AI Safety & Governance Full-time

AI Postdoctoral Research Fellows - Language and Intelligence

Princeton AI Lab

Location

USA

Type

Full-time

Posted

Jan 23, 2026

Compensation

USD 100000 – 100000

Mission

What you will drive

Core responsibilities:

  • Design, understand, or engineer large AI models or their applications
  • Work on projects involving language, images, multimodal data, science/math, code, and scientific data
  • Participate in AI safety, fairness, and alignment research
  • Collaborate with the core PLI team including faculty, research fellows, scientists, and graduate students

Impact

The difference you'll make

This role advances AI research with a focus on safety, fairness, and alignment, contributing to responsible AI development that can benefit society through applications in language, science, and multimodal data.

Profile

What makes you a great fit

Required qualifications:

  • Ph.D. degree is expected
  • Strong interest and proven experience in large AI models or their applications
  • Ability to participate in-person on campus at Princeton University
  • Must submit curriculum vitae, research statement, cover letter, and three references

Benefits

What's in it for you

Benefits include:

  • Competitive salary of $100,000
  • Comprehensive benefit program
  • Office and equipment provided
  • Access to AI Lab GPU cluster (300 H100s)
  • Yearly research support
  • One-year appointment with possibility of renewal

About

Inside Princeton AI Lab

Princeton Language and Intelligence (PLI) is an AI Lab research initiative at Princeton University focused on advancing AI research with attention to safety, fairness, and alignment, working with language, images, multimodal data, and scientific applications.