Senior / Principal Chemist, AI Safety
Core
Senior chemist mapping dual-use risks in chemical sciences to safeguard scientific AI from harmful capabilities.
Role type
Senior IC chemist (AI safety & dual-use risk assessment)
Builds
Risk assessments, policy boundaries, and mitigation requirements for scientific AI
Domain
Chemical sciences + AI safety
Required skills
synthetic chemistry, molecular design, medicinal chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, synthesis, process development, formulations, dual-use risk assessment, feasibility analysis, uncertainty quantification, cross-disciplinary synthesis
Preferred skills
AI safety threat modeling, red-teaming, automated chemistry, scientific modeling, external research coordination
Technologies
None explicitly listed
Responsibilities
Map chemical misuse risks across scientific models and automated experimentation; Assess feasibility and likelihood of misuse given AI constraints; Distinguish established capabilities from weakly supported hypotheses; Identify gaps and integrate findings from specialist organizations; Translate risk judgments into policy boundaries and mitigation requirements; Partner with threat modelers and mitigation teams to design assessments
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
