PhD jobs in Oxford

Engineering (PhD) [$73.29/hr] Role Responsibilities - Write and refine prompts to guide model behavior in engineering scenarios - Evaluate LLM-generated responses to engineering-related queries for technical accuracy, applied reasoning, and completeness - Conduct fact-checking and verify any technical claims using authoritative public sources and domain knowledge - Annotate model responses by...

General Postdoctoral Researcher - $90/hr Remote - Alignerr - Location: Remote About the job At Alignerr, we partner with the world’s leading AI research teams and labs to build and train cutting-edge AI models. Organization: Alignerr Position: General Postdoctoral Researcher (Masters/PhDs) Type: Hourly Contract Compensation: $75–$90 /hour Location: Remote Commitment: 10–40 hours/week Role...

You will lead validation strategy from late-stage development through clinical evaluation, ensuring studies are scientifically robust, regulator-ready, and aligned with the intended clinical use.

You will work closely with assay development, data science, regulatory, and external clinical partners.

You will have direct influence on commercial outcomes by transforming inside sales into a strategic growth engine, closely aligned with customer services and technical support teams. This role requires a commercially minded, people-focused leader who can set a clear vision, anticipate market dynamics, and embed scalable, data-driven sales practices.

You will be working closely with our research scientists, business team and external collaborators as we optimise our lipid production fermentations and downstream processing.

You will help define the strategies for optimisation of the performance of our production strains at benchtop-scale and transfer learnings to larger scales (300L+).

About the Role We’re seeking a Principal AI Engineer to lead the design and implementation of advanced AI solutions across our product and business ecosystem. This is a unique opportunity to define and deliver an organisation-wide AI strategy — combining hands-on technical work with cross-functional influence to drive real impact. You’ll work closely with senior technology and business leaders...

You will shape both how interactions are built and what expressive capabilities are possible, translating cutting-edge research into robust, real-world systems.

Join us in our mission to commercialize fusion energy ️ About Type One Energy Type One Energy Group is mission-driven to provide sustainable, affordable fusion power to the world. Established in 2019 and venture-backed in 2023, the company is led by a team of globally recognized fusion scientists with a strong track record of building state‐of‐the‐art stellarator fusion machines, together with...

You will play a central role in establishing EIT's global leadership in plant science by recruiting and managing top-tier talent, forging impactful collaborations, and driving translational research from lab to field.

Contract – 8 Months Inside IR35 Remote – UK Power Systems Consultant (EMT & RMS Studies) The consultant will support power system projects across multiple phases by delivering high-quality electrical studies and technical documentation. Key Responsibilities - Develop and validate EMT and RMS models for assets such as WTGs, PPCs, and STATCOMs. - Plan and execute design and Grid Code...

You will complete concept designs through to production in conjunction with the wider technology team, as well as providing technical support for the manufacture, installation and support of our systems.

You will also be familiar with project management techniques, have an excellent understanding of mechanical design principals and able to coach and mentor other members of the team.

Senior Machine Learning Scientist (Recommender Systems) - Viator About Viator Viator, a Tripadvisor company, is the leading marketplace for travel experiences. We believe that making memories is what travel is all about. And with 300,000+ travel experiences to explore—everything from simple tours to extreme adventures (and all the niche, interesting stuff in between)—making memories that will...

You will use a broad range of genomic techniques, including RNA-seq, ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, CLIP-seq, and whole genome sequencing, to model RNA–protein interactions and uncover fundamental biological mechanisms with translational potential.

You will be an analytical, collaborative researcher with excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

You will lead validation strategy from late-stage development through clinical evaluation, ensuring studies are scientifically robust, regulator-ready, and aligned with the intended clinical use.

You will work closely with assay development, data science, regulatory, and external clinical partners.

General Postdoctoral Researcher - $90/hr Remote - Alignerr - Location: Remote About the job At Alignerr, we partner with the world’s leading AI research teams and labs to build and train cutting-edge AI models. Organization: Alignerr Position: General Postdoctoral Researcher (Masters/PhDs) Type: Hourly Contract Compensation: $75–$90 /hour Location: Remote Commitment: 10–40 hours/week Role...

Join us in our mission to commercialize fusion energy ️ About Type One Energy Type One Energy Group is mission‐driven to provide sustainable, affordable fusion power to the world. Established in 2019 and venture‐backed in 2023, the company is led by a team of globally recognized fusion scientists with a strong track record of building state‐of‐the‐art stellarator fusion machines, together with...

You must have the right to work permanently in the UK with a willingness to travel as necessary.

You will live in, or within easy commuting distance of, Oxford. - During peak periods, some longer hours may be required and some working across multiple time zones due to the global nature of the programme.

You will help define the strategies for optimisation of the performance of our production strains at benchtop-scale and transfer learnings to larger scales (300L+).

You will research potential solutions to challenges, speak with experts in their field to find information and novel ideas, and be open to trying less-than-obvious solutions.

You must have the right to work permanently in the UK with a willingness to travel as necessary.

You will live in, or within easy commuting distance of, Oxford. - During peak periods, some longer hours may be required and some working across multiple time zones due to the global nature of the programme.

You must have the right to work permanently in the UK with a willingness to travel as necessary.

You will live in, or within easy commuting distance of, Oxford. - During peak periods, some longer hours may be required and some working across multiple time zones due to the global nature of the programme.