Latest AI Research Scientist Jobs

Senior Research Scientist - AI Safety

This role involves leading high-impact AI safety research, focusing on red teaming and evaluations for frontier models in high-risk domains such as cybersecurity and national security. The scientist will drive technical research from concept to publication, shape safety strategies, and support real-world deployment of responsible AI systems through collaboration with government and commercial partners.

Faculty AI London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Senior Research Scientist - AI Safety Evaluations

Lead the development of advanced AI safety evaluations to assess risks in critical domains like CBRN and cybersecurity. Conduct original research from concept to publication, shape methodological strategy, and collaborate with frontier labs and government stakeholders. Focus on rigorous, scientifically grounded approaches to red-teaming, robustness testing, and evaluation design.

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 Scientist/Engineer - General Decision & Control Agent

This role involves advancing autonomous AI agent systems with a focus on long-term reasoning, memory, self-improvement, and reinforcement learning. The researcher will design scalable memory architectures, develop self-evolving agent capabilities, and contribute to novel research in agentic RL and LLM-based reasoning. Work is conducted in a high-impact research environment with publication and innovation as core goals.

Adecco London, City And County Of the City Of London, United Kingdom £100,000 – £180,000 pa

Expression of Interest: Next-generation Agentic Controls and Forensics (Technical Roles)

This role involves developing technical frameworks for agentic incident response, controls, and forensics in advanced AI systems. You'll work on scalable approaches to monitor, detect, and respond to risks from next-generation AI agents, leveraging pre-release access to frontier models and compute resources. The position offers high autonomy, collaboration with global AI experts, and direct influence on AI governance and security policy.

AI Security Institute London, United Kingdom £65,000 – £145,000 pa

Senior Software Engineer, Chem-Bio

Design and build core platform systems to support technical research on AI-related chemical and biological risks, translating ambiguous research needs into scalable, maintainable software solutions. Work within a multidisciplinary team to develop LLM-based agent systems, evaluation frameworks, and shared infrastructure while mentoring engineers and shaping technical direction. Operate in a high-impact environment with direct influence on AI policy and global governance.

AI Security Institute London, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

[Expression of Interest] Research Engineer / Scientist, Alignment - London

Conduct experimental research on AI safety, focusing on alignment and robustness of advanced systems. Develop and test techniques like AI debate and jailbreak evaluation, contributing to publications and safety policy. Work in a collaborative, interdisciplinary team using machine learning and systems engineering.

Anthropic London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

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 (Applied LLMs), London

A Research Scientist will focus on applying Large Language Models to drug discovery challenges, developing novel ML techniques and models that integrate with biological and chemical data. The role involves close collaboration with interdisciplinary teams of scientists and engineers to advance AI-driven drug design. Work includes model development, experimentation, and scaling frameworks for predictive applications in a fast-paced research environment.

Isomorphic Labs London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Research Scientist (Machine Learning), London

A Research Scientist in machine learning will develop novel deep learning models and algorithms to accelerate drug discovery, working in an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers. The role involves designing architectures, training models, and applying ML to complex biological and chemical problems, with opportunities to lead projects and mentor others depending on experience.

Isomorphic Labs London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Data Scientist - AI Safety

This role involves building and managing datasets and evaluation systems for AI safety, translating safety policies into actionable data criteria, and creating scalable processes for data collection, labelling, and model assessment. The Data Scientist will work across policy, research, and engineering to ensure models are evaluated using real-world data and robust quality standards. A strong focus is placed on developing reproducible pipelines and operationalising safety frameworks in a fast-moving AI environment.

ElevenLabs London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

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Research Scientist, Wayve Labs

This role involves advancing embodied AI for autonomous driving through research in world modeling, spatial intelligence, and scalable decision-making. You'll develop foundation models, reinforcement learning systems, and sim-to-real transfer techniques in a multidisciplinary environment. The work spans simulation, robotics, and real-world deployment, with a focus on long-horizon prediction and cross-embodiment learning.

Wayve London, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Recruiter, AI/ML Research EMEA

This role involves strategic talent acquisition for OpenAI's AI/ML research teams across EMEA, focusing on identifying and engaging leading researchers and technical scientists. The recruiter will work closely with research staff to shape hiring strategies, anticipate talent needs, and guide decisions impacting frontier AI research. It emphasizes deep technical understanding, proactive talent cultivation, and advisory input into candidate evaluation and compensation in a fast-evolving domain.

OpenAI London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Machine Learning Scientist

We’re Aioi R&D Lab – an AI tech hub in one of the fastest-growing insurance companies. We research and develop AI systems that catapult insurance from a slow-moving, traditional past into a data-driven, technology-lead and society-defining future.We’re looking for dynamic,...

Aioi Nissay Dowa Europe Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom £55,934 – £83,386 pa