About Us STARK is a new kind of defence technology company revolutionising the way autonomous systems are deployed across multiple domains. We design, develop, and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are software-defined, mass-scalable, and cost-effective — providing operators with a decisive edge in contested environments.We are focused on delivering deployable, high-performance systems — not future promises. In a time of rising threats, STARK is bolstering the technological edge of NATO Allies and their Partners to deter aggression and defend Europe, today. About the team <div style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:justify;">The Operations Excellence team sits within the COO organization and serves as a strategic partner to managers, team leads, and colleagues across Stark. By delivering data-driven insights, leading critical projects, and driving continuous process improvement, we help the organization operate more efficiently, scale effectively, and achieve its goals faster.</div><div style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:justify;">As an individual contributor, you will take end-to-end ownership of complex initiatives with significant business impact. Working closely with cross-functional stakeholders, you will have the opportunity to influence key decisions, shape core operating processes, and contribute directly to the success of one of Europe’s fastest-growing unicorns.</div> Your mission <div style="text-align:justify;">As OAA Lead, you build the automation and AI capability for operations from the ground up — across production and the back-office. You identify where automation and AI deliver the highest ROI across the entire operation, own the technical delivery end-to-end, and build a team that ships working automations into production, not just prototypes.</div> Responsibilities <ul><li style="font-style:italic;">Map and prioritise automation opportunities across production and back-office — ranked by feasibility, ROI, and implementation risk </li><li style="font-style:italic;">Own end-to-end delivery of automation projects: scoping, design, build, test, production deployment, and monitoring</li><li style="font-style:italic;">Build, mentor, and manage the Automation Engineer and Data/ML Engineer</li><li style="font-style:italic;">Define the team's technical architecture and toolchain — RPA, LLM-based tools, ML models, API integrations</li><li style="font-style:italic;">Work with operational and back-office stakeholders to translate process pain points into deployable solutions</li><li style="font-style:italic;">Own the collaboration boundary with IT and Production Engineering</li><li style="font-style:italic;">Track and report on automation impact: manual hours reduced, error rates, throughput, cost savings</li></ul> Qualifications <ul><li style="font-style:italic;">BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or Industrial Engineering</li><li style="font-style:italic;">8–12 years in automation, industrial digitalisation, or AI/ML — covering both operational and business process automation</li><li style="font-style:italic;">Has personally deployed automations in production environments — not just designed or prototyped them</li><li style="font-style:italic;">RPA platforms — UiPath, Power Automate, or equivalent</li><li style="font-style:italic;">ML/AI deployment — model productionisation across structured operational and unstructured back-office data</li><li style="font-style:italic;">Systems integration — API design and data exchange across ERP, MES, and business applications</li><li style="font-style:italic;">People management and technical mentorship</li></ul> Nice to have <ul><li style="font-style:italic;">Experience across both OT (operational technology) and IT/business process contexts</li><li style="font-style:italic;">Industry 4.0 track record — smart factory, MES integration, or similar</li><li style="font-style:italic;">LLM-based tooling — prompt engineering, agent design, document processing workflows</li></ul>

Team Lead Operations Automation & AI (All genders) @ Stark

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