Staff Research Scientist, AI Alignment

Google LLC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Singapore seeks a Share Staff Research Scientist, AI Alignment to lead regional AI safety research and build partnerships with APAC academia and government bodies.

You will bridge academic breakthroughs with engineering execution, publishing findings and mentoring researchers while shaping foundational AI alignment and safety strategies in a fast-evolving landscape.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent practical experience in CS or related field.
• 4 years of research experience across multiple teams/projects.
• Experience in ML, adversarial ML or evaluating frontier AI systems (supervised/unsupervised/RL, interpretability, robustness, safety, generative models, agentic AI, multi-objective optimization).
• One or more scientific publication submissions for conferences, journals, or public repositories.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead researcher for regional AI safety research and AI alignment.
• Coordinate joint research partnerships with APAC academic institutions and government bodies.
• Integrate safety breakthroughs and evaluation protocols into core engineering frameworks.
• Collaborate with regional and global teams to navigate policy and regulatory landscapes.
• Publish foundational findings and mentor students or visiting researchers.

Skills

Machine learning

Adversarial ML

AI safety

Generative models

Reinforcement learning

Interpretability

Education

PhD in Computer Science

Job description

Share Staff Research Scientist, AI Alignment

Google will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require Google's sponsorship of a visa.

• PhD degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience with research agendas across multiple teams or projects.
• Experience in machine learning, adversarial machine learning or evaluating frontier AI systems, which includes but not limited to supervised learning, unsupervised learning and reinforcement learning, ML interpretability, adversarial robustness, ML safety, generative models, agentic AI, multi-object optimization.
• One of more scientific publication submission(s) for conferences, journals, or public repositories (such as CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, etc.).

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience establishing research partnerships or liaising with external stakeholders, academic institutions, or government bodies.
• Demonstrated experience understanding technology policy, regulatory compliance, and regional cultural nuances within the Asia-Pacific (APAC) landscape.
• Track record of successfully coordinating joint academic research initiatives and integrating advanced research breakthroughs into scalable engineering frameworks.
• First-authored publications in top machine learning, safety/security tracks in machine learning or AI conferences, or HCI conferences.

About the job

As an organization, Google maintains a portfolio of research projects driven by fundamental research, new product innovation, product contribution and infrastructure goals, while providing individuals and teams the freedom to emphasize specific types of work. As a Research Scientist, you'll setup large-scale tests and deploy promising ideas quickly and broadly, managing deadlines and deliverables while applying the latest theories to develop new and improved products, processes, or technologies. From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, our research scientists work on real-world problems that span the breadth of computer science, such as machine (and deep) learning, data mining, natural language processing, hardware and software performance analysis, improving compilers for mobile platforms, as well as core search and much more.

As a Research Scientist, you'll also actively contribute to the wider research community by sharing and publishing your findings, with ideas inspired by internal projects as well as from collaborations with research programs at partner universities and technical institutes all over the world.

In this role, you will serve as a key researcher for regional AI safety research, establishing a technical presence dedicated to AI alignment. You will bridge foundational academic breakthroughs with core engineering execution to ensure next-generation AI models are robust, trustworthy, and safe. You will act as a key liaison, building and coordinating highly impactful research partnerships with academic institutions, government stakeholders, and regional engineering hubs across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. You will also actively contribute to the wider research community by sharing and publishing findings.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead researcher for regional AI safety research, defining and driving a foundational research agenda in AI alignment and developing advanced computational intelligence technology to adapt to new trends and threats.and socio-technical systems.
• Lead local interactions and liaise directly with APAC academic institutions, government bodies, and key external stakeholders to establish and coordinate joint research partnerships.
• Oversee the strategic integration of localized safety breakthroughs, evaluation protocols, and alignment methodologies into core engineering frameworks and frontier AI models.
• Collaborate closely with regional engineering teams, global research pillars, and cross-functional partners to navigate fast-moving technology policy and regulatory landscapes.
• Participate in the regional research community, publish foundational research in scientific venues, represent Google in regional research forums, and mentor students or visiting researchers.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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