Senior AI Red Team Engineer

Company: Carnegie Mellon University – Software Engineering Institute

Location: Arlington, VA or Pittsburgh, PA

Clearance Required: —

Salary: Not posted

Description

As an AI Red Team Engineer on the AI Security team, you will play a central role in adversary emulation exercises and capability development for our mission partners. Due to our unique position within the TA Directorate, the systems we red – team fall outside the realm of ‘traditional’ enterprise red teaming. Our targets are commonly AI-enabled platforms used within national security contexts.

• The CERT Threat Analysis (TA) Directorate conducts research and development activities to identify , analyze, coordinate disclosure, and mitigate threats and vulnerabilities in systems and software. The AI Security team works on advancing the state of the art in AI security at a national and global scale.

Requirements

• BS in computer science, software engineering, networking, information systems, or a related technical field with ten (10) years of experience; MS in computer science or technical/engineering field with eight (8) years of experience; PhD in computer science or technical/engineering field with five (5) years of experience or equivalent combination of training and experience. Other educational backgrounds of a technical nature with experience as described may be considered.
• You have previous penetration testing, red teaming, or exploit development experience.
• You have previous hands-on experience with at least one command and control framework (e.g., Cobalt Strike, Sliver).
• You have experience programming/scripting in Python, C, and BASH ( without the assistance of AI) and are willing to learn PowerShell.
• You have experience with reverse engineering tools ( e.g. NSA Ghidra , IDA Pro) .

You will be subject to a background investigation, and you must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Department of War security clearance.