Graduate Intern - LLM Reliability and Uncertainty

Job overview

The Graduate Intern is a remote role at the National Laboratory of the Rockies, focusing on LLM reliability and uncertainty for AI science assistants. The annual salary range is $44,500 - $71,200, and the role supports the lab's Computational Science Center. This internship investigates methods for quantifying uncertainty in LLM-based science assistants over multi-turn scientific dialogue. The intern will develop probing methods to detect when scientific tasks are underspecified or ill-posed.

What you'll do

• Research uncertainty quantification methods
• develop probing methods for task specification
• build evaluation pipelines
• conduct experiments
• contribute to technical documentation and reports
• maintain research code.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

remote

internship

llm

ai

uncertainty quantification

machine learning

computational science

research

graduate student

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, vision, 403(b) with match, sick leave.

Why this role

Requires enrollment in a graduate program and familiarity with LLMs.

About the employer

National Laboratory of the Rockies is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Sector: 54.