Senior Technical Specialist, AI Risk Assessment
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Anywhere (Open Globally)Full-TimeSenior
Salary140,000 - 220,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in AI safety, alignment, and/or governance
- Strong understanding of multiple risk modeling approaches (causal modeling, Bayesian networks, systems dynamics, etc.)
- Experience with systemic and sociotechnical modeling of risk propagation
- Excellent analytical thinking with ability to identify subtle flaws in complex arguments
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
- Publication record or equivalent demonstrated expertise in relevant areas
- Systems thinking approach with independent intellectual rigor
- Track record of constructive collaboration in fast-paced, intellectually demanding environments
- Comfort with uncertainty and rapidly evolving knowledge landscapes
Responsibilities
- Develop techniques for discovering threat models and generating risk pathway analyses that capture societal and sociotechnical dimensions
- Model multi-node risk transformation, amplification, and threshold effects propagating through social systems
- Contribute to the design of robust technical governance frameworks and assessment methodologies for catastrophic risks, including loss-of-control scenarios
- Provide strategic and tactical quality control for the team’s research, ensuring conceptual soundness and technical accuracy
- Drive or take ownership of original research projects on comprehensive risk management for advanced AI systems
- Collaborate across CARMA teams to integrate risk assessment paradigms with other workstreams
- Contribute to technical standards and best practices for the evaluation, risk measurement, and risk thresholding of AI systems
- Craft persuasive communications for key stakeholders on prospective AI risk management
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