Trustworthy AI Intern
About the role
MITRE’s Trustworthy & Secure AI (TSAI) Department consists of a diverse team united by a passion and a sense of urgency to harness trustworthy and assured artificial intelligence (AI) to help solve problems in the public interest. The TSAI Department supports our sponsors' missions by delivering capabilities for securing and increasing trust in AI-enabled systems, including data driven AI risk awareness and mitigation, AI red teaming, and trusted tools and techniques for applying AI in high consequence environments. The TSAI Department works across government, industry, and academia to provide, assess, and shape trustworthy and secure AI systems to address complex mission needs for our sponsors. Our work provides opportunities to address real-world challenges in the rapidly developing field of AI assurance, and to research and prototype new methods to address mission needs.
Responsibilities
- Work in cross-functional teams to develop and implement AI/ML solutions, including capabilities that leverage LLM technology
- Analyze AI use cases and recommend secure and trustworthy solutions to sponsors
- Evaluate technology solutions in the context of mission data and workflow needs, and provide actionable recommendations
- Prototype AI and/or LLM-based tools to meet operational needs
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
- Proficiency in Python
- Familiarity with PyTorch, Tensorflow, and/or LangChain frameworks
- Prior AI/ML coursework
- Sustained academic excellence
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior internship experience in AI/ML
- Prior experience working with LLMs or AI Security
- Experience using AI coding assistants like Codex
- Demonstrated interest in public sector work
- Interest in AI security and assurance
Clearance: None required at hire; none required within one year.
Pay
Salary range: $51,000 – $64,000 – $77,000 annually.
Schedule
Onsite work location.