AI Researcher

Calvin Risk is a Swiss-based start-up helping companies create and manage trustworthy AI that is aligned with humanity. Founded in 2022 as an ETH Zurich spin-off, the company is building the most advanced platform for assessing risks associated with AI in commercial use and managing them throughout the entire product lifecycle. The Calvin platform creates a much-needed framework for transparency, governance and standardization for enterprises to manage their AI portfolios, while ensuring that AI remains safe and compliant with the highest ethical standards and impending regulatory requirements.

This is an opportunity to join a start-up at its earliest stages as an AI researcher to develop and refine AI risk quantification methodologies. It is a chance to help build up a fast growing research team, and an opportunity to develop a cutting-edge AI risk management platform. Be part of an interdisciplinary team of technical and non-technical experts and experience a thriving, innovative, and collaborative environment.

• Advance methodologies for the assessment and quantification of AI risks.
• Validate methodologies with incidents and further refine those based on results.
• Stay close with recent developments in the AI field, in particular regarding the field of trustworthy AI and integrate those into our product.
• Align methodologies to customer needs and data availabilities.
• Present your work at scientific and corporate conferences.
• Build, together with your co-workers, the leading global AI risk management platform.

• Experience in scientific research methodologies and ability to quickly learn new concepts.
• Experience in AI research, bonus points if research experience includes topics like explainability, trustworthiness or robustness.
• Ability to participate in research projects and collaborate effectively.
• Practical mindset that allows for balancing between scientific accuracy with data limitations and project deadlines.
• Interest in learning and contributing on non-research related tasks.

We follow the REEEF principle as our guideline to success: respect, efficiency, entrepreneurship, excellence, empathy, fun. We cherish character traits such as result orientation, a sense of responsibility, integrity, and passion. This is an a
** hole-free zone and it shall remain that way. Apart from this, no matter who you are or where you are from, you are highly welcome at Calvin Risk!