Zoom · 19 hours ago
Research Intern, Quality & Safety - AI Safety
Seattle, WA
Internship
Hybrid
Intern
$66.50/hr - $106.50/hrZoom is redefining how AI bridges Communications to Completions with their Responsible AI Team, dedicated to ensuring advanced AI systems are safe and reliable. They are seeking exceptional PhD students as Research Interns to contribute to cutting-edge research focused on the safety, reliability, and alignment of AI systems, with opportunities for foundational research and real-world impact.
CollaborationInformation TechnologyMessagingSaaSVideo Conferencing
Responsibilities
Design and develop comprehensive evaluation frameworks and benchmarks for state-of-the-art AI systems, including agentic AI and foundation models
Create novel metrics and methodologies to assess AI system capabilities, safety, and reliability
Build datasets and benchmarks for quality evaluation across diverse scenarios and modalities
Research methods to ensure AI systems remain controllable and aligned with human intentions and values
Develop techniques for robustness, interpretability, controllability, and ethicality (RICE principles)
Explore alignment training approaches including reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) and related methodologies
Investigate methods to prevent agentic misalignment in autonomous AI systems
Design and execute adversarial testing strategies to identify vulnerabilities in AI systems
Develop automated red teaming tools and frameworks to stress-test model safety controls
Research novel attack vectors including prompt injection, jailbreaking, and multimodal adversarial inputs
Contribute to identifying failure modes in both adversarial and benign user scenarios
Build robust guardrail systems to defend against adversarial attacks and harmful outputs
Develop runtime monitoring and content moderation solutions
Create self-improving security systems that anticipate evolving threats
Research defense-in-depth strategies for comprehensive AI safety
Qualification
Required
Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, or a related technical field
Have programming skills in Python and experience with ML frameworks (PyTorch, Huggingface, vLLM, SGLang)
Possess a strong foundation in machine learning, deep learning, and/or NLP
Demonstrate ability to conduct independent research
Have strong written and verbal communication skills
Preferred
Have publications in top-tier venues (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, FAccT, AIES, or similar)
Have prior research experience in AI safety, alignment, red teaming, adversarial robustness, or evaluation
Have experience with large language models (LLMs) or generative AI systems
Have familiarity with RLHF, constitutional AI, or other alignment methodologies
Have previous internship experience in ML/AI research
Benefits
Variety of perks, benefits, and options to help employees maintain their physical, mental, emotional, and financial health
Support work-life balance
Contribute to their community in meaningful ways
Company
Zoom
Zoom is a software company that offers a communications platform that connects people through video, voice, chat, and content sharing.
Founded in 2011
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$276MKey Investors
ARK Investment ManagementSequoia CapitalEmergence Capital
2021-11-04Post Ipo Equity· $130M
2019-04-19Post Ipo Equity
2019-04-18IPO
Leadership Team
Eric Yuan
Founder & CEO
Xuedong Huang
Chief Technology Officer
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