Research Lead - AI Cyber Testing & Evaluation
Core
Leading multidisciplinary teams to build systems and benchmarks evaluating AI model performance across the full attack lifecycle, including resource development, initial access, discovery, lateral movement, and defense evasion.
Role type
Senior IC research lead (AI security & policy)
Builds
Evaluation frameworks, benchmarks for autonomous operations, threat models, and policy briefs for government agencies
Domain
AI security, offensive cyber capabilities, policy analysis
Deliverable
production ML models | research | client delivery
Required skills
security engineering, software engineering, firmware engineering, hardware engineering, technical management, cross-functional team leadership, Python, Java, C/C++, red team operations, offensive cyber capabilities development, threat modeling, system vulnerability identification
Preferred skills
CNODP/RIOT/FORGE training, APT TTPs knowledge, creative offensive/defensive strategy design, AI research/ML model training/deployment experience
Technologies
Python, Java, C/C++, MS Office suite
Responsibilities
Manage research budgets and personnel, oversee complex technical research and policy analysis projects, lead multidisciplinary teams, develop benchmarks for autonomous operations, communicate findings to senior government and industry leaders
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities
