Latest Research Scientist Jobs

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Head of AI

As Head of AI, you will lead the development and implementation of AI strategies, governance, and capabilities at LPPA, a leading pension administration company. You will work closely with the CTO and executive team to identify and deliver AI opportunities that enhance operational efficiency, service quality, and member outcomes. Key responsibilities include building the AI team, establishing governance frameworks, and fostering AI adoption across the organization.

Local Pensions Partnership Administration Preston, North West England, United Kingdom £90,000 – £100,000 pa

Hybrid Permanent

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PoliceAI: Senior AI Engineer

As a Senior AI Engineer at PoliceAI, you will lead the design, development, and deployment of AI-enabled products, translating policing needs into technical solutions. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to build secure, maintainable, and scalable services, and support the testing, evaluation, and validation of AI products.

College of Policing London, Eng, United Kingdom £78,000 – £85,000 pa

Remote Contract

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 - Interactive Avatars

As a Research Scientist, you will join a team of 40+ researchers and engineers to develop cutting-edge generative AI models for interactive avatars. Your focus will be on advancing the state of the art in dyadic interaction modeling, building models that can hold natural, real-time conversations, and generating contextually appropriate reactions to user inputs.

Synthesia London, United Kingdom

Remote 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

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

Principal Research Scientist - AI Safety

Lead and shape the scientific research agenda for AI safety, focusing on large language models and safety-critical systems. Conduct high-impact research, publish in top-tier venues, and guide red-teaming and evaluation efforts in high-risk domains such as cybersecurity and CBRN. Mentor researchers and position the organisation as a thought leader in responsible AI development.

Faculty AI London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Staff Research Scientist- Interactive Avatars

As a Staff Research Scientist, you will work on the cutting edge of generative AI, specifically focusing on interactive avatars. Your responsibilities include setting the research direction, advancing the state of the art in perceptual layers, and building models for natural, real-time conversations. You will lead a team, mentor junior researchers, and collaborate with data and engineering teams to turn research into product capabilities.

Synthesia London, United Kingdom £50,000 pa

Remote Permanent

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

Staff Research Scientist, Reinforce Learning

This role involves developing and advancing AI systems for autonomous driving, focusing on areas like world modeling, reinforcement learning, and spatial intelligence. You'll work on cutting-edge research and development, contributing to the creation of safe and efficient autonomous vehicles.

Wayve London, United Kingdom

Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist in AI for Outbreak Response

This role involves developing and validating machine learning models for disease forecasting and scenario modelling, working with public health partners in Nigeria and the DRC to integrate these models into existing workflows. The position is part of the ORCAS project, focusing on AI-driven tools for infectious disease outbreak response.

University of Oxford Oxford, South East England, United Kingdom £49 – £58 pa

On-site Contract

Alignment Red Team - Research Engineer/Research Scientist

This role involves researching and developing methods to detect misalignment in advanced AI systems, conducting pre- and post-deployment evaluations, and sharing findings with AI companies and governments. You will also contribute to public research and build tools to improve alignment evaluation processes.

AI Security Institute London, United Kingdom

Machine Learning Scientist (KTP Associate) in AI-Driven Peptide Design

This role involves developing an AI platform to generate and predict properties of novel peptide sequences, working closely with AstraZeneca and Queen Mary University of London. The position is based at AstraZeneca's Discovery Centre in Cambridge, with periodic travel to DERI for research and training.

Queen Mary University of London London, United Kingdom £38 – £50 pa

Contract

Machine Learning Scientist

This role involves designing and prototyping generative machine learning models for protein design, with a strong focus on real-world biological applications. The scientist will build and evaluate models, collaborate across interdisciplinary teams, and iterate based on wet lab feedback. A significant emphasis is placed on high-performance code, scalable data pipelines, and staying current with advances in ML and synthetic biology.

Latent Labs London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Staff Machine Learning Software Engineer, Research

Lead and shape research initiatives in machine learning for physics-based simulation, focusing on scalable and distributed training of foundation models. Translate research prototypes into robust, production-grade systems using cloud and HPC infrastructure, while mentoring junior engineers and guiding technical direction across the Research team.

PhysicsX London, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent