40–50 USD / hour
Research Intern, Adversarial Intelligence
AIOn-site — Chicago, Illinois, United States, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Published on 2026-11-13
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About this role
A 10–12 week summer 2027 research internship focused on technical problems spanning AI, cybersecurity, and computer systems. Interns build prototypes, run experiments, analyze results, and share findings with researchers and engineers.
About the company
Horizon3.ai is a technology company specializing in cybersecurity solutions, focusing on automated penetration testing and threat detection for enterprises. They provide a range of services aimed at enhancing security posture and risk management for organizations across various sectors.
The team
Horizon3 AI Research
What you'll do
- Develop research ideas, algorithms, prototypes, or experimental systems
- Read and evaluate relevant technical literature
- Design and run experiments; analyze results, limitations, and failure modes
- Document methods and findings and present research progress
- Collaborate with researchers, security engineers, and attack engineers
What we're looking for
- Pursuing a degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
- Strong computer science fundamentals and programming ability
- Experience or demonstrated interest in systems security, machine learning, or computer systems
- Ability to implement technical ideas, learn independently, and communicate clearly
Nice to have
- Research experience through a lab, thesis, capstone, internship, or substantial project
- Experience in cybersecurity, systems, networks, cloud, or identity security
- Experience with machine learning, LLMs, AI agents, reinforcement learning, planning, search, or graph algorithms
- Experience building research prototypes, benchmarks, or evaluation frameworks
- Research publications, open-source contributions, CTFs, or security competitions
Benefits
- Mentorship from a research mentor
- Compensation of $40–$50 per hour