Cyber Security Engineer - Cyber & Autonomous Systems Team

Onboard and integrate new cyber ranges into our evaluation pipeline

Conduct agent research to improve the cyber capabilities of our agents

Improve grading and scoring methodologies for automated evaluation tasks

Integrate defensive telemetry and simulated users into ranges to increase their realism

Collaborate with government partners on joint research publications

Your work will directly shape the UK government's understanding of AI cyber capabilities, inform safety standards for frontier AI systems, and contribute to the global effort to develop rigorous evaluation methodologies. The evaluations you build will help determine how advanced AI systems are assessed before deployment.

We're flexible on the exact profile and expect successful candidates will meet many (but not necessarily all) of the criteria below:

Strong Python skills with experience writing scripts for automation or security tooling

Proven experience in at least one of the following areas of cybersecurity red-teaming:

Penetration testing

Cyber range design

Competing in or designing CTFs

Developing automated security testing tools

Bug bounties, vulnerability research, or exploit discovery and patching

Strong interest in helping improve the safety of AI systems

Familiarity with virtualisation technologies such as Proxmox VE and infrastructure-as-code approaches to enable reproducible test environments to be rapidly spun up for testing

Ability to communicate the outcomes of cybersecurity research to a range of technical and non-technical audiences

Familiarity with cybersecurity tools such as network packet capture utilities, penetration testing frameworks, and reverse engineering/disassembly tools

Active in the cybersecurity community with a track record of keeping up to date with new research

Previous experience building or measuring the impact of automation tools on cyber red-teaming workflows

Motivated candidates are encouraged to apply even if you don't meet all the above criteria.

Incredibly talented, mission-driven and supportive colleagues.

Direct influence on how frontier AI is governed and deployed globally.

Work with the Prime Minister’s AI Advisor and leading AI companies.

Opportunity to shape the first & best-resourced public-interest research team focused on AI security.

Pre-release access to multiple frontier models and ample compute.

Extensive operational support so you can focus on research and ship quickly.

Work with experts across national security, policy, AI research and adjacent sciences.

If you’re talented and driven, you’ll own important problems early.

5 days off and annual stipends for learning and development, and funding for conferences and external collaborations.

Freedom to pursue research bets without product pressure.

Opportunities to publish and collaborate externally.

Modern central London office, or where applicable, option to work in similar government offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Salford or Bristol.

Hybrid working, flexibility for occasional remote work abroad and stipends for work-from-home equipment.

At least 25 days’ annual leave, 8 public holidays, extra team-wide breaks and 3 days off for volunteering.

Generous paid parental leave (36 weeks of UK statutory leave shared between parents + 3 extra paid weeks + option for additional unpaid time).

On top of your salary, we contribute 28.97% of your base salary to your pension.

Discounts and benefits for cycling to work, donations and retail/gyms.

*These benefits apply to direct employees. Benefits may differ for individuals joining through other employment arrangements such as secondments.

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