure the successful adoption and integration of AI solutions.
- Lead the growth of Emesent’s AI capabilities by building and mentoring a high-performing AI team.
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and experimentation within the team.
- Establish best practices for AI development, deployment, and continuous improvement.
- Drive research partnerships with universities, industry leaders, and other organizations to advance AI capabilities.
- Lead the development of high-performance computing infrastructure to support AI solutions, including edge computing and cloud-based services.
- Ensure that AI solutions are designed with scalability and regulatory compliance in mind, particularly for autonomous drone operations.
AI Strategy & Leadership
AI Product Development & Innovation
AI Operational Excellence
AI-Driven Autonomy & Analytics
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Influence
Team Growth & Leadership
Infrastructure & Development Roadmap
Qualifications & Experience:
- 7+ years of experience in AI/ML, data science, or related fields, with a focus on machine learning, deep learning, and AI model deployment.
- 3+ years of leadership experience, preferably in a product-focused AI role, with a demonstrated ability to bridge the gap between research and real-world implementation.
- Strong technical expertise in AI technologies such as computer vision, SLAM, reinforcement learning, sensor fusion, and real-time analytics.
- Experience in robotics, autonomous systems, or industrial applications is highly desirable.
- Hands-on experience with cloud AI services (AWS, GCP, Azure), MLOps practices, and AI infrastructure.
- Proven track record of delivering AI-driven products that drive business impact and align with customer needs.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Knowledge of regulatory considerations in AI, particularly for autonomous systems (e.g., BVLOS compliance for drone operations), is a plus.
The added perks
- Work alongside a friendly and passionate team on cutting edge technology! - We know that our success and growth is a result of our motivated and inspiring teams.
- Take up our genuine learning and development opportunities.
- Access to LinkedIn Learning platform.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Qoctor, online telehealth
- Settle into our great work environment and facilities.
- Work in comfort with a casual dress code.
- Flexible working.
- 1 full day of leave, each year for work anniversaries!
Who are we?
Emesent is a world leader in drone autonomy, LiDAR mapping, and data analytics. Our vision is to autonomously map the inaccessible. Founded in 2018, with deep connections to Australia's globally recognised CSIRO, we have established ourselves worldwide with a reputation for delivering high-quality data capture in the mining, infrastructure, survey, and mapping industries. Our team of 100+ roboticists, engineers, and business development experts work side-by-side to deliver revolutionary efficiency, safety, and operational insights to our customers.
Our flagship product, Hovermap, is a smart mobile scanning unit that combines advanced collision avoidance and autonomous flight technologies to map hazardous and GPS-denied environments. Its award-winning technology utilises innovative hardware, advanced algorithms, and machine learning to automate the collection and analysis of the physical world. Equally capable above ground or underground, indoors, or out, Hovermap is a complete mobile LiDAR mapping solution. Hovermap is uniquely versatile, it can be backpack, drone, or vehicle-mounted to map challenging, inaccessible areas, enabling our customers to gain insights that were not possible before.
With multiple applications across several industries and a rapidly growing customer base, Hovermap and our other solutions are being used commercially for various applications by enterprise customers around the world.
Why Emesent?
At Emesent, you will have the opportunity to work on ground-breaking technology that is shaping the future. We offer a dynamic and collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, and opportunities for professional growth. Join us in our mission to push the boundaries of robotics and digitalisation to help humanity explore further and understand more.