CareerPlan

AI Research Scientist, Recursive Self Improvement, AI Safety and Reinforcement Learning

Santa Clara, CaliforniaFull-time2026-07-02 → 2026-10-22
Hybrid

Core

Research recursive self-improvement (RSI) systems, AI safety, and reinforcement learning to ensure safe, auditable training loops for AMD's AI-for-HW and generative-AI programs.

Role type

Senior AI Research Scientist (AI Safety & RL)

Builds

Safe, bounded self-improving training pipelines and evaluation frameworks

Domain

Artificial Intelligence, AI Safety, Reinforcement Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Machine learning, AI safety, reinforcement learning, empirical safety evaluation, scalable oversight, software engineering for experimental harnesses

Preferred skills

Publications in iterative training/self-training, stress-testing generative model pipelines, building reproducible RSI microcosms

Technologies

None explicitly listed

Responsibilities

Research self-improving training loops (model-generated supervision, iterative distillation, self-critique, automated curriculum updates); Develop evaluations for capability drift, Goodhart effects, and distributional shift; Partner with RL scientists on policy optimization and preference learning; Define red-team protocols and monitoring for RSI pilots; Publish technical reports and align with responsible deployment standards

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC