Research Intern - AI Security

Exponential Security Labs GmbH; Tübingen; Hybrid; EUR 8.900 - 13.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Remote-friendly setup

Conference budget

Learning budget

Research freedom

Zusammenfassung

Exponential Security Labs GmbH seeks a motivated student or recent graduate to join a project focused on security environments and agent evaluations for frontier AI systems.

You will work across AI security, machine learning, and research engineering, taking ownership of a technically ambitious project from design to experiments and communicating results. Remote-friendly setup and flexible hours are offered.

Qualifikationen

• Current study or recent work in machine learning, computer science, security, or a related field.
• Strong programming skills and experience building or evaluating machine-learning systems.
• Curiosity about AI agents and the discipline to investigate failures carefully.

Aufgaben

• Develop and evaluate security environments, agent training methods, attacks, or defenses.
• Run controlled experiments with clear baselines and verifiable outcomes.
• Analyze model behavior and communicate the results to the team.
• Contribute code, evaluations, and research findings that remain useful after the internship.

Kenntnisse

Programming skills

ML knowledge

Independence

Feedback seeking

Ausbildung

Student in ML/CS

Tools

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Jobbeschreibung

Build security environments, adversarial agents, and evaluations for frontier AI systems.

You will work across AI security, machine learning, and research engineering alongside the core team. You will take ownership of a technically ambitious project in agent security, from designing and implementing the approach to running experiments and communicating the results.

What you’ll work on

• Develop and evaluate security environments, agent training methods, attacks, or defenses
• Run controlled experiments with clear baselines and verifiable outcomes
• Analyze model behavior and communicate the results to the team
• Contribute code, evaluations, and research findings that remain useful after the internship

What we’re looking for

• Current study or recent work in machine learning, computer science, security, or a related field
• Strong programming skills and experience building or evaluating machine-learning systems
• Curiosity about AI agents and the discipline to investigate failures carefully
• Ability to work independently and ask for feedback early

Useful experience

• LLMs, reinforcement learning, or agentic systems
• Adversarial machine learning, red teaming, or AI safety evaluations
• Research codebases, reproducible experiments, or open-source contributions
• A previous research project, thesis, or technical publication

What we offer

• Competitive compensation
• Flexible hours and a remote-friendly setup
• Vacation, learning, and conference budget
• Research freedom in a high-trust environment

Work with us.

Send a short note, your CV, and links to work that shows how you think and build.