Research Scientist jobs in United Kingdom
32 research scientist in United Kingdom jobs are open right now across 12+ hiring companies. The most recent posting was confirmed live 1 day ago.
The most active employers are Faculty (4), Spotify (3), Crick (3), AI Security Institute (3).
8 of them (25%) publish a salary. For annual pay in GBP, the median midpoint is £70k, and the middle 80% of ranges sit between £47k and £170k (8 postings).
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Senior Laboratory Research Scientist
Salary for this Role: From £47,080 with benefits, subject to skills and experience. Job Title: Senior Laboratory Research Scientist Reports to: Vikram Chandra [C] Closing Date: 13/Oct/2026 23.59 GMT Job Description: Job Title: Senior Laboratory Research Scientist - transgenics
Principal Research Scientist
Senior Research Scientist (Architectures Research)
About Nebius: Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of
Applyto Senior Research Scientist (Architectures Research) at Nebius seen live 1 day ago posted 11 days agoResearch Scientist, Embodied AI
About Niantic Spatial At Niantic Spatial, we're building the future of physical AI. Powered by a proprietary database of over 30 billion posed images, our groundbreaking mapping technology unlocks a new dimension of interaction and spatial intelligence that helps both humans and
Senior Applied Research Scientist - Personalization
The Personalization team makes deciding what to play next easier and more enjoyable for every listener. From Blend to Discover Weekly, we're behind some of Spotify's most-loved features. We built them by understanding the world of music and podcasts better than anyone else. Join
Applyto Senior Applied Research Scientist - Personalization at Spotify seen live 1 day ago posted 14 days agoResearch Scientist - Personalization
The Personalization team makes deciding what to play next easier and more enjoyable for every listener. From Blend to Discover Weekly, we’re behind some of Spotify’s most-loved features. We built them by understanding the world of music and podcasts better than anyone else. Join
Principal Research Scientist - AI Safety
Why Faculty? We established Faculty in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Since then, we’ve worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI. You can read about our real-world impact
AI Research Scientist
Overview: At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges. Being part of Zebra Nation
GeMS Senior Research Scientist - Transgenic Services
Salary for this Role: From £47,080 with benefits, subject to skills and experience Job Title: GeMS Senior Research Scientist - Transgenic Services Reports to: Ben Davies Closing Date: 04/Oct/2026 23.59 GMT Job Description: Senior Laboratory Research Scientist (BRF GeMS)
Applyto GeMS Senior Research Scientist - Transgenic Services at Crick seen live 1 day ago posted 17 days agoAlignment Red Team - Research Engineer/Research Scientist
About the AI Security Institute The AI Security Institute is the world's largest and best-funded team dedicated to understanding advanced AI risks and translating that knowledge into action. We’re in the heart of the UK government with direct lines to No. 10 (the Prime
Applyto Alignment Red Team - Research Engineer/Research Scientist at AI Security Institute seen live 1 day ago posted 20 days agoSenior Laboratory Research Scientist
Salary for this Role: From £47,080 per annum plus benefits, subject to skills and experience Job Title: Senior Laboratory Research Scientist Reports to: Radoslav Enchev Closing Date: 05/Oct/2026 23.59 GMT Job Description: Senior Laboratory Research Scientist (Senior Protein
Senior Research Scientist, Health Economic Modelling
Do you consider yourself a self-starter with a real passion for projects involving innovative methods in health economics and evidence synthesis? Do you love collaborating, moving the ball forward, and rolling up your sleeves? Are you a health economist with a passion for R
Applyto Senior Research Scientist, Health Economic Modelling at Precision Medicine Group seen live 1 day ago posted 24 days agoSenior Research Scientist, Health Economic Modelling
Do you consider yourself a self-starter with a real passion for projects involving innovative methods in health economics and evidence synthesis? Do you love collaborating, moving the ball forward, and rolling up your sleeves? Are you a health economist with a passion for R
Applyto Senior Research Scientist, Health Economic Modelling at Precision AQ seen live 1 day ago posted 24 days agoResearch Scientist
Job Description: Your Impact Are you a researcher in industry or academia looking to advance your career and work on technology that will shape the future of defence? If you have a STEM PhD and five years UK residency, w e are looking for talented Scientists and Engineers with
Misuse Red Team - Research Engineer/Research Scientist
About the AI Security Institute The AI Security Institute is the world's largest and best-funded team dedicated to understanding advanced AI risks and translating that knowledge into action. We’re in the heart of the UK government with direct lines to No. 10 (the Prime
Applyto Misuse Red Team - Research Engineer/Research Scientist at AI Security Institute seen live 1 day ago posted 33 days agoControl Red Team - Research Engineer/Research Scientist
About the AI Security Institute The AI Security Institute is the world's largest and best-funded team dedicated to understanding advanced AI risks and translating that knowledge into action. We’re in the heart of the UK government with direct lines to No. 10 (the Prime
Applyto Control Red Team - Research Engineer/Research Scientist at AI Security Institute seen live 1 day ago posted 33 days agoResearch Scientist I/II, Computational Organic Electronics
Your Impact at LILA Your role will involve applying computational methods and AI to accelerate the discovery and design of organic electronics materials. You will use first-principles modeling, atomistic simulations, scientific machine learning, and agentic AI systems to
Applyto Research Scientist I/II, Computational Organic Electronics at Lila Sciences seen live 1 day ago posted 45 days agoSenior AI Research Scientist (Model-based RL)
About Phaidra Phaidra is building the future of industrial automation. The world today is filled with static, monolithic infrastructure. Factories, power plants, buildings, etc. operate the same they've operated for decades — because the controls programming is hard-coded.
Applyto Senior AI Research Scientist (Model-based RL) at Phaidra seen live 1 day ago posted 46 days agoSenior Research Scientist (Architectures Research)
About Nebius: Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of
Applyto Senior Research Scientist (Architectures Research) at Nebius seen live 1 day ago posted 56 days agoResearch Scientist - AI Safety
Why Faculty? We established Faculty in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Since then, we’ve worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI. You can read about our real-world impact
Research Scientist - Large Geometry Models
About us Re-architecting Engineering for the Age of Intelligence PhysicsX is the physics AI company for industrials. The company’s mission is to accelerate hardware innovation by overhauling what industrial engineering and manufacturing look like today. PhysicsX is building a
Applyto Research Scientist - Large Geometry Models at PhysicsX seen live 1 day ago posted 60 days agoSenior Research Scientist, AI Foundations Recipes
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to
Applyto Senior Research Scientist, AI Foundations Recipes at Waymo seen live 1 day ago posted 66 days agoResearch Scientist, Computational Condensed Matter Physics
Your Impact at LILA Your role will involve applying computational condensed matter physics and electronic structure expertise to accelerate materials discovery, optimization, and understanding. You will use first-principles modeling, atomistic simulations, scientific machine
Applyto Research Scientist, Computational Condensed Matter Physics at Lila Sciences seen live 1 day ago posted 69 days agoSenior Research Scientist - AI Safety Evaluations
Why Faculty? We established Faculty in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Since then, we’ve worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI. You can read about our real-world impact
Applyto Senior Research Scientist - AI Safety Evaluations at Faculty seen live 1 day ago posted 74 days agoSenior Research Scientist - AI Safety
Why Faculty? We established Faculty in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Since then, we’ve worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI. You can read about our real-world impact