Nuclear Expert, DeepMind
Google· DeepMind
Mountain View, CA, USA$174k - $252kFull-timePosted 3d ago
About the role
Research Scientist position serving as a technical expert in evaluating and mitigating safety risks of frontier AI models in the nuclear domain, focusing on model uplift, safety assessments, and dual-use concerns within the CBRE/ ReDI framework.
Responsibilities
- Construct threat models prioritizing vulnerabilities, threat actors, and scenarios related to fission, fusion, thermonuclear weapons development and high energy density dual use regimes. Develop mathematical and computational frameworks to quantify capability thresholds, technical feasibility, and potential consequences of model uplift wherever possible.
- Create robust evaluation datasets of complex physics and nuclear engineering prompts to elicit the maximum capability of the model to determine how to uplift malicious actors across the domain.
- Collaborate with engineers to design mitigations that block harmful outputs without overly degrading the model's scientific utility.
- Support development, refinement of Google’s nuclear safety policy. Communicate complex risks, evaluation findings, mitigation strategies to leadership and technical/non-technical external stakeholders.
Qualifications
- PhD in plasma physics, nuclear engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience collaborating with US national labs or agencies like IAEA, NNSA, or DARPA, or similar government/academic consortia.
- Experience in research/policy in stockpile stewardship, nonproliferation, arms control, or threat reduction.
- Technical experience in high energy density physics, inertial confinement fusion, implosion dynamics, criticality, missiles, or reactor operations, nuclear infrastructure.
Skills
Required:Threat modelingEvaluation data designMitigation designPolicy development
Benefits
- Learn more about benefits at Google (link provided in description).
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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