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Programme Manager (Forward Deployed)

Act as a Programme Manager embedded within a client's technology programme, owning delivery while identifying inefficiencies that can be automated using AI. You'll run programme governance, manage risks and dependencies, and prototype AI workflows to solve real delivery bottlenecks. The role blends hands-on client delivery with innovation to scale solutions through the M-1 platform.

M-1 Intelligence London, United Kingdom £60,000 – £75,000 pa

Remote Permanent

Research Assistant in AI

This role involves conducting practical AI research focused on financial forecasting, data modeling, and multi-agent systems within a cross-institutional EPSRC-funded project. The researcher will prepare datasets, implement Python-based forecasting experiments, test AI workflows, and contribute to technical reports and academic publications. Work is conducted in collaboration with leading academics across Newcastle, Southampton, and Imperial College London as part of the SONNETS network.

Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, Northern England, United Kingdom £33 pa

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Research Associate in Biomedical AI (Fixed Term)

The role involves leading projects to develop and benchmark AI models for predicting biological processes using genomic, multi-omic, and phenotypic data. The researcher will work on large-scale datasets, develop statistical methods, and contribute to high-impact publications.

University of Cambridge Cambridge, South East England, United Kingdom £33 – £46 pa

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Research Leader / Senior Scientist (Medicinal Drug Design), Cambridge, MA

Lead or contribute to drug discovery projects by integrating medicinal chemistry expertise with AI-driven platforms. Collaborate closely with machine learning teams to refine predictive models and drive programs from hit identification to candidate selection. Play a key role in shaping next-generation drug design through innovation in structure-based and fragment-based approaches, while mentoring teams and managing external research partners.

Isomorphic Labs Cambridge, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Research Leader / Senior Scientist (Computational Drug Design), Cambridge, MA

This role involves leading drug discovery programs using AI-driven computational chemistry, either as a Program Lead or Computational Chemistry Lead. You'll shape Isomorphic Labs' AI platform by integrating cutting-edge machine learning into cheminformatics workflows, guide projects from hit identification to candidate selection, and collaborate across disciplines. The position emphasizes scientific leadership, technical innovation, and mentorship within a culture focused on transforming drug discovery through AI.

Isomorphic Labs Cambridge, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Content Provenance

Develop AI and computer vision technologies for content provenance and rights management in live music and digital media, with a focus on performer likeness identification, privacy-preserving representations, and C2PA-based licensing infrastructure. Contribute to audio watermarking for live performances and build APIs for external integration. Work within a UKRI-funded interdisciplinary project across Surrey and Royal Holloway, collaborating with industry partners.

University of Surrey Guildford, South East England, United Kingdom £37 – £46 pa

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Research Engineer – Human Influence

The Research Engineer role involves designing and building reinforcement learning environments, leveraging interpretability methods to mitigate concerning model behavior, and developing scalable evaluation pipelines. The work is interdisciplinary, combining AI safety, machine learning, and computational social science.

AI Security Institute London, United Kingdom

Research Scientist - Large Geometry Models

This role involves owning a research work-stream focused on 3D geometry representation and generation, designing and training generative models, and working with ML and simulation engineers to solve complex engineering challenges. You will also champion research directions and mentor junior colleagues.

PhysicsX London, United Kingdom

Research Associate in AI for Turbomachinery Design

Conduct research in AI-driven turbomachinery design by developing machine learning frameworks integrated with computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Perform numerical simulations, analyse performance data, and collaborate with academic and industrial partners to advance sustainable engineering solutions. Work within Imperial College London’s Thermofluids Division on a Mitsubishi-funded project aimed at transforming design innovation in energy and transportation systems.

Imperial College London London, United Kingdom £45 – £59 pa

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Research Engineer - Post-Training

This role involves owning the full post-training lifecycle for biological foundation models, from alignment to production deployment. Responsibilities include designing and implementing pipelines, building validation frameworks, and collaborating with ML and biology teams to ensure models are scientifically meaningful and aligned with real-world drug discovery problems.

Helical London, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Research Fellow in Responsible AI Translation

This role involves translating technical AI research into policy advice for government, industry, and the public. The post holder will work on agentic and physical AI systems, convene roundtables with senior stakeholders, and represent RAi UK at policy events.

University of Southampton Southampton, South East England, United Kingdom £36 – £44 pa

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Research Scientist

This role involves conducting original research in AI safety, focusing on interpretability and behavioral analysis of transformer-based large language models. You'll design and run experiments, develop reproducible research tooling in Python with PyTorch, and translate technical findings for government, frontier labs, and national security partners. The position emphasizes scientific rigor, collaboration with senior researchers, and contributing to emerging AI safety standards.

Faculty London, United Kingdom

Permanent

Research Scientist, AI RL and LLMs

This role involves conducting cutting-edge research in reinforcement learning and large language models to advance intelligent systems. You'll co-develop models that enhance memory, task horizon, and general intelligence in vision-language models, with a strong emphasis on open-sourcing code and publishing high-impact research. The position is embedded in NVIDIA's AI research team in Zurich, focusing on long-term breakthroughs in AI.

NVIDIA Switzerland

Research Scientist, AI RL and LLMs

Conduct cutting-edge research in reinforcement learning and large language models to advance general intelligence in AI systems. Collaborate on developing models with enhanced memory and task capabilities, publish high-impact work, and contribute open-source code to ensure reproducibility. Work within a leading AI research team focused on long-term breakthroughs in intelligent machines.

NVIDIA

Research Fellow in AI for Programmable Fibre-Laser Arrays

This role involves developing AI-enabled programmable coherent fibre-laser arrays, combining experimental photonics with numerical modelling and machine-learning techniques. You will work on coherent beam combination, beam shaping, and optical inference, contributing to high-power fibre-laser systems within a multidisciplinary team.

University of Southampton Southampton, South East England, United Kingdom £36 – £44 pa

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Research Associate: Medical Imaging AI - CAPTURE-PH RAIDA

This role involves refining and retraining existing cardiothoracic CT AI models to ensure they operate robustly across multiple clinical datasets. You will tackle issues like scanner heterogeneity, data quality, and model failure modes, and develop reproducible validation workflows. The position is part of the CAPTURE-PH programme, focusing on medical imaging AI for pulmonary hypertension.

University of Sheffield Sheffield, Hybrid, Northern England, United Kingdom £41 pa

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