Nuclear Expert

Highlights

• Evaluate frontier AI models for nuclear proliferation and safety risks.
• Build threat models for fission, fusion, and thermonuclear weapons risks.
• Design mitigations that block harmful outputs while preserving scientific utility.

What they offer

• 15% bonus target
• equity
• benefits

Ideal candidate

A PhD physicist or nuclear engineer with national lab experience who cares deeply about AI safety and preventing WMD proliferation while enabling beneficial science.

Requirements

• PhD in plasma physics, nuclear engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience collaborating with US national labs or agencies like IAEA, NNSA, or DARPA, or similar government/academic consortia
• Experience in research/policy in stockpile stewardship, nonproliferation, arms control, or threat reduction
• Technical experience in high energy density physics, inertial confinement fusion, implosion dynamics, criticality, missiles, or reactor operations, nuclear infrastructure