Research Engineer Jobs in the UK

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Research Scientist/Research Engineer- Safeguards

London, United Kingdom
AI Safety Institute
Role Description The AI Safety Institute research unit is looking for exceptionally motivated and talented people to join its Safeguard Analysis Team. Interventions that secure a system from abuse by bad actors will grow in importance as AI systems become more advanced and integrated into society. The AI Safety Institute's Safeguard Analysis Team researches such interventions, which it … to hire security researchers who have historically worked outside of AI, such as in - non-exhaustively - computer security, information security, web technology policy, and hardware security. Diverse perspectives and research interests are welcomed. The Team seeks people with skillsets leaning in the direction of either or both of Research Scientist and Research Engineer, recognising that some … technical staff may prefer work that spans or alternates between engineering and research responsibilities. The Team's priorities include research-oriented responsibilities - like assessing the threats to frontier systems and developing novel attacks - and engineering-oriented ones, such as building infrastructure for running evaluations. In this role, you'll receive mentorship and coaching from your manager and the More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Research Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation™
Research Engineer – Foundation Models | London (On-site) We’re partnering with a stealth-mode deep tech AI lab based in London that’s building foundation models from the ground up . This isn’t fine-tuning or prompt engineering, it’s genuine model pre-training, post-training, and large-scale systems research. The company secured substantial funding in … s a rare opportunity to get in early at a company that will define its own category once it comes out of stealth next year. The Role As a Research Engineer, you’ll play a key role in designing, training, and evaluating large-scale models and distributed systems. You’ll work closely with experienced colleagues who have scaled … some of the world’s largest AI systems, helping to drive both the research and infrastructure that underpin next-generation foundation models. You’ll have a high degree of autonomy and ownership, contributing directly to experiments, training pipelines, and evaluation frameworks that will inform how the models evolve over time. What You’ll Work On Designing and developing large More ❯
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Research Engineer

London Area, United Kingdom
SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation™
Research Engineer – Foundation Models | London (On-site) We’re partnering with a stealth-mode deep tech AI lab based in London that’s building foundation models from the ground up . This isn’t fine-tuning or prompt engineering, it’s genuine model pre-training, post-training, and large-scale systems research. The company secured substantial funding in … s a rare opportunity to get in early at a company that will define its own category once it comes out of stealth next year. The Role As a Research Engineer, you’ll play a key role in designing, training, and evaluating large-scale models and distributed systems. You’ll work closely with experienced colleagues who have scaled … some of the world’s largest AI systems, helping to drive both the research and infrastructure that underpin next-generation foundation models. You’ll have a high degree of autonomy and ownership, contributing directly to experiments, training pipelines, and evaluation frameworks that will inform how the models evolve over time. What You’ll Work On Designing and developing large More ❯
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Research Engineer

london, south east england, united kingdom
SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation™
Research Engineer – Foundation Models | London (On-site) We’re partnering with a stealth-mode deep tech AI lab based in London that’s building foundation models from the ground up . This isn’t fine-tuning or prompt engineering, it’s genuine model pre-training, post-training, and large-scale systems research. The company secured substantial funding in … s a rare opportunity to get in early at a company that will define its own category once it comes out of stealth next year. The Role As a Research Engineer, you’ll play a key role in designing, training, and evaluating large-scale models and distributed systems. You’ll work closely with experienced colleagues who have scaled … some of the world’s largest AI systems, helping to drive both the research and infrastructure that underpin next-generation foundation models. You’ll have a high degree of autonomy and ownership, contributing directly to experiments, training pipelines, and evaluation frameworks that will inform how the models evolve over time. What You’ll Work On Designing and developing large More ❯
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Research Engineer

slough, south east england, united kingdom
SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation™
Research Engineer – Foundation Models | London (On-site) We’re partnering with a stealth-mode deep tech AI lab based in London that’s building foundation models from the ground up . This isn’t fine-tuning or prompt engineering, it’s genuine model pre-training, post-training, and large-scale systems research. The company secured substantial funding in … s a rare opportunity to get in early at a company that will define its own category once it comes out of stealth next year. The Role As a Research Engineer, you’ll play a key role in designing, training, and evaluating large-scale models and distributed systems. You’ll work closely with experienced colleagues who have scaled … some of the world’s largest AI systems, helping to drive both the research and infrastructure that underpin next-generation foundation models. You’ll have a high degree of autonomy and ownership, contributing directly to experiments, training pipelines, and evaluation frameworks that will inform how the models evolve over time. What You’ll Work On Designing and developing large More ❯
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Research Engineer

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation™
Research Engineer – Foundation Models | London (On-site) We’re partnering with a stealth-mode deep tech AI lab based in London that’s building foundation models from the ground up . This isn’t fine-tuning or prompt engineering, it’s genuine model pre-training, post-training, and large-scale systems research. The company secured substantial funding in … s a rare opportunity to get in early at a company that will define its own category once it comes out of stealth next year. The Role As a Research Engineer, you’ll play a key role in designing, training, and evaluating large-scale models and distributed systems. You’ll work closely with experienced colleagues who have scaled … some of the world’s largest AI systems, helping to drive both the research and infrastructure that underpin next-generation foundation models. You’ll have a high degree of autonomy and ownership, contributing directly to experiments, training pipelines, and evaluation frameworks that will inform how the models evolve over time. What You’ll Work On Designing and developing large More ❯
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Research Engineer in NLP for Language Learning

cambridge, east anglia, united kingdom
Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy
We invite applications for a Research Engineer to join the project Conversational AI for Language Learning. This interdisciplinary project explores how cutting-edge Natural Language Processing (NLP) can be harnessed to develop applications that support language learning, particularly in communities and regions where such technologies are scarce or unavailable. The ultimate goal is to lay the foundations for … and evaluate the application; Gathering and curating multilingual data and resources for conversational NLP; Developing and adapting language technologies for under-resourced languages; Contributing to publications and dissemination of research findings. The Research Engineer will work within an interdisciplinary project team and in collaboration with external and community partners. They will be based at the Centre for … Human-Inspired AI (CHIA) and the Language Technology Lab (LTL), part of a vibrant and highly research-active environment in NLP and AI at the University of Cambridge. The funds for this post are available for 12 months in the first instance. In Order For Your Application To Be Considered, Please Upload The Following Documents. If You Upload Any More ❯
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Research Engineer (Optics/Imaging) - Near Edinburgh Hybrid

Edinburgh, Stockbridge, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Lorien
Research Engineer (Optics/Imaging) - Near Edinburgh Hybrid Our client, an established and growing Scottish success story who have improved the lives of millions of people across the globe already and still have sights on further additions to their exciting product line, are on the lookout for a Research Engineer with a background in Optics/… part of the firm, we'd also be happy to share the great feedback from the many people we have placed into this company already. Role Outline: Using your research skills to help the wider function produce designs/prototypes, as well as craft reports/documentation, for existing and new additions to the product portfolio Analyse and report … a PhD in: Engineering/Computer Science/Informatics/Maths/Physics Previous work with Optics/Imaging/Photonics and Digital/Electronic Systems Demonstrable background in Research/similar R&D roles, and ability to translate research results for technical and non-technical personnel Skills in Matlab/similar Ideally any understanding across Software Systems More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
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Senior Research Engineer - Assembly Automation

Bristol, Avon, South West, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
GKN Aerospace
Senior Research Engineer - Assembly Automation Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities. GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, were inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. Were proud to play a part in protecting the worlds democracies. And were committed … manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career. Job Summary An exciting position has arisen for a Senior Research Engineer (SRE) Assembly Automation. The successful candidate shall work as part of a transnational team supporting a variety of technology activities, but with particular responsibility for specifying, developing … and deploying automated systems for assembly operations. Drawing on their diverse experience and awareness of state-of-art automation systems to progress a variety of research and development activities in the TRL1-6 range, often being required to work with and steer specialised suppliers to develop sub-systems to GKN specifications. They will work closely with other disciplines such More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent, Work From Home
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Research Software Engineer - Durham

Durham, England, United Kingdom
None
Research Software Engineer - Durham The Role and Department The Directorate of Advanced Research Computing (ARC) provides a broad computational capability to underpin and help define the nature of research and innovation that can be undertaken with the institution. ARC's mission is to deliver a coherent strategy for the computational support of research: enabling research … fostering associated expertise; and enhancing interdisciplinary collaborations. Leading-edge platforms including High Performance Computing, computational and cutting-edge data analytics methods, and growth and retention of vital capacity in research software engineering and technical R&D are at the core of this endeavour. We organise our activity under three main pillars: 1. Research Computing Platforms 2. Research Software Engineering 3. Developing researcher computational skills Which is delivered by the Administration, Research Computing Platforms (RCP) and Research Software Engineering (RSE) teams. Through collaboration between the Institute for Data Science, Department of Computer Science and ARC, several grants have been secured under the umbrella of the UK's Digital Research Technology Professionals (dRTP) programme. These More ❯
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Senior Research Engineer - Assembly Automation

Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
GKN Aerospace
Senior Research Engineer - Assembly Automation Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities. GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, were inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries click apply for full job details More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Graduate ML Research Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Zettafleet
your work. Co-hire your future colleagues. Work closely with the founding team and contribute towards best practices, standards, and culture of the company. What we are looking for: Research engineering: Industry experience in complex machine learning projects including data processing and training models in a distributed environment. LLMs: Understanding of LLM architectures, pre and/or post-training … Contributions to and experience in open-source projects. Startup experience: Experience with a startup work environment and wider ecosystem. Why join us? Work in an environment conducting cutting-edge research in AI. An official role title of “Founding Research Engineer” - make an impact on day one. Competitive salary, equity and benefits package. 28 days + public holidays More ❯
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Graduate ML Research Engineer

London Area, United Kingdom
Zettafleet
your work. Co-hire your future colleagues. Work closely with the founding team and contribute towards best practices, standards, and culture of the company. What we are looking for: Research engineering: Industry experience in complex machine learning projects including data processing and training models in a distributed environment. LLMs: Understanding of LLM architectures, pre and/or post-training … Contributions to and experience in open-source projects. Startup experience: Experience with a startup work environment and wider ecosystem. Why join us? Work in an environment conducting cutting-edge research in AI. An official role title of “Founding Research Engineer” - make an impact on day one. Competitive salary, equity and benefits package. 28 days + public holidays More ❯
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Graduate ML Research Engineer

london, south east england, united kingdom
Zettafleet
your work. Co-hire your future colleagues. Work closely with the founding team and contribute towards best practices, standards, and culture of the company. What we are looking for: Research engineering: Industry experience in complex machine learning projects including data processing and training models in a distributed environment. LLMs: Understanding of LLM architectures, pre and/or post-training … Contributions to and experience in open-source projects. Startup experience: Experience with a startup work environment and wider ecosystem. Why join us? Work in an environment conducting cutting-edge research in AI. An official role title of “Founding Research Engineer” - make an impact on day one. Competitive salary, equity and benefits package. 28 days + public holidays More ❯
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Graduate ML Research Engineer

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
Zettafleet
your work. Co-hire your future colleagues. Work closely with the founding team and contribute towards best practices, standards, and culture of the company. What we are looking for: Research engineering: Industry experience in complex machine learning projects including data processing and training models in a distributed environment. LLMs: Understanding of LLM architectures, pre and/or post-training … Contributions to and experience in open-source projects. Startup experience: Experience with a startup work environment and wider ecosystem. Why join us? Work in an environment conducting cutting-edge research in AI. An official role title of “Founding Research Engineer” - make an impact on day one. Competitive salary, equity and benefits package. 28 days + public holidays More ❯
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Graduate ML Research Engineer

slough, south east england, united kingdom
Zettafleet
your work. Co-hire your future colleagues. Work closely with the founding team and contribute towards best practices, standards, and culture of the company. What we are looking for: Research engineering: Industry experience in complex machine learning projects including data processing and training models in a distributed environment. LLMs: Understanding of LLM architectures, pre and/or post-training … Contributions to and experience in open-source projects. Startup experience: Experience with a startup work environment and wider ecosystem. Why join us? Work in an environment conducting cutting-edge research in AI. An official role title of “Founding Research Engineer” - make an impact on day one. Competitive salary, equity and benefits package. 28 days + public holidays More ❯
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Senior ML Research Engineer

London, UK
Zettafleet
your work. Co-hire your future colleagues. Work closely with the founding team and contribute towards best practices, standards, and culture of the company. What we are looking for: Research engineering: 5+ years of industry experience in complex machine learning projects including data processing and training models in a distributed environment. LLMs: Deep understanding of LLM architectures, pre and … Contributions to and experience in open-source projects. Startup experience: Experience with a startup work environment and wider ecosystem. Why join us? Work in an environment conducting cutting-edge research in AI. An official role title of “Founding Research Engineer” - make an impact on day one. Competitive salary, equity and benefits package. 28 days + public holidays More ❯
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Senior ML Research Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Zettafleet
your work. Co-hire your future colleagues. Work closely with the founding team and contribute towards best practices, standards, and culture of the company. What we are looking for: Research engineering: 5+ years of industry experience in complex machine learning projects including data processing and training models in a distributed environment. LLMs: Deep understanding of LLM architectures, pre and … Contributions to and experience in open-source projects. Startup experience: Experience with a startup work environment and wider ecosystem. Why join us? Work in an environment conducting cutting-edge research in AI. An official role title of “Founding Research Engineer” - make an impact on day one. Competitive salary, equity and benefits package. 28 days + public holidays More ❯
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Senior ML Research Engineer

london, south east england, united kingdom
Zettafleet
your work. Co-hire your future colleagues. Work closely with the founding team and contribute towards best practices, standards, and culture of the company. What we are looking for: Research engineering: 5+ years of industry experience in complex machine learning projects including data processing and training models in a distributed environment. LLMs: Deep understanding of LLM architectures, pre and … Contributions to and experience in open-source projects. Startup experience: Experience with a startup work environment and wider ecosystem. Why join us? Work in an environment conducting cutting-edge research in AI. An official role title of “Founding Research Engineer” - make an impact on day one. Competitive salary, equity and benefits package. 28 days + public holidays More ❯
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Senior ML Research Engineer

slough, south east england, united kingdom
Zettafleet
your work. Co-hire your future colleagues. Work closely with the founding team and contribute towards best practices, standards, and culture of the company. What we are looking for: Research engineering: 5+ years of industry experience in complex machine learning projects including data processing and training models in a distributed environment. LLMs: Deep understanding of LLM architectures, pre and … Contributions to and experience in open-source projects. Startup experience: Experience with a startup work environment and wider ecosystem. Why join us? Work in an environment conducting cutting-edge research in AI. An official role title of “Founding Research Engineer” - make an impact on day one. Competitive salary, equity and benefits package. 28 days + public holidays More ❯
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Senior ML Research Engineer

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
Zettafleet
your work. Co-hire your future colleagues. Work closely with the founding team and contribute towards best practices, standards, and culture of the company. What we are looking for: Research engineering: 5+ years of industry experience in complex machine learning projects including data processing and training models in a distributed environment. LLMs: Deep understanding of LLM architectures, pre and … Contributions to and experience in open-source projects. Startup experience: Experience with a startup work environment and wider ecosystem. Why join us? Work in an environment conducting cutting-edge research in AI. An official role title of “Founding Research Engineer” - make an impact on day one. Competitive salary, equity and benefits package. 28 days + public holidays More ❯
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ML Research Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Zettafleet
your work. Co-hire your future colleagues. Work closely with the founding team and contribute towards best practices, standards, and culture of the company. What we are looking for: Research engineering: 2-3 years of industry experience in complex machine learning projects including data processing and training models in a distributed environment. LLMs: Strong understanding of LLM architectures, pre … Contributions to and experience in open-source projects. Startup experience: Experience with a startup work environment and wider ecosystem. Why join us? Work in an environment conducting cutting-edge research in AI. An official role title of “Founding Research Engineer” - make an impact on day one. Competitive salary, equity and benefits package. 28 days + public holidays More ❯
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ML Research Engineer

london, south east england, united kingdom
Zettafleet
your work. Co-hire your future colleagues. Work closely with the founding team and contribute towards best practices, standards, and culture of the company. What we are looking for: Research engineering: 2-3 years of industry experience in complex machine learning projects including data processing and training models in a distributed environment. LLMs: Strong understanding of LLM architectures, pre … Contributions to and experience in open-source projects. Startup experience: Experience with a startup work environment and wider ecosystem. Why join us? Work in an environment conducting cutting-edge research in AI. An official role title of “Founding Research Engineer” - make an impact on day one. Competitive salary, equity and benefits package. 28 days + public holidays More ❯
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ML Research Engineer

slough, south east england, united kingdom
Zettafleet
your work. Co-hire your future colleagues. Work closely with the founding team and contribute towards best practices, standards, and culture of the company. What we are looking for: Research engineering: 2-3 years of industry experience in complex machine learning projects including data processing and training models in a distributed environment. LLMs: Strong understanding of LLM architectures, pre … Contributions to and experience in open-source projects. Startup experience: Experience with a startup work environment and wider ecosystem. Why join us? Work in an environment conducting cutting-edge research in AI. An official role title of “Founding Research Engineer” - make an impact on day one. Competitive salary, equity and benefits package. 28 days + public holidays More ❯
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ML Research Engineer

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
Zettafleet
your work. Co-hire your future colleagues. Work closely with the founding team and contribute towards best practices, standards, and culture of the company. What we are looking for: Research engineering: 2-3 years of industry experience in complex machine learning projects including data processing and training models in a distributed environment. LLMs: Strong understanding of LLM architectures, pre … Contributions to and experience in open-source projects. Startup experience: Experience with a startup work environment and wider ecosystem. Why join us? Work in an environment conducting cutting-edge research in AI. An official role title of “Founding Research Engineer” - make an impact on day one. Competitive salary, equity and benefits package. 28 days + public holidays More ❯
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Research Engineer
10th Percentile
£58,000
25th Percentile
£62,500
Median
£70,000
75th Percentile
£95,625
90th Percentile
£111,000