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Google DeepMind · 2 days ago

Research Engineer/Scientist, AI Control

Mountain View, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$166K/yr - $244K/yr

5+ years exp

Google DeepMind is a team of scientists and engineers advancing the state of the art in artificial intelligence. The role involves researching, designing, and building technology to control advanced AI systems, focusing on safety and ethical considerations.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentFoundational AIMachine Learning

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Identify and formalize unsolved research problems in AI control, focusing on the unique challenges posed by agents that may exceed human oversight capabilities

Design, prototype, and evaluate novel control systems and monitoring techniques. This includes theoretical work, large-scale experiments, and building proof-of-concept systems

Collaborate closely with teams working on Gemini and agent infrastructure to understand emergent risks and integrate control mechanisms directly into the systems where they are most needed

Publish groundbreaking research and contribute to the broader academic and policy conversation on long-term AI safety and control

Qualification

AI safetyAI alignmentPh.D. in Computer ScienceSoftware engineeringML frameworksAdversarial researchGame theoryResearch impact

Required

Ph.D. in Computer Science or related quantitative field, or B.S./M.S. in Computer Science or related quantitative field with 5+ years of relevant experience

Demonstrated research or product expertise in AI safety, AI alignment, or a related security field

Preferred

Experience with adversarial research, red-teaming, or vulnerability research, particularly in complex software or AI/ML systems

Strong software engineering skills and experience with ML frameworks like JAX, PyTorch, or TensorFlow

Familiarity with concepts from game theory or mechanism design problems as they apply to AI

A track record of landing research impact within multi-team collaborative environments

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Company

Google DeepMind

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Google DeepMind aims to research and build safe artificial intelligence system to solve intelligence and advance science and humanity. It is a sub-organization of Google.

Founded in 2010

London, England, GBR

501-1000 employees