Technical Lead

AI Risk Engineer on Chevron’s Responsible AI (RAI) team partners with business and IT development teams to help ensure that AI and machine learning systems—including third-party tools, generative AI, and AI agents—are fair, transparent, accountable, secure, and aligned with Chevron’s ethical principles. Working at the intersection of AI/ML engineering, ethics, and policy, you will build and maintain the automation, scripts, and tooling that power Chevron’s AI impact assessment process, and help operationalize Responsible AI controls within our AI governance platform (Credo AI). You will collaborate closely with our Cybersecurity, Legal, and Data Privacy teams to ensure that AI solutions, vendors, and internal use cases adhere to Chevron guidelines, policies, and emerging regulations.

• Build, maintain, and enhance the automation flows, scripts, and tooling that support Chevron’s AI impact assessment and Responsible AI review processes.
• Configure and administer Chevron’s AI governance platform (Credo AI)—adding risk scenarios, controls, and review workflows that enable teams to document mitigations, provide evidence, and track AI risks across the lifecycle.
• Design and operate review and approval checkpoints, including pre-production questionnaires and periodic re-reviews of AI use cases, streamlining through automation where possible.
• Establish and run model review processes for both pre-trained/foundation models and custom-built machine learning models.
• Assist in AI Discovery and maintain an inventory of AI models, agents, and use cases across the enterprise, ensuring proper documentation and lifecycle governance.
• Conduct ethical risk assessments and impact analyses for AI use cases, including alignment with regulations such as the EU AI Act and industry frameworks such as the IOGP Responsible Use of AI principles, and NIST AI Risk Management Framework.
• Evaluate AI vendors, models, and external AI access requests for fairness, security, and policy compliance, partnering with Cybersecurity, Legal, and Data Privacy.
• Influence the development and adoption of tools and methodologies to detect and mitigate bias, drift, and unintended consequences in machine learning and generative AI systems.
• Lead training, FAQs, and awareness campaigns—leveraging Teams and Copilot—to promote ethical AI practices and communicate process changes across business units.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to integrate Responsible AI principles into product development and deployment workflows.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in data science, analytics, or AI/ML engineering roles.
• Proficiency in Python and experience building automation, scripts, or data pipelines that integrate with enterprise platforms and APIs.
• Demonstrated ability to reason through ethical implications of AI systems and articulate trade-offs.
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams (e.g., cybersecurity, legal, privacy, policy) to embed Responsible AI principles.
• Strong communication and presentation skills to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks and enterprise compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, NIST, OECD).