Senior Adversarial AI Engineer

The MITRE Corporation•McLean, VA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE - and make a difference with us. Department Summary: MITRE’s Trustworthy & Secure AI (TSAI) Department within the AI, Autonomy, & Data Tech Division consists of a diverse team united by a passion and a sense of urgency to harness trustworthy and assured artificial intelligence (AI) to help solve problems in the public interest. The TSAI Department supports our sponsors' missions by delivering capabilities for securing and increasing trust in AI-enabled systems, including data driven AI risk awareness and mitigation, AI red teaming, and trusted tools and techniques for applying AI in high consequence environments. The TSAI Department works across government, industry, and academia to provide, assess, and shape trustworthy and secure AI systems to address complex mission needs for our sponsors. Our work provides opportunities to address real-world challenges in the rapidly developing field of AI assurance, and to research and prototype new methods to address mission needs. We are looking for highly motivated, adaptive, and self-directed candidates to perform research, development, engineering, evaluation, and integration of secure AI systems.

Requirements

Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in artificial intelligence with a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of AI-related education and work experience
Hands-on experience in one or more of the following technical areas: Generative AI, AI Security, Agentic AI, AI Testing & Evaluation, or Applied AI
Demonstrated advanced skills with Python and the standard AI technical stack
Ability to work independently to learn new technologies, methods, processes, frameworks/platforms, and systems
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to articulate challenging technical concepts to both lay and expert audiences
Ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI Clearance with a CI poly
This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site
Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in computer science, engineering, or related disciplines
Track record of successful deployment of AI/ML systems or components that have been used by customers or stakeholders outside of a lab/experimental setting
Hands-on experience in one or more of the following technical areas: AI red teaming, AI threat analysis, AI-enhanced cybersecurity, or AI-accelerated cyber operations
Experience generating or analyzing intelligence reporting data
Familiarity with MITRE ATLAS threat matrix
Experience leading small to medium sized teams to solve practical technical challenges
Active IC or DOD TS/SCI security clearance with CI Poly

Responsibilities

Perform AI adversarial threat analysis to identify and characterize vulnerabilities in real-world national security systems
Work across military and intelligence community sponsors to understand shared needs and technologies
Utilize and enhance MITRE ATLAS framework for assessing threats to AI-enabled systems
Contribute to the innovation of new AI capabilities applied to cyber operational challenges
Convey complex ideas to non-technical audiences through briefings and/or white papers