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Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Model Transparency
AI Security Institute (AISI)London, United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
Routes to impact
Direct high impact on an important cause
Skill-building & building career capital
Networking with peers around AI governance topics
Description
A role for technical AI safety researchers and engineers to join the UK AI Security Institute's Model Transparency team, working to ensure that evaluations and oversight of frontier AI systems remain reliable as models grow more capable.
- Mission and access – work within the UK government with direct influence on frontier AI governance, collaborating with Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepMind, METR, and senior government officials including the Prime Minister's AI Advisor
- Research focus – investigate evaluation awareness, unfaithful chain-of-thought reasoning, and model transparency risks; develop white-box and black-box methods to detect and mitigate oversight failures
- Compensation and benefits – salary range of £65,000–£145,000 (base + technical allowance), 28.97% employer pension contribution, pre-release access to frontier models, and funding for learning, conferences, and external collaborations
- Flexible pathways – open to both Research Scientists (experiment design, analysis, publications) and Research Engineers (tooling, infrastructure, scaling workflows) across a range of experience levels
Applications close Sunday 25 May 2026. Apply directly at job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io.
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