Research Engineer, CBRN
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 166000 - 244000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Snapshot
This role is for a Research Engineer focusing on Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) AI Responsibility at Google DeepMind. The role involves developing implementing and maintaining evaluations and mitigations and the infrastructure that supports them.
About us
Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanitys most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind were a team of scientists engineers machine learning experts and more working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery and collaborate with others on critical challenges ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.
The role
As we develop models with strong capabilities in the physical sciences we are looking for Research Engineers to make sure these capabilities are always put to good use.
Using your knowledge of machine learning and science you will help design new evaluations for CBRN risk communicate the results clearly and ensure the safety of our AI systems. You will work closely with other Engineers and Research Scientists as well as with experts in AI ethics and policy.
Key responsibilities
- Design and develop robust evaluations to test potential CBRN risks arising from cutting-edge AI models with strong capabilities in the physical sciences.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure for these evaluations.
- Run these evaluations prior to releases for new AI models.
- Resolve potential CBRN risks with state-of-the-art mitigations.
- Clearly communicate results to decision-makers.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts in CBRN AI policy and ethics model development and scientific research.
- Develop and maintain an understanding of trends in AI development CBRN threat landscapes governance and relevant sociotechnical research to inform the design of new evaluations.
About you
In order to set you up for success as a Research Engineer at Google DeepMind we look for the following skills and experience:
- Bachelors degree in a technical subject (e.g. computer science engineering machine learning mathematics physics statistics) or a relevant scientific field with strong computational experience (e.g. bioinformatics computational chemistry biotechnology computational materials science) or equivalent practical experience.
- Proven ability to write clean maintainable and efficient Python.
- Knowledge of concepts in mathematics statistics and machine learning needed for understanding cutting-edge research in AI CBRN-related modeling and risk assessment.
- Ability to present and explain technical results clearly to non-experts and leadership stakeholders.
In addition the following would be an advantage:
- Masters or PhD in a field relevant to CBRN risk assessment or AI safety such as chemical biological or nuclear engineering.
- Experience in CBRN threat analysis risk assessment modeling or mitigation strategies.
- Familiarity with relevant datasets benchmarks or evaluation methodologies for CBRN risks in AI.
- Experience developing or working with safety-critical systems.
- Experience with data analysis tools and libraries for large-scale evaluation.
- Skill and interest in working on projects with many stakeholders including scientific experts policy teams and engineers.
- Knowledge of international and national regulations or guidelines related to CBRN materials or technologies.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $166000 - $244000 bonus equity benefits. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your targeted location during the hiring process.
Application deadline: 6pm PT Friday 31st October 2025
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At Google DeepMind we value diversity of experience knowledge backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of sex race religion or belief ethnic or national origin disability age citizenship marital domestic or civil partnership status sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation please do not hesitate to let us know.
Key Skills
- Robotics
- Machine Learning
- Python
- AI
- C/C++
- OS Kernels
- Research Experience
- Matlab
- Rust
- Research & Development
- Natural Language Processing
- Tensorflow
About Company
Artificial intelligence could be one of humanity’s most useful inventions. We research and build safe artificial intelligence systems. We're committed to solving intelligence, to advance science and benefit humanity.
