Trustworthy AI Intern
MITRE
Summary
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. We are looking for highly motivated, adaptive, and self-directed candidates to perform research, development, engineering, evaluation, and integration of secure AI systems.
Job description
Job 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
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
Requirements
- Proficiency in Python
- Familiarity with PyTorch, Tensorflow, and/or LangChain frameworks
- Prior AI/ML coursework
- Sustained academic excellence
- 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
Company overview
MITRE is a not-for-profit corporation that operates federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) for various U.S. government agencies. Founded in 1958, MITRE serves as a critical bridge between government requirements and technological innovation, providing objective analysis and solutions to complex national security and public interest challenges. The organization's work spans multiple domains including cybersecurity, aviation, healthcare, defense systems, and critical infrastructure protection. MITRE operates two primary FFRDCs: one for the Department of Defense and another for the Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Homeland Security. The corporation is renowned for developing technical standards and frameworks, most notably the MITRE ATT&CK framework for cybersecurity threat modeling. With a workforce of engineers, scientists, and technical specialists, MITRE focuses on solving problems of national importance through applied research, systems engineering, and advanced technology development, maintaining strict objectivity by not manufacturing products or competing with private industry.