Research Engineer Intern (Fall 2026) at Center for AI… · San…

Summary: The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) is a leading research and field-building organization on a mission to reduce societal-scale risks from AI. As a research engineer intern, you will work closely with researchers on projects involving AI security, machine ethics, and AI alignment, while having the opportunity to run experiments and contribute to impactful publications. Responsibilities: - Work closely with researchers on projects in areas such as AI security, machine ethics, AI alignment, and benchmarking AI risks - Plan and run experiments, conduct code reviews, and work in a small team to create a publication with outsized impact - Leverage internal compute cluster to run experiments at scale on large language models Required Qualifications: - Are able to read an ML paper, understand the key result, and understand how it fits into the broader literature - Are comfortable setting up, launching, and debugging ML experiments - Are familiar with relevant frameworks and libraries (e.g., pytorch) - Communicate clearly and promptly with teammates - Take ownership of your individual part in a project - Have co-authored a ML paper in a top conference Required Skills: Machine Learning, PyTorch Important Skills: ML Paper Co-authorship, Experiment Debugging Internship Start Date: Start in 2026 Fall Benefits: $9,700 - $19,000 a year, CAIS provides the above stipend to assist with academic pursuits and living expenses., $1,500 bonus once they’ve been with CAIS for 90 days.