AI Lead

Thales is hiring an AI Lead in Bengaluru, India. Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.

AI in this role

ragai-automationai-evaluationai-safety

Location: Bangalore - Indraprastha, India

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida and has other operational offices and sites spread across Delhi, Gurugram, Bengaluru and Mumbai, among others. Over 2200 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Aerospace and Cyber & Digital sectors. Thales has two engineering competence centres in India - one in Noida focused on Cyber & Digital business, while the one in Bengaluru focuses on hardware, software and systems engineering capabilities for both the civil and defence sectors, serving global needs. The Group has also established an MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) facility in Gurugram to provide comprehensive avionics maintenance and repair services to Indian airlines and support the growth of the local aviation industry.

Experience supporting the development or scaling of enterprise AI platforms, shared AI services, or applied AI engineering capabilities.
10+ years of hands-on experience designing, developing, and deploying production-grade AI/ML solutions within enterprise or large-scale environments.
Strong expertise in applied AI solution patterns including agentic architectures, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), orchestration frameworks, evaluation pipelines, and intelligent automation.
Solid understanding of modern AI system concepts including memory management, planning, tool orchestration, model evaluation, guardrails, and responsible AI principles.
Strong proficiency in Python and modern application development technologies including APIs, Angular, React, and TypeScript
Experience working within aviation, aerospace, inflight entertainment, or other mission-critical technology industries..

At Thales, we’re committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference – for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.

How we rate this

AI Lead at Thales rates 10 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Open the description and count.

Key facts

AI Lead is an open job at Thales.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Bangalore - Indraprastha.
The job was posted on October 7, 2026.
Seniority: lead.
Applications are handled by Thales. Apply on Thales

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

RAGAI AutomationAI EvaluationAI Safety

Questions you could be asked

How would you design a retrieval step so the model answers from real data instead of guessing?
Tell me about a workflow you automated with AI tools, end to end.
How do you decide that one model's output is better than another's for a given task?
How do you think about the risk of an AI system in this kind of role failing silently?

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List these exact terms on your resume: RAG, AI Automation, AI Evaluation, and AI Safety. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them — a tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.

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