AI Research and Robotics Operations

About EIT Oxford

The Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) works to develop and deploy advanced technology in pursuit of solving some of humanity’s most challenging and enduring problems. Guided by world-leading scientists and entrepreneurs, EIT seeks to accelerate innovation by driving scientific and technological advancements across four humane endeavours:health and medical science, food security and sustainable agriculture, climate change and clean energy, and government innovation and the era of artificial intelligence.

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Our Culture

At the Ellison Institute, we believe that an inclusive, collaborative team atmosphere is just as important to our mission as our scientific aims and methods.

We strive to build a supportive environment where everyone feels confident taking creative risks toward innovation. We value emotional intelligence and communicating with empathy and respect for others.

We foster a team that is curious, has a deep sense of commitment, responsibility, and the resilience needed to achieve excellence.

About the AI Capability

We are a team of AI researchers, Applied AI scientists, data and software engineers within EIT. We work across all the humane endeavours, supported by world-class data platforms and large-scale compute.

AI is at the heart of how EIT tackles humanity's most pressing and enduring challenges. Our mission is to harness state-of-the-art statistical machine learning to 10x the impact of EIT’s programmes and discover novel AI approaches that lead to 100x impact in the future.

Requirements

Job Summary:

You’ll play a foundational role in building a highly collaborative, well-structured, and efficient research environment across our AI capability. Partnering closely with our Research Lead and Research Program Manager, you will enable the smooth running of research efforts connecting the research team with the rest of EIT and external partners, defining and running enabling research processes, and helping shape a strong research culture. 
 

You’ll work as part of the broader AI Operations function; driving operational excellence in close alignment and collaboration with other Operations team members.  You’ll contribute across multiple domains including partnership with Oxford University on high impact projects and play a key role in increasing effectiveness of internal events, processes, and knowledge-sharing.  You’ll thrive in a dynamic environment, bring clarity where needed, and be a consistent source of momentum behind the scenes. 

Key Responsibilities:

Research Environment and Collaboration:

• You will co-design and implement systems that foster a productive, collaborative research culture. 

• Build operating rhythms and co-ordination structures for the research team  

• Connecting with other teams across EIT to build relevant infrastructure/processes (e.g. journal access, publication processes and required infrastructure) 

• Ensure a smooth integration between AI-research and AI-wide operations 

Academic & Research Community Interaction:  

• Coordinate with Oxford University and other academic partners, especially on project logistics, people engagement, and reporting (e.g. Centre for Doctoral Training logistics) 

• Serve as the operational lead for academic partnership tracking and engagement 

• Develop and own our conference attendance approach and footprint

Internal Research Community Building: 

• Organise and manage journal clubs, tech talks, and internal seminars to drive knowledge sharing 

• Support integration between Research and Applied teams through regular syncs, shared documentation, and experiment tracking tools 

• Help set a team-wide approach to conference participation: submission support, knowledge capture, and external representation 

Project Management & Operations: 

• Own the delivery of cross-functional initiatives that support research workflows, tooling, and documentation standards 

• Track and report on progress across key research initiatives, supporting leadership in strategic decision-making 

• Champion operational excellence and efficiency through documentation, process improvement, and lightweight governance 

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• AI Research/Tech Operations: Experience working in AI research, academic ML, or other technical environment; comfortable bridging rigor and executive
• Project Coordination: Able to drive multiple projects at once, keeping stakeholders aligned and timelines on track 
• Stakeholder Management: Skilled communicator, confident working with researchers, engineers, external partners, and internal leadership 
• Culture & Community Building: Proven ability to build environments of trust, curiosity, and open knowledge sharing 
• Operational Excellence: Detail-oriented with a strong bias to action; able to bring clarity and simplicity to evolving processes 

Benefits

Why work for EIT: 

At the Ellison Institute, we believe a collaborative, inclusive team is key to our success. We are building a supportive environment where creative risks are encouraged, and everyone feels heard. Valuing emotional intelligence, empathy, respect, and resilience, we encourage people to be curious and to have a shared commitment to excellence. Join us and make an impact! 

We offer the following salary and benefits: 

• Enhanced holiday pay  

• Pension  

• Life Assurance 

• Income Protection 

• Private Medical Insurance  

• Hospital Cash Plan 

• Therapy Services 

• Perk Box