Safety Director

Openchip & Software Technologies; Madrid; Híbrido; EUR 80.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading company in AI technology is seeking a Director of AI Safety to ensure that their AI systems are secure, ethical, and aligned with industry standards. The role involves leading the development of safety mechanisms and collaborating with various teams to embed safety into the AI lifecycle. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in AI safety and a passion for ethics and compliance.

Servicios

Flexible Scheduling

Formación

• Proven experience in AI safety, security, or trustworthiness, ideally in a leadership role.
• Strong understanding of AI risk assessment and secure AI deployment.

Responsabilidades

• Define and implement AI safety and security strategies across the software stack.
• Work closely with AI applications and model optimization teams.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Collaboration

Communication

Strategic Thinking

Educación

MSc or PhD in Computer Science

MSc or PhD in Artificial Intelligence

MSc or PhD in Cybersecurity

Herramientas

AI Architectures

Neural Networks

Distributed Computing

Descripción del empleo

Job Title: Director of AI Safety at Openchip

The Director of AI Safety at Openchip will be responsible for ensuring that our AI systems are secure, ethical, and aligned with industry safety standards. The ideal candidate will lead the development of safety mechanisms, guardrails, and validation frameworks to build trusted AI systems.

Responsibilities:

1. Define and implement AI safety and security strategies across the Openchip software stack, ensuring compliance with ethical AI principles, security best practices, and regulatory requirements.
2. Work closely with the AI applications, AI agents, and AI model optimization teams to embed safety and security into the entire AI lifecycle.
3. Showcase the value of the Openchip software stack in terms of safety and trustworthiness to the outside community.
4. Report to the Chief AI & Software Systems Officer within Openchip.

Qualifications:

• MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• Proven experience in AI safety, security, or trustworthiness, ideally in a leadership role.
• Strong understanding of AI risk assessment, adversarial machine learning, LLM guardrails, and secure AI deployment.
• Experience with benchmarking AI performance across software and hardware layers.
• Strong technical knowledge of AI architectures, neural networks, and distributed computing.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to define and execute AI safety roadmaps.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to build and manage a high-performing AI safety team.
• Excellent collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams across software, hardware, and business units.
• Effective communication skills to convey AI safety principles to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Passion for AI ethics, safety, and regulatory compliance.

Additional Information:

• Work in a hybrid environment with flexible scheduling.
• At Openchip & Software Technologies S.L.