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About the Role
The AI Security Institute is seeking talented research engineers and scientists of all levels of seniority to work at the forefront of frontier AI safety and security. The Chem Bio team conducts cutting-edge research to understand, evaluate, and mitigate chemical and biological risks associated with frontier AI systems.
Responsibilities
- Designing and running evaluations to assess chemical and biological capabilities in frontier AI systems
- Developing benchmarks, datasets and experimental protocols for assessing high-consequence risks
- Studying how model capabilities may generalise or transfer across scientific domains and task settings
- Building tools and automated methods for capability elicitation, testing and monitoring
- Investigating model safeguards and identifying where they may fail or require strengthening
- Conducting threat modelling and risk analysis to understand realistic pathways to harm
- Translating technical findings into actionable recommendations for frontier AI companies and government stakeholders
- Working with external partners in science, security and policy to improve the broader ecosystem’s understanding of chem/bio-related AI risks
Requirements
- Strong technical, scientific or research backgrounds relevant to the Chem Bio team’s mission
- Experience in Machine learning, especially evaluation, robustness, interpretability or capability assessment
- Experience in Computational biology, bioinformatics, molecular biology, synthetic biology or related life sciences
- Experience in Chemistry, computational chemistry, cheminformatics or related disciplines
- Experience in Biosecurity, chemical security, threat assessment or dual-use risk analysis
- Experience in Research engineering, scientific software, automation or infrastructure for technical research
- Experience in Experimental design, benchmarking and empirical evaluation
- Experience in Interdisciplinary work at the intersection of AI and the natural sciences
- Candidates at a range of seniority levels, including individual contributors, technical leads and research managers, are welcome
- Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check and get baseline personnel security standard (BPSS) clearance
- Eligibility for counter-terrorist check (CTC) clearance is preferred
Skills
- Machine learning
- Computational biology
- Bioinformatics
- Molecular biology
- Synthetic biology
- Chemistry
- Computational chemistry
- Cheminformatics
- Biosecurity
- Chemical security
- Threat assessment
- Dual-use risk analysis
- Research engineering
- Scientific software
- Automation
- Infrastructure for technical research
- Experimental design
- Benchmarking
- Empirical evaluation
- Interdisciplinary work
- AI safety
- AI security
Location
- Central London
- Birmingham
- Cardiff
- Darlington
- Edinburgh
- Salford
- Bristol
Work Type
- Hybrid working
- Occasional remote work abroad
Experience Level
- All levels of seniority
- Individual contributors
- Technical leads
- Research managers
Salary/Compensations
- £65,000—£145,000 GBP
- Level 3: £65,000–£75,000
- Level 4: £85,000–£95,000
- Level 5: £105,000–£115,000
- Level 6: £125,000–£135,000
- Level 7: £145,000
Benefits
- Pre-release access to multiple frontier models and ample compute
- Extensive operational support
- Work with experts across national security, policy, AI research and adjacent sciences
- Own important problems early
- 5 days off and annual stipends for learning and development
- Funding for conferences and external collaborations
- Freedom to pursue research bets without product pressure
- Opportunities to publish and collaborate externally
- Modern central London office (cafes, food court, gym)
- Option to work in similar government offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Salford or Bristol
- Stipends for work-from-home equipment
- At least 25 days’ annual leave
- 8 public holidays
- Extra team-wide breaks
- 3 days off for volunteering
- Generous paid parental leave (36 weeks of UK statutory leave shared between parents + 3 extra paid weeks + option for additional unpaid time)
- 28.97% employer pension contribution on base salary
- Discounts and benefits for cycling to work, donations and retail/gyms
About the Company
- The AI Security Institute is the world's largest and best-funded team dedicated to understanding advanced AI risks and translating that knowledge into action.
- We’re in the heart of the UK government with direct lines to No. 10 (the Prime Minister's office), and we work with frontier developers and governments globally.
- Our work spans a range of technical and scientific challenges, including capability elicitation, model evaluations, benchmarking, threat modelling, and the development of safeguards and monitoring approaches.
- We combine expertise from machine learning, chemistry, biology, biosecurity and related disciplines to better understand how frontier AI systems may affect the chemical and biological risk landscape.
- We work closely with partners across government, academia and industry, and collaborate with other technical teams across AISI to ensure our work is scientifically rigorous, operationally relevant and decision-useful.
- Many of our most impactful projects draw on expertise from across multiple domains, and we actively encourage collaboration in tackling the most pressing challenges in frontier AI safety and security.
Equal Opportunity
- The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities.
- We run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
- The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
- The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found.
- As part of the application process, we monitor statistics on D&I.