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NIST's Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) careers page outlines the organization's mission and teams focused on AI security, evaluation, and standards—directly relevant to AI safety governance and technical safety work within the U.S. government.

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This page describes CAISI, NIST's Center for AI Standards and Innovation, which serves as the U.S. government's primary industry contact for AI testing and collaborative research. It outlines active teams including Agent Security, Applied Systems, and Chem/Bio, each focused on evaluating and securing AI systems. The page also lists open positions for researchers and engineers.

Key Points

•CAISI is designated as the U.S. government's primary point of contact for industry on AI testing and collaborative research under Trump's AI Action Plan.
•Leading AI companies voluntarily partner with CAISI to evaluate their most capable models prior to deployment.
•Agent Security team focuses on measuring AI system security, including jailbreaking, data poisoning, agent hijacking, and red-teaming.
•Applied Systems team conducts rigorous measurement of AI systems in real-world settings, including uplift studies and benchmark validity assessments.
•CAISI operates with offices in Washington D.C. and San Francisco, requiring U.S. citizenship and in-person work.

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Entity	Property	Value	As Of
US AI Safety Institute (now CAISI)	Headcount	20–30	Apr 2026
US AI Safety Institute (now CAISI)	Headquarters	Washington, D.C.	Apr 2026

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 About CAISI

 CAISI, within NIST at the Department of Commerce, acts as a startup within government, taking on ambitious projects to make an outsized impact. 

 CAISI has been designated by Secretary Howard Lutnick to serve as industry’s primary point of contact within the U.S. government to facilitate testing and collaborative research related to harnessing and securing the potential of commercial AI systems. Under President Trump’s AI Action Plan , CAISI received seventeen taskings spanning AI security research, national security evaluations, analysis of global AI competition, measurement science, interagency coordination on AI, and developing voluntary standards. 

 Leading AI companies partner with CAISI on a voluntary basis for support evaluating their most capable models prior to deployment. Additionally, CAISI maintains close partnerships across the federal government, including the national security community, and has built a reputation for technical excellence.

 CAISI maintains offices in Washington, D.C and downtown San Francisco. Work at CAISI is in-person, however some forms of engagement may allow for other arrangements. Employment at CAISI requires U.S. citizenship. 

 Teams

 Teams at CAISI are small and collaboration across the organization is common. Staff members and collaborators at CAISI stand out for their dedication to technical excellence, domain expertise, commitment to scientific rigor, and passion for AI. This includes, but is not limited to, software engineers, AI research engineers and scientists, cybersecurity and biological security experts, and experienced measurement scientists. Descriptions of current team activities are provided below.

 Agent Security

 Overview of team activities:

 Measuring and improving the security of AI systems.
 Assessing risks such as agent hijacking, data poisoning, jailbreaking, and reward hacking.
 Manual and automated red-teaming of AI agent systems.
 Developing guidelines and best practices for secure development and deployment of AI.
 

 Agent security is hiring a Research Engineer/Scientist 

 Applied Systems

 Overview of team activities:

 Multidisciplinary measuremen

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