Member Of Technical Staff, Research

Metr

Berkeley, California, United States
On-site
Ai capabilities measurement
Ai risk assessment
Ai alignment research
Metr is seeking a Member of Technical Staff for research roles focused on assessing AI capabilities, risks, and mitigations. The organization emphasizes finding passionate individuals to tackle critical challenges related to AI safety and autonomy. Candidates will be evaluated primarily through work tests, with opportunities for in-person trials

Job Summary

  • We are a nonprofit research organization that develops scientific methods to assess AI capabilities, risks and mitigations, with a specific focus on threats related to autonomy, AI R&D automation, and alignment.
  • We evaluate candidates primarily through work tests. We usually do an in-person trial as well but can be flexible about this.
  • For our Research IC roles, we are looking for a combination of skills across “research science”, “research execution” and software engineering.

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Metr is seeking a Member of Technical Staff for research roles focused on assessing AI capabilities, risks, and mitigations. The organization emphasizes finding passionate individuals to tackle critical challenges related to AI safety and autonomy. Candidates will be evaluated primarily through work tests, with opportunities for in-person trials.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • AI capabilities measurement
  • AI risk assessment
  • AI alignment research
  • AI monitoring research
  • AI propensity evaluation

Nice-to-have

  • ambitious and excellent people
  • tackle important challenges
  • flexible about in-person trial

Key Requirements

  • Research science skills
  • Research execution skills
  • Software engineering skills
  • Research management skills (for Lead role)

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