AI Research Scientist, AI Safety and Security

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**Summary:**

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.

**Required Skills:**

AI Research Scientist, AI Safety and Security Responsibilities:

1. Perform fundamental and applied research to advance the scientific and technological frontiers of AI safety and security

2. Develop and evaluate methods for ensuring AI systems behave safely and as intended, including alignment techniques and robustness testing

3. Investigate paradigms for detecting and mitigating adversarial attacks, model vulnerabilities, and potential misuse of AI systems

4. Develop algorithms based on state-of-the-art machine learning and neural network methodologies with a focus on safety and security

5. Define, build and benchmark new safety and security functionalities needed for the next generation of AI

6. Conduct research towards long-term product goals while identifying intermediate milestones

7. Plan and execute novel research based on long-term objectives of the organization

**Minimum Qualifications:**

Minimum Qualifications:

8. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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:**

Preferred Qualifications:

12. Experience working with large language models and evaluating their safety properties

13. 2+ years of industry experience in relevant AI safety and security research areas

14. Experience building systems based on machine learning and/or deep learning methods

15. 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

16. Experience with manipulating and analyzing complex, large scale, high-dimensionality data from varying sources

17. Experience working and communicating cross-functionally in a team environment

18. Demonstrated research and software engineering experience via an internship, work experience, coding competitions, or widely used contributions in open source repositories (e.g. GitHub)

19. Experience with deep learning frameworks (such as PyTorch, Tensorflow) and Python

20. Experience solving complex problems and comparing alternative solutions, tradeoffs, and different perspectives to determine a path forward

**Public Compensation:**

$154,000/year to $217,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

**Industry:** Internet

**Equal Opportunity:**

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@meta.com.

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