Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

Lead Reserach Scientist, AI Safety and Reinforcement Learning

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc • $130K — $180K *
Santa Clara, CA 95051In-Person
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Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in machine learning, AI safety, or reinforcement learning fields.
  • Strong publication record or significant work in iterative training or self-training methodologies.
  • Proven experience with empirical safety evaluations and oversight of generative models.
  • Expertise in developing experimental frameworks for controlled research environments.
  • PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Research self-improving training loops with focused governance and oversight.
  • Develop evaluations to monitor capability drift and behavior in closed-loop systems.
  • Collaborate with reinforcement learning scientists on policy optimization and preference learning.
  • Establish protocols for red-team evaluations and rollback criteria for experiments.
  • Publish technical reports and align project narratives with responsible deployment standards.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision care.
  • 401(k) plan with company matching contributions.
  • Generous paid time off and parental leave policies.
  • Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
  • Flexible work arrangements, including hybrid work options.
Full Job Description
THE ROLE:

We are hiring an Lead Research Scientist, AI Safety and Reinforcement Learning focused on recursive self-improvement (RSI) in a bounded, engineering-first sense: systems where models, data generators, or toolchains participate in improving their own training signals, curricula, or verification-always under explicit governance, kill switches, and human oversight. You will research when such loops help (e.g. synthetic data quality, targeted self-play, automated curriculum refinement) versus when they amplify bias or reward hacking, and you will design measurement and containment so RSI-style pipelines remain auditable and safe for AMD's AI-for-HW and generative-AI programs.

THE PERSON:

You are skeptical by default but constructive: you formalize assumptions, bound autonomy, and insist on counterfactual evaluation. You connect RSI concepts to concrete metrics-data efficiency, robustness, regression rates-not open-ended capability claims.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Research self-improving training loops: model-generated supervision, iterative distillation, self-critique, and automated curriculum updates with clear scope limits
  • Develop theory- and systems-grounded evaluations for capability drift, Goodhart effects, and distributional shift in closed-loop training
  • Partner with RL scientists on where RSI-style objectives intersect policy optimization and preference learning
  • Define red-team protocols and monitoring for RSI pilots; document rollback criteria before experiments touch shared infrastructure
  • Publish or produce technical reports where appropriate; align internal narrative with responsible deployment standards

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
  • Strong background in machine learning (ML), AI safety, reinforcement learning, or a related field, with publications or substantial work in iterative training, self-training, or open-ended learning.
  • Experience with empirical safety evaluation, scalable oversight, or stress-testing of generative model training pipelines
  • Strong software skills for building controlled experimental harnesses and reproducible RSI microcosms

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
  • PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field strongly preferred.


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AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD's "Responsible AI Policy" is available here.

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Size
15,500 employees
Market Cap
$100.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$2.4 billion
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+30.9%
Revenue
$9.7 billion
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