AI Safety & Governance
Full-time
Contractor, Senior Technical Advisor, AI Capability Assessment
Institute for Security and Technology
Posted
Aug 14, 2026
Location
Remote
Type
Full-time
Compensation
Up to $100000
Mission
What you will drive
- In this role, you'll apply AI capability assessment expertise to advance AI governance through technical evaluations and testing methodologies for frontier labs and policymakers.
- Identify and define sub-capabilities relevant to recursive self-improvement in frontier AI systems.
- Develop evaluation protocols and testing methodologies to assess capability thresholds.
- Review and validate the technical robustness of proposed interventions against frontier model capabilities.
Profile
What makes you a great fit
- In this role, you'll apply AI capability assessment expertise to advance AI governance through technical evaluations and testing methodologies for frontier labs and policymakers.
- Identify and define sub-capabilities relevant to recursive self-improvement in frontier AI systems.
- Develop evaluation protocols and testing methodologies to assess capability thresholds.
- Review and validate the technical robustness of proposed interventions against frontier model capabilities.
About
Inside Institute for Security and Technology
The Institute for Security and Technology is a nonpartisan, nonprofit network based in the San Francisco Bay Area dedicated to solving critical international security challenges through better technology and policy.