Research Scientist, AI Safety and Alignment

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Scale Labs is hiring a Research Scientist for AI Safety and Alignment to conduct technical research on frontier AI risks. You will build evaluations, tools, and datasets to assess alignment, monitorability, and multi-agent failure modes, and publish findings for industry and policymakers. The role bridges frontier AI research and policy, collaborating with government agencies, academia, and other labs.

• Design and stress-test control protocols and monitoring systems to detect unsafe model and agent behavior
• Build alignment evaluations probing deception, sabotage, scheming, and reward hacking
• Study monitorability and faithfulness of model reasoning under training and deployment
• Investigate risks in multi-agent interactions such as collusion and coordination failures
• Develop threat models and evaluations for AI systems that automate AI R&D
• Work with government agencies and labs to scope and design risk evaluations
• Publish research and write technical reports for policymakers

• Commitment to safe, secure, and trustworthy AI
• Practical experience building and instrumenting ML pipelines and evaluation harnesses
• Familiarity with current AI safety and alignment research
• Track record of published ML research, particularly in AI safety and alignment
• At least three years of experience on sophisticated ML problems in research or product development
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Experience designing evaluations and benchmarks or analyzing model/agent trajectories at scale
• Experience with red-teaming or adversarial testing of AI systems
• Familiarity with AI safety policy and governance frameworks (NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act, Korea AI Basic Act)