Research Scientist, Science AI, Google Research
Cambridge, MA, USA$147k - $210kFull-timePosted 3d ago
About the role
Research Scientist role at Google Research focused on designing and evaluating agentic AI systems for scientific discovery, advancing AI-accelerated science through inter-disciplinary collaboration, and building scalable infrastructure for agent execution and evaluation.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and evaluate agentic AI systems for scientific discovery.
- Bring in domain-specific tools, simulators, datasets, and models so agents can use them reliably at scale.
- Work with scientists inside and outside Google to choose high-impact problems, check agent-generated hypotheses, and close the loop between prediction and discovery.
- Set and lead a research agenda. Identify new directions at the intersection of agents and science, publish in top ML venues, and help shape long-term strategy for AI-accelerated science.
- Own the robust, scalable infrastructure for agent execution, orchestration, and evaluation, and help research ideas become reliable systems that others can build on.
Qualifications
- PhD degree in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Physics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience developing one or more of the following: autonomous agents, multi-agent workflows, or tool-using LLM systems.
- One or more first-author scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals or conferences.
Skills
Required:Autonomous agentsMachine Learning / LLM
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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