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Senior Research Associate - AI Agent Security (2 posts)

Bailrigg💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-06 → 2026-08-01

Core

Researching defenses for AI agents against cyber attacks, specifically focusing on Shadow AI threats like model backdoors, coordinated attacks, and data leakage at the computing edge.

Role type

Research Associate (PhD level) in AI Security

Builds

Research findings and prototypes for AI system security

Domain

Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Edge AI

Deliverable

research

Required skills

PhD in Computer Science, expertise in cybersecurity, expertise in Artificial Intelligence, expertise in distributed systems, experience in Adversarial Machine Learning, experience in workload anomaly detection, software development skills

Preferred skills

experience developing prototypes, experience in AI security

Technologies

foundation models, GPU datacenter

Responsibilities

Carry out cutting edge research work in security and privacy of AI applications and processes on the edge, collaborate with industry researchers to tackle real-world problems, contribute to the Edge AI Hub research theme

Seniority

Postdoctoral level, research-focused

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