Google DeepMind · London
Research Scientist, Fusion
11/28/2025
Description
Successful applicants should be passionate about the use of AI in Fusion.
As a Research Scientist within Fusion, you will use your expertise to push forward Google Deepmind’s investment in Fusion energy. You will be working with in-house scientists and engineers to push forward DeepMind’s work in hybrid data and physics-driven predictions and applications for pulse design and control.
Key responsibilities:
- Advance predictive capabilities to beyond the state-of-the-art by combining data-driven and physics-based approaches at scale.
- Collaborate with other physicists, engineers and ML researchers across the team on designing and implementing systems for magnetic confinement fusion pulse optimization and controller design.
- Employ cutting-edge technology and techniques to contribute to solving some of the hardest problems.
- Incorporate your passion for science and any previous knowledge or academic experience to join a team of hardworking individuals who openly collaborate with one another and cultivate a culture of continuous development and advancement.
Qualifications
- PhD or MSc in physics, computer science or equivalent industry experience.
- Established experience in a magnetic confinement fusion research environment.
- Familiarity with magnetic confinement fusion datasets, and a passion for utilizing data at scale to push research boundaries.
- Proven ability to navigate ambiguous challenges and translate high-level goals into progress.
- Passion for accelerating science using innovative technologies.
- Proven experience in Python development.
- Significant experience working with data and building pipelines.
- Experience in magnetic confinement fusion integrated modelling.
- Experience applying machine learning techniques to problems in fusion.
- Direct experience in tokamak experiments and operation.
- Strong understanding of trends and advances within plasma physics and fusion energy, especially within magnetic confinement.