Senior Data Scientist - AI Assurance Researcher

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory•Seattle, WA

27d•Onsite

About The Position

At PNNL, our core capabilities are divided among major departments that we refer to as Directorates within the Lab, focused on a specific area of scientific research or other function, with its own leadership team and dedicated budget. Our Science & Technology directorates include National Security, Earth and Biological Sciences, Physical and Computational Sciences, and Energy and Environment. In addition, we have an Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a Department of Energy, Office of Science user facility housed on the PNNL campus. The National Security Directorate (NSD) drives science-based, mission-focused solutions to take on complex,â¯real-worldâ¯threats to our nation and the world. The AI and Data Analytics Division, part of NSD, combines profound domain expertise and creative integration of advanced hardware and software to deliver computational solutions that address complex data and analytic challenges. Working in multidisciplinary teams, we connect foundational research to engineering to operations, providing the tools to innovate quickly and field results faster. Our strengths are integrated across the data analytics lifecycle, from data acquisition and management to analysis and decision support. PNNL is seeking a Senior Data Scientist - AI Assurance Researcher who has experience in understanding, exploring, and manipulating the internal mechanics and behaviors of AI models can provides valuable insights into the decision boundaries and mathematical fingerprints of data properties. The selected candidate should have extensive experience training models, accessing and working with data embeddings, the ability to derive theoretical queries from empirical results, and demonstrate the capacity to translate research papers and findings into mission relevant insights and tools. This position is based in either Richland, WA or Seattle, WA and requires an onsite presence.

Requirements

BS/BA and 5+ years of relevant work experience -OR-
MS/MA and 3+ years of relevant work experience -OR-
PhD with 1+ year of relevant experience
U.S. Citizenship
Background Investigation: Applicants selected will be subject to a Federal background investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified matter in accordance with 10 CFR 710, Appendix B.
Drug Testing: All Security Clearance positions are Testing Designated Positions, which means that the applicant selected for hire is subject to pre-employment drug testing, and post-employment random drug testing. In addition, applicants must be able to demonstrate non-use of illegal drugs, including marijuana, for the 12 consecutive months preceding completion of the requisite Questionnaire for National Security Positions (QNSP).

Nice To Haves

Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or related fields
Familiarity with the current ML research landscape, especially xAI, adversarial machine learning, AI safety, and the science of deep learning
Interest in taking research prototypes to deployable tools for AI researchers
Familiarity with PyTorch and other associated deep learning libraries
Hands-on experience analyzing the internal structures of deep learning models, particularly those associated with large language models and large vision models
SCI Clearance

Responsibilities

Lead the design and execution of machine learning (ML) experiments that follow the current best practices within the community, including large scale experiments on HPC (e.g. experiments that take a week)
Evaluate AI systems across multiple axes, including standard performance metrics but also generalization to out-of-distribution settings
Lead the development of high-quality research code along with instituting best practices to enable research integration
Assess empirical results to determine and decide future research and experimental steps
Conduct work in secure environments and execute work from an operational security perspective

Benefits

Employees and their families are offered medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, robust telehealth care options, several mental health benefits, free wellness coaching, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, basic life insurance, disability insurance, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, tuition assistance, relocation, backup childcare, legal benefits, supplemental parental bonding leave, surrogacy and adoption assistance, and fertility support. Employees are automatically enrolled in our company-funded pension plan and may enroll in our 401 (k) savings plan with company match. Employees may accrue up to 120 vacation hours per year and may receive ten paid holidays per year.

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