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AI Security Researcher
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AI Security Researcher
Join Us in Securing the Nation’s Future
You’ll work at the cutting edge of AI and cyber security, researching, developing and prototyping innovative solutions that help protect systems against sophisticated threats. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on hard technical problems, enjoys experimentation and wants to make a tangible impact in high-stakes environments.
At ROKE, you’ll join a supportive, collaborative team working on mission-critical challenges across national security. Your work will help customers understand, assess and defend against emerging AI-enabled risks.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Conduct in-depth research into emerging AI security threats, vulnerabilities and attack techniques.
- Design and develop novel solutions, tools and prototypes that help protect systems and inform customer decisions.
- Perform vulnerability analysis, reverse engineering and security assessments across a range of platforms.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to transition research into real-world capabilities.
- Contribute to technical reports, white papers and customer deliverables that explain complex findings clearly.
- Present to both technical and non-technical audiences, communicating clearly the relevance and impact of the work.
- Stay ahead of the latest developments in AI security and share practical insights with the wider team.
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What You’ll Bring
At Roke we like to develop multi-disciplinary teams and don’t expect any single person to possess all of the skills required to deliver a project. We’d like to hear from you if you bring strong technical curiosity, sound judgement and experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Exploit development.
- Malware analysis.
- Secure software development.
- Vulnerability research skills.
- Machine Learning model development and understanding of the ML eco-system.
- Familiarity with vulnerability research tools and frameworks.
- Understanding of operating systems, networks and system architecture.
- Reverse engineering.
Nice to Have
- Experience researching AI, machine learning or large language model security risks.
- Experience turning research ideas into working prototypes, tools or customer-facing demonstrations.
- Ability to explain technical findings to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
Why Join Us?
We know that life does not stand still either. That’s why we offer:
- Learning as part of the way we work every day, through mentoring, coaching and new opportunities.
- ROKE Academy support for technical mastery, leadership development and long-term career growth.
- 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell additional days.
- Private medical insurance, plus health, wellness and family support.
- Chemring ShareSave scheme, EV salary sacrifice scheme and access to discounts and cashback.
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About ROKE
Built on over a 70-year heritage, ROKE offers specialist knowledge in sensors, communications, cyber, AI and machine learning. We change the way organisations think and act through dynamic insights from multiple layers of data. We take care of the innovative, technical work that keeps everyone safe.
We have secured long-term work across the full spectrum on the latest client framework, creating a strong platform for continued growth and development in this domain.
Location & Clearance
This role can be based from Woking or Romsey, with an opportunity to visit our client sites in the London area
Due to the nature of this role, you must be eligible and willing to achieve DV clearance.
Ready to use your research skills to make a real impact? Apply with an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.
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