Research Engineer, Preparedness - Meta Superintelligence Labs

Research Engineer, Preparedness - Meta Superintelligence Labs at Meta in Boise, Idaho, United States Job Description

Summary:

Meta is seeking Research Engineers to join the Preparedness team within Meta Superintelligence Labs. The Preparedness team evaluates the increasing capabilities of our AI systems, with a focus on frontier AI capabilities and risks. We ensure that evaluations are in place to mitigate these risks and responsibly handle the development of frontier AI.As a Research Engineer on Preparedness, you will work alongside world-class AI researchers to develop new evaluations grounded in real world threat models, maintain existing evaluations so they remain current and reliable, and produce written artifacts that Meta can trust during high-stakes launches. This is a highly technical role requiring the ability to solve machine learning and engineering with high reliability. The evaluations you build will directly inform risk assessments and launch decisions within MSL, making engineering reliability, rigor, and scalability paramount. You will excel by maintaining high velocity while adapting to rapidly shifting priorities as we advance the technical research frontier. Preparedness is a highly interdisciplinary team, tightly connecting evaluations, internal red teaming, and mitigations for our frontier models. The evaluations you produce will be read and acted upon by Meta leadership during model launches and policy reviews.

Required Skills:

Research Engineer, Preparedness -

Meta Superintelligence Labs Responsibilities:

1. Build and continuously refine evaluations for multimodal and agentic frontier AI models, including in cybersecurity, chemical security, and biosecurity 2. Build robust, reusable evaluation pipelines that scale across multiple model lines and product areas 3. Produce auditable technical artifacts, including evaluation reports and model cards, at high reliability and speed 4. Scope and deliver end-to-end evaluations under ambiguous and rapidly shifting requirements, re-prioritizing as the threat landscape and Meta's frontier models evolve 5. Work across research, engineering, policy, and legal teams to align evaluation priorities with launch timelines

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

6. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience 7. 3+ years of experience in machine learning engineering, machine learning research, or a related technical role 8. Proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks 9. Experience identifyi

Job Posting:

JC291835543

Posted On:

May 15, 2026

Updated On:

May 15, 2026