AI Research Scientist, AI Safety and Security

The Research Scientist candidate will use their skills in system design and modeling to advance AI safety and security research. These roles will require research and problem-solving skills to design, develop, and evaluate novel approaches to ensuring AI systems are safe, secure, and aligned with human values. These roles will work in a focused incubation team and collaborate with a large and wide-ranging set of scientists and engineers in the greater organization.
AI Research Scientist, AI Safety and Security Responsibilities
Perform fundamental and applied research to advance the scientific and technological frontiers of AI safety and security
Develop and evaluate methods for ensuring AI systems behave safely and as intended, including alignment techniques and robustness testing
Investigate paradigms for detecting and mitigating adversarial attacks, model vulnerabilities, and potential misuse of AI systems
Develop algorithms based on state-of-the-art machine learning and neural network methodologies with a focus on safety and security
Define, build and benchmark new safety and security functionalities needed for the next generation of AI
Conduct research towards long-term product goals while identifying intermediate milestones
Plan and execute novel research based on long-term objectives of the organization

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a PhD degree in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Security, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience with any of the following research areas: AI safety, AI alignment, adversarial machine learning, model robustness, AI security, red-teaming AI systems, interpretability, or trustworthy AI
Experience in relevant AI safety and security research areas, such as: alignment techniques, reward modeling, RLHF, constitutional AI, jailbreak prevention, model robustness, or adversarial attack detection

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working with large language models and evaluating their safety properties
2+ years of industry experience in relevant AI safety and security research areas
Experience building systems based on machine learning and/or deep learning methods
Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as publications at leading workshops, journals or conferences in Machine Learning (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR), Security (IEEE S&P, USENIX Security, CCS), or AI Safety venues
Experience with manipulating and analyzing complex, large scale, high-dimensionality data from varying sources
Experience working and communicating cross-functionally in a team environment
Demonstrated research and software engineering experience via an internship, work experience, coding competitions, or widely used contributions in open source repositories (e.g. GitHub)
Experience with deep learning frameworks (such as Py Torch, Tensorflow) and Python
Experience solving complex problems and comparing alternative solutions, tradeoffs, and different perspectives to determine a path forward

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United States of America: $154,000/year to $217,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

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