Senior AI Security Red Team Engineer

Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University seeks an AI Red Team Engineer on the AI Security team to advance adversary emulation and capability development for national security partners. This role operates across AI-enabled systems and requires expertise in offensive cyber, red teaming, and tool development in Python, C, and BASH.

Will travel ~25% to sponsor sites and conferences. Join a multidisciplinary team conducting adversary emulation, red team operations at scale,

Qualifications

• Penetration testing, red teaming, or exploit development experience.

Responsibilities

• Red team real-world AI-enabled systems in support of national security objectives.

Skills

Penetration testing

Red teaming

Exploit development

Python

C

BASH

PowerShell

OSCP/other certs

Education

BS in computer science/related field

MS in computer science/engineering

PhD in computer science/engineering

Tools

Cobalt Strike

Sliver

Ghidra

IDA Pro

Wireshark

Job description

Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University seeks an AI Red Team Engineer on the AI Security team to advance adversary emulation and capability development for national security partners. This role operates across AI-enabled systems and requires expertise in offensive cyber, red teaming, and tool development in Python, C, and BASH.

Will travel ~25% to sponsor sites and conferences. Join a multidisciplinary team conducting adversary emulation, red team operations at scale,