About the Role
The Faculty Fellowship is an intensive, eight-week programme that bridges academia and real-world impact, embedding participants directly into high-stakes commercial environments. Fellows will apply advanced machine learning techniques to solve complex, ambiguous problems for clients, turning theoretical knowledge into high-value deployable solutions. It serves as a fast-paced launchpad designed to accelerate technical growth, build commercial acumen, and empower participants to shape the future of artificial intelligence.
Responsibilities
- Apply advanced machine learning techniques to solve complex, ambiguous problems for clients.
- Turn theoretical knowledge into high-value deployable solutions.
- Tackle a commercial data science project with a host company.
- Present your work at Demo Day to 100+ guests and industry leaders.
Requirements
- Hold a finished PhD or Master’s degree in a STEM subject.
- Possess a strong foundation in data science or machine learning.
- Have a high level of mathematical competence.
- Solid experience with theoretical concepts like hypothesis testing, Bayesian inference, and neural networks.
- Strong programming skills, particularly in Python.
- Comfortable navigating core data science coding libraries.
- Possess an entrepreneurial mindset, showing resilience and autonomy to structure project plans and meet deadlines.
- Ability to communicate complex technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Thrive in fast-paced, ambitious environments with a drive to learn and deploy new technologies.
- Hold full-time UK right to work (visa sponsorship is not offered).
Skills
- Data Science
- Machine Learning
- Python Programming
- Hypothesis Testing
- Bayesian Inference
- Neural Networks
- Commercial Acumen
- Technical Communication
Location
- London
Work Type
- Fully in-person
- Full-time
Experience Level
- PhD or Master's degree in a STEM subject
Education Level
- PhD
- Master's Degree
Salary/Compensations
- London Living Wage for the full eight weeks
Benefits
- 2 Weeks of Intensive Training
- 6 Week Paid Placement
- Demo Day Finale
- Expert-Led Training
- Weekly Friday masterclasses
- Dedicated Mentorship
- Real-World Value placement
- Career Launchpad pathway
- Unrivalled Networking opportunities
About the Company
- Faculty was established in 2014 with the belief that AI would be the most important technology of our time.
- Faculty has worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI.
- Faculty innovates, builds, and deploys responsible AI that makes a significant impact.
- Faculty brings unparalleled depth of technical, product, and delivery expertise to clients across government, finance, retail, energy, life sciences, and defence.
- Faculty's business and reputation are growing rapidly.
- Faculty seeks individuals with intellectual curiosity and a desire to build a positive legacy through technology.
- Faculty empowers individuals to envision and implement the most powerful applications of AI.
Equal Opportunity
- Faculty aims to grow the best team, not the most similar one, recognizing that diversity of individuals fosters diversity of thought.
- Faculty believes diverse teams deliver better work, relevant to the world.
- Faculty is united by deep intellectual curiosity and a desire to use abilities for measurable positive impact.
- Faculty strongly encourages applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, religions, and sexual orientations.
