Policy Design Manager, Conventional Weapons

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

Defining a crisp boundary between acceptable and harmful requests in this domain is difficult, because the underlying components are dual-use: the same capabilities that serve civilian engineering and research can also contribute to a weapons system. Building the threat models, evaluations, and detection systems that hold that boundary is the core of this role.

What it asks for · 7

• Have deep, applied expertise in weapons systems and can translate complex technical evidence into sound policy judgments
• Experience in a relevant setting, such as a service research laboratory, a defense research or innovation agency, or a company that designs or builds weapons systems
• Can write clear, operationally precise policy and explain complex technical topics to non-specialist audiences
• Understand the legal frameworks governing weapons and their transfer, and can craft policy that holds up across jurisdictions
• Can do rigorous technical analysis of weapons systems using only open sources
• Are comfortable with ambiguity and drawn to problems that have no established playbook
• Are motivated by preventing misuse without obstructing the legitimate work in the field

Also a plus

• A working understanding of machine learning and large language model fundamentals
• Hands-on engineering experience in a weapons-relevant technical domain, such as systems engineering, robotics and autonomy, guidance/navigation/control, sensors and signal processing, aerospace or mechanical engineering, materials and energetics, or embedded software
• Hands-on experience applying arms export controls (ITAR/EAR) or international arms-control regimes

What the job covers

• Own and maintain Anthropic's conventional weapons policy, defining the boundary between the activities our models should and should not support
• Build the threat models and evaluations that measure how our models could contribute to weapons development, including the software and autonomy components that define modern weapons systems, and keep them current as the technology and its misuse evolve
• Partner with engineering to turn the policy into model guardrails, detection systems, and enforcement tooling
• Serve as the subject-matter expert for escalations involving conventional weapons content, including rapid response to emerging risks
• Build shared understanding of the policy across product, engineering, legal, and leadership, communicating its reasoning to technical and non-technical audiences
• Engage external experts as well as government and industry partners, and translate that engagement into stronger policy and enforcement

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• weapons22×
• systems17×
• policy14×
• engineering12×
• models12×
• technical11×
• weapons systems8×
• build7×
• conventional weapons6×
• enforcement6×
• research6×
• experience5×
• software5×
• audiences4×
• autonomy4×
• boundary4×

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