Research Scientist, FSF Risk Modeling and Governance, DeepMind
London, UK +2 · Full-time · Posted Oct 12, 2026
- Location
- London, UK
New York, NY, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA - Experience
- 3 years of research experience in frontier AI safety or governance.
- Education
- PhD in Economics, Philosophy, or a STEM subject, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads research and a team developing Google’s Frontier Safety Framework, modeling severe AI risks, assessing safeguards, and representing the risk assessment program in governance and safety reporting.
What you'll do
- Develop and update FSF research to address changing safety, governance, and policy needs.
- Model pre-mitigation risks and assess whether safeguards reduce risk enough for further frontier-model development and deployment.
- Manage researchers and collaborators, represent the risk assessment program, and write external safety reports.
What they ask for
- PhD in Economics, Philosophy, or a STEM subject, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3 years of research experience in frontier AI safety or governance, such as threat modeling, safety frameworks, or dangerous capability/alignment evaluations.
Nice to have
- Ability to communicate complex technical topics to leads, governance bodies, and policy experts.
- Track record of driving complex research projects and applying conceptual and quantitative reasoning to uncertain problems.
Pay
$207000 - $300000 (USD) base salary
AI focus
Research and governance of frontier AI safety, including modeling severe risks and evaluating safeguards.
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