Model Policy, Chemical & Biological Risk
Core
Designing and maintaining model policies and risk taxonomies for chemical and biological dual-use scenarios to ensure safe frontier AI behavior.
Role type
Senior IC policy researcher (biosecurity & AI safety)
Builds
Structured policy frameworks, risk taxonomies, and evaluation criteria for foundational models
Domain
AI safety, biosecurity, chemical security, and technology policy
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
domain expertise in chemistry/biology/biosecurity, experience with LLMs and AI governance, policy design for complex systems, structured reasoning and classification, stakeholder engagement with subject-matter experts
Preferred skills
experience in national security or life sciences research, ability to navigate ambiguous high-stakes problem spaces, first-principles reasoning
Technologies
LLMs, machine learning, AI governance tools
Responsibilities
Design policies governing chemical and biological risk; Develop structured taxonomies of chemical and biological risk; Translate biosecurity expertise into actionable model behavior; Identify emerging risk vectors and develop mitigation strategies; Engage with internal and external subject-matter experts
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC