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Harmonic Security · 1 month ago

AI Security Researcher

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$126K/yr - $250K/yr

3+ years exp

Harmonic Security is a company focused on enabling safe AI tool adoption by protecting sensitive data. They are seeking a founding AI Security Researcher to build and lead their AI Security Research program, which involves designing research agendas, analyzing AI security risks, and contributing to thought leadership in the industry.

Cyber SecurityGenerative AIInternetNetwork SecuritySecurity

Responsibilities

Lead AI Security Research: Design and drive a greenfield research program focused on securing the use of AI systems and tools

Thought Leadership: Develop practitioner guides and actionable content on securing AI technologies (e.g., "How to secure ChatGPT Enterprise")

Public Engagement: Represent Harmonic at industry conferences (e.g., RSA, BlackHat, DEFCON) through talks, panels, and research presentations

Threat Intelligence: Research emerging AI threats and threat actors, assessing their impact on our customers and the broader ecosystem

Internal SME: Partner with Product Security to identify and mitigate AI-related risks across Harmonic's products and infrastructure

Qualification

CybersecurityAI SecuritySecurity ResearchPublic SpeakingDeep Technical CuriosityCommunication SkillsTechnical Writing

Required

3-5 years of experience in cybersecurity or applied ML/AI security research, with a strong interest in how AI systems fail and can be attacked

Hands-on experience assessing or red-teaming LLMs, generative AI tools, or AI-integrated SaaS products; familiarity with adversarial ML, model extraction, prompt injection, or data poisoning

Proven ability to design and execute independent research- identifying vulnerabilities, publishing technical findings, and proposing mitigations

Excellent written and verbal skills for translating complex research into accessible content - whether blog posts, practitioner guides, or conference talks

A strong desire to build a profile for presenting or contributing to security or AI conferences (e.g., Black Hat, DEF CON, RSA)