Researcher, Misalignment Research

Responsibilities

• Design and implement worst-case demonstrations that make AGI alignment risks concrete for stakeholders
• Develop adversarial and system-level evaluations grounded in those demonstrations
• Create automated tools and infrastructure to scale automated red-teaming and stress testing
• Conduct research on failure modes of alignment techniques and propose improvements
• Publish influential internal or external papers that shift safety strategy or industry practice
• Partner with engineering, research, policy, and legal teams to integrate findings into product safeguards
• Mentor engineers and researchers to foster a culture of rigorous safety work

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in AI red-teaming, security research, adversarial ML, or related safety fields
• Strong research track record through publications, open-source projects, or high-impact work
• Fluency in modern ML/AI techniques
• Ability to hack on large-scale codebases and evaluation infrastructure
• Strong communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience driving cross-functional projects across research, engineering, and policy

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D., master’s degree, or equivalent experience in computer science, machine learning, security, or a related discipline

About the Company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.