Staff / Principal Security Engineer, AI Safety and Security
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San Francisco, CA USA · Alewife, Cambridge, MA · Europe · San Francisco, CA
Bio & Science AIonsiteprincipal$192k–$306k
At a glance
Highlights
- Lead threat modeling for AI systems used in scientific discovery.
- Test defenses with adversarial testing and prototype investigations.
- Turn safety assessments into concrete deployment protections.
Ideal candidate
Seasoned security practitioner who thrives on ambiguous, high-stakes problems and is curious about AI safety. You combine investigative rigor with clear writing to turn findings into real protections.
Requirements
- Substantial hands-on security experience with deep expertise in at least one discipline
- Record of resolving consequential security problems across teams
- Strong technical judgment to examine unfamiliar systems and validate protections
- Curiosity about AI safety and scientific systems
Lab profile
About Lila Sciences
Building an autonomous science platform where AI, automation, and biology co-evolve for medicine and materials.
What they build
- Autonomous Science Platform
- AI-designed biologics validated in wet-lab
- Electro-optic materials and photonic devices
Known for
- Large-scale automated data generation
- High-throughput protein purification and analytics
- Protein design and BioML modeling
- Robotic orchestration and lab simulation
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