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We would like to invite applications from qualified computational biologists for the position of a Computational Biologist Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the CBRNE team within the Responsible Frontier AI Research (RFAIR) team, joining SMEs with broad experience across biology.\nIn this role, you will be hired for a Research Scientist position serving as a technical expert responsible for evaluating and mitigating safety risks of frontier AI models (primarily but not limited to LLMs) in the biology domain; specifically, model assistance in the acquisition, development and dissemination of harmful biological agents and other dual use entities.\nArtificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.\nWe are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.\nIndividual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits\nLearn more about benefits at Google.\nResponsibilities\nDevelop assessments and frameworks to rigorously quantify capability thresholds, technical feasibility, and potential consequences of model uplift wherever possible.\nDesign and execute robust evaluations and relevant datasets of computational biology and/or microbiology and other critical related areas. The goal of these evaluations is to elicit the maximum capability of the model to determine how it can uplift malicious actors across the domain. \nPartner with responsibility engineers to design highly nuanced mitigations that block harmful outputs without overly degrading the model's scientific utility. Similar to writing capability evaluations, this requires a deep understanding of dual use science.\nSupport the ongoing development and refinement of Google’s CBRNE safety policy, and clearly communicate complex risks, evaluation findings, and mitigation strategies to leadership and technical and non-technical external stakeholders.\nQualifications\nMinimum qualifications:\nPhD in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, Microbiology, or a related field or equivalent practical experience.\nExperience applying computational tools, biological modeling, and command-line scripts to analyze protein biochemistry, microbiology, or pathogenic systems.\nExperience working with biological datasets (e.g., genomics, proteomics, structural biology).\nExperience evaluating emerging technologies and assessing potential biorisk or misuse scenarios.\nExperience with peer-reviewed contributions and working across cross-functional teams.\nExperience supporting a secure, global research environment.\nPreferred qualifications:\nExperience working in AI safety, evaluations, red-teaming, or applied AI research at a national laboratory, academic institution, or industry setting.\nKnowledge of challenges of biological weapons, the biological threat landscape, potential mitigations and awareness of relevant stakeholders.\nFamiliarity with agentic AI and its applicability to frontier risk within biology.\nUnderstanding of Safety Frameworks in AI. 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