Research Intern - AI Security

Build security environments, adversarial agents, and evaluations for frontier AI systems.

Location: Tübingen / Hybrid Employment: Internship

THE ROLE

You will work across AI security, machine learning, and research engineering alongside the core team. You will take ownership of a technically ambitious project in agent security, from designing and implementing the approach to running experiments and communicating the results.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

- Develop and evaluate security environments, agent training methods, attacks, or defenses

- Run controlled experiments with clear baselines and verifiable outcomes

- Analyze model behavior and communicate the results to the team

- Contribute code, evaluations, and research findings that remain useful after the internship

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

- Current study or recent work in machine learning, computer science, security, or a related field

- Strong programming skills and experience building or evaluating machine-learning systems

- Curiosity about AI agents and the discipline to investigate failures carefully

- Ability to work independently and ask for feedback early

USEFUL EXPERIENCE

- LLMs, reinforcement learning, or agentic systems

- Adversarial machine learning, red teaming, or AI safety evaluations

- Research codebases, reproducible experiments, or open-source contributions

- A previous research project, thesis, or technical publication

WHAT WE OFFER

- Competitive compensation

- Flexible hours and a remote-friendly setup

- Vacation, learning, and conference budget

- Research freedom in a high-trust environment

WORK WITH US

Submit your CV, a short note, and links to work that shows how you think and build using the application form.