# Research Scientist, Mechanistic Interpretability

About the job At DeepMind, we've built a unique culture and work environment where long-term ambitious research can flourish. We are seeking a highly motivated Research Scientist to join our team and contribute to groundbreaking research at the intersection of mechanistic interpretability, cognitive science, and the philosophy of mind. You will investigate cognitive processes in large language models, helping us understand the inner workings of Gemini and other models and advancing the path toward safe, aligned Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Artificial 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. We 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 c

- **Id**: 3982391
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/google-deepmind-research-scientist-mechanistic-interpretability>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T17:40:18Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T01:45:04Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
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- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: LLM & Generative AI, Foundation Models, AI Research Labs, AI for Science

## Company

- **Id**: 4
- **Name**: Google DeepMind
- **Domain**: deepmind.google
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/deepmind>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Career site

## Technologies

- **Gemini** — Optional: no
- **Interpretability** — Optional: no
- **JAX** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **PyTorch** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T20:11:36Z

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- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T02:09:46Z

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