[Hiring] Researcher @OpenAI

Role Description

We’re seeking a researcher to train and evaluate models for U.S. government use, with a focus on national security applications. You’ll advance safety post-training and robustness, helping models follow nuanced policies while preserving their usefulness and capabilities.

• Research and implement methods for safety training, reinforcement learning, and adversarial robustness.
• Develop evaluations, identify model failure modes, and use findings to improve training.
• Work with research, engineering, security, and policy partners to support safe, reliable deployment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant AI safety research experience, including RLHF, adversarial training, or robustness.
• A degree in computer science, machine learning, or a related field, and strong deep learning research or engineering skills.
• Experience improving model safety for deployment and enjoy collaborative research.
• Motivated by OpenAI’s mission and the responsible use of AI in safety-critical settings.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance or equivalent.

Company Description

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products.

• AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core.
• We encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
• We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.