PhD Research Intern, Security and Privacy - Fall 2026

What You'll Be Doing

• Understand and analyze the potential vulnerabilities and risks in future systems for AI and AI-based systems.
• Develop creative hardware, software, and algorithms to enable trustworthy AI systems with strong and verifiable security, privacy, and safety guarantees.
• Collaborate with a diverse set of teams across the company, spanning software, hardware, research, and product groups.
• Publish original research and speak at conferences and events.

What We Need To See You

• Are pursuing a Ph.D. in CE/CS/EE with a strong background in computer architecture, operating systems, programming languages/compilers, applied cryptography, and/or AI/ML.
• Have demonstrated expertise in at least one specific security area (applied cryptography, programming languages, software systems, AI/ML algorithms, computer architecture, etc) with the ability to become the go-to resource within a team having varied backgrounds.
• Have strong publication and research collaboration records.
• Have experience with experimental research and development.
• Have experience with C, C++, Python, and/or scripting languages.