At the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), our team of cyber experts work to understand and evaluate the cyber offense capabilities of AI models, working closely with AI developers and the US national security community to prepare for increasing capabilities in this critical domain. This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates. In this position, you will: Integrate national security context into CAISI's assessments of AI cyber capabilities, mapping offensive tradecraft-from vulnerability research to exploit development-to real-world adversarial tactics. Develop strategic roadmaps for evaluation, ensuring that AI assessment scenarios reflect high-priority cyber threats to national security interests and critical infrastructure. Translate complex evaluation results into mission-focused assessments and risk briefings for senior interagency leadership and national security stakeholders. Bridge the gap between emerging AI research and established offensive cyber tradecraft to ensure evaluations remain operationally relevant to the US Government. Strengthen the U.S. security posture by providing a high-quality technical evidence base that informs federal defensive and offensive cyber strategies. Coordinate with interagency partners to align assessments with federal cyber requirements and validate that frontier AI systems are measured against realistic cyber targets. Safeguard national interests by ensuring frontier AI models are rigorously evaluated against relevant cyber assets and national security benchmarks.

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