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You will sit with the engineers and operators who design, test and fly our aircraft in Caldas da Rainha, understand their problems first-hand, and turn them into working data and AI solutions, fast.\nYou will work with flight logs, telemetry, video and mission data; analyse them to answer engineering questions; build models where they add value; and package the results as internal tools, dashboards and integrations with our mission and ground control software. You will be the bridge between the platform team and Data & AI: bringing in Data & AI's platforms, models and specialists, and feeding the team's needs and domain knowledge back into Data & AI's roadmap. You will work AI-first, using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude to prototype quickly, validate with users, and harden what proves useful.\nWe are looking for a deeply technical generalist - a data scientist, ML engineer or data engineer with strong software skills - who enjoys working close to the product and the people using it, and who would rather ship a useful solution this week than a perfect one next quarter.\n\nWhat will be your responsibilities:\nData Analytics & Data Science: Analyse flight logs, telemetry and mission data to answer engineering questions - e.g. flight performance, anomaly detection, post-flight review, test and validation analysis;\n\nMachine Learning: Identify where ML adds value for the team, then build, evaluate and iterate on models - from quick baselines to production candidates - together with Data & AI's data science and ML engineering teams;\n\nData Engineering: Help make the team's data easy to collect, find and trust - ingestion of logs and video, consistent mission identifiers, documented and queryable datasets;\n\nInternal Tooling: Design, build and maintain internal tools - scripts, CLIs, small web apps, dashboards and automations that remove manual work from engineering, testing and flight operations;\n\nRapid Prototyping: Use AI-assisted development workflows (e.g. Claude, Claude Code or similar) to go from a problem to a working prototype in days, test it with users, then iterate or harden it;\n\nSystems Understanding & Integration: Build a working knowledge of how our software fits together - mission and ground control software, onboard and ground data flows - so you can integrate with it, debug across it and explain it to others;\n\nBridge to Data & AI: Be the platform team's day-to-day point of contact for Data & AI. Translate needs into clear, scoped requirements, bring in the right Data & AI teams, and help the platform team adopt their products;\n\nField & Test Support: Support ground and flight tests when needed, making sure tools, models and data pipelines work in real-world conditions;\n\nDocumentation & Knowledge Sharing: Document analyses, tools and data flows, and share AI-assisted ways of working with the team;\n\nAgile Delivery: Work within the team's agile rituals, keep work visible in Jira and Confluence, and prioritise with the platform team's Product Owner.\n\nProfile and requirements:\nEducation: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Aerospace or Electrical Engineering, or a related field.\n\nExperience: 3+ years of hands-on experience delivering data, analytics or ML solutions end to end, in a data science, ML engineering, data engineering or similar role - ideally including time spent working directly with end users or customers.\n\nStrong skills in exploratory data analysis, statistics and visualisation, especially on time-series, logs or sensor data.\n\nStrong SQL and Python data stack (pandas/Polars, NumPy, Jupyter).\n\nHands-on experience training, evaluating and iterating on ML models (e.g. scikit-learn, PyTorch), including choosing the right metrics and validation approach.\n\nGood judgement on when a model is the right answer and when a simpler analysis or rule is enough.\n\nStrong Python; experience with at least one of C#, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript is a plus.\n\nExperience building internal tools end to end: scripts and CLIs, dashboards or simple web apps (e.g. Streamlit, Dash, React), REST APIs.\n\nAbility to read, understand and integrate with existing systems you did not write - APIs, file formats, message buses, databases.\n\nComfortable with Git, Linux, Docker and basic CI/CD.\n\nAI-Assisted Development (essential): Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants and agents (e.g. Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) to prototype and ship quickly, with the judgement to review, test and verify what they produce. Additional training can be provided in-house, but affinity, some form of experience and strong openness to these new ways of working are essential.\n\nDomain Affinity: Interest in aviation, UAVs or robotics. Experience with flight data, telemetry, ground control software, autopilots (e.g. ArduPilot/PX4) or flight test environments is a strong plus.\n\nCommunication: Able to work closely with engineers, operators and non-technical stakeholders, explain technical topics simply and turn vague requests into clear, scoped work.\n\nOwnership & Pragmatism: Self-driven, comfortable working embedded in another team, and able to prioritise many small requests without losing sight of the bigger picture.\n\nLocation: Lives in or near Caldas da Rainha, or is willing to relocate; available to work on-site.\n\nLanguages: Fluent Portuguese and English.\n\nBonus points:\nExperience in aerospace, defence or other safety-critical industries.\n\nExperience with cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure), data lakehouses or query engines such as Trino.\n\nExperience with computer vision, video or geospatial data.\n\nExperience with time-series modelling, system identification or simulation.\n\nWhat we have to offer you:\nA truly high-tech, state-of-the-art engineering company with flat structure and no politics;\n\nWorking directly with the people who build and fly our aircraft, while being part of a growing Data & AI team;\n\nWorking with the very latest technologies in Data & AI, including AI-assisted development, Edge AI and Swarming;\n\nProfessional development opportunities, including in-house training on AI tools;\n\nA competitive salary package, aligned with your proven level of experience;\nMeal allowance and health insurance for employees;\nShuttle transport service to the offices in Leiria, Caldas da Rainha and Ponte de Sor;\nBonus in line with company policy;\nAccess to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).\nPre-Employment Requirements\nEmployment offers may be contingent upon successful completion of a background check and reference verification, in accordance with applicable laws and company policy.\nEqual Employment Opportunity\nTEKEVER is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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