AI Software Engineer KTP Associate

Department Department of Computer Science Location Birmingham, West Midlands Salary £38,000 to £42,000 Post Type Full Time Release Date 26 October 2026 Closing Date 23.59 hours GMT on Sunday 22 November 2026 Reference ABCE
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Birmingham City University is looking to appoint a high calibre graduate as an AI Software Engineer (KTP Associate) to deliver an exciting 24-month Knowledge Transfer Partnership with BCU’s Department of Computer Science within the School of Architecture, Built Environment, Computing and Engineering (ABCE) and PBL Care Limited.

Based primarily at PBL Care in Birmingham, you will work with leading BCU academics and PBL’s operational team to develop and embed an AI-enabled platform and can transform how social-care services are planned, coordinated and monitored.

This Knowledge Transfer Project (KTP) is co-funded by a grant from Innovate UK and PBL Care Limited. It is therefore essential you understand the fundamentals of the KTP collaboration between a UK business and a University works to deliver benefits for each (the company, the university, and the graduate) For more information please go to

The project will develop SMARTPBL, an operational-intelligence platform that integrates with PBL’s existing systems to improve workforce planning, care continuity, regulatory compliance and staff satisfaction. Its three core innovations are an intelligent geospatial carer-matching engine, a workforce retention and attrition-risk predictive model, and a domain-adapted NLP/LLM pipeline for converting care notes into structured and auditable intelligence.

This is an excellent opportunity for a software/AI professional who wants to take ownership of a substantial real-world innovation project, combining applied AI, data engineering, software development, cybersecurity, user-centred design and organisational change in a regulated care environment.

Personal Training & Development Budget:

The AI Software Engineer KTP Associate will have access to a wider range of benefits including a personal development budget of £4,000 to upskill during the project, alongside the wider KTP Associate training programme.

Location and Reporting:

The successful candidate will be employed by Birmingham City University and seconded to work full-time onsite at PBL Care Limited, at Benson House, 98-104 Lombard Street, Birmingham, B12 0QR
. The Associate will deliver the 24-month KTP project in partnership with Birmingham City University and PBL Care Limited.

The Associate will be supervised and mentored by BCU’s Knowledge Base Lead and Academic Supervisors and by PBL’s Company Supervisor.

PBL Care Limited:

PBL Care Limited is a CQC-regulated social-care provider delivering adult domiciliary care, children’s homecare, NHS/ICB-commissioned services and supported-living provision across the West Midlands. PBL Care is seeking to strengthen its digital and analytical capability so it can scale safely, improve workforce stability, strengthen regulatory performance and deliver consistently high-quality care. For more information, please visit:  .

The successful candidate will have full access to Birmingham City University’s resources such as offices, labs, and library to complete the KTP project (a project workplan written with KPIs and outcome deliverables has been written)

The role requires close collaboration with senior management, care coordinators, carers, technical staff and BCU academics, with a strong emphasis on knowledge transfer and embedding sustainable in-house capability.

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Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead requirements elicitation, feasibility analysis and technical planning for SMARTPBL
• Design the secure, modular platform architecture, data…