Hush Digital Risk Index — Research Fellowship (In-Person, Detroit)

Company: Hush (gethush.ai)

Location: Detroit, MI — This fellowship is in-person

Type: Full-time Research Fellowship (6–12 months, with possibility of extension)

About Hush

Hush is a Detroit-headquartered digital privacy and personal security company protecting executives, high-net-worth families, and enterprise leaders from data exposure, fraud, impersonation, harassment, and real-world safety risks.

We operate at the intersection of privacy, security, technology, and human risk — and we are building the world’s most comprehensive observatory on how digital exposure translates into financial, reputational, and physical harm.

Our work is guided by four core principles

• Member Obsessed — We exist to protect and serve real people with real risk.
• Relentless Improvement — We pursue continuous rigor, refinement, and excellence.
• Uncompromising Ethics — We treat data, privacy, and trust as sacred.
• Pioneering Excellence — We build what does not yet exist, and we build it well.

This Fellowship is designed for someone deeply aligned with these values.

The Fellowship

Hush is offering a Research Fellowship to design, build, and operate a new, original intelligence product: The Hush Digital Risk Index — a recurring, data-driven publication that measures how digital exposure, AI, online behavior, and emerging threats affect individuals, executives, and families in the United States.

This is an opportunity to

• Create a new category of intelligence from the ground up
• Work with novel, real-world datasets at the frontier of fraud, privacy, and safety
• Shape how journalists, policymakers, and business leaders understand digital risk
• Publish work that is cited, influential, and consequential

This fellowship is in-person at our Detroit office and is best suited for someone who thrives in a high-ownership, intellectually demanding environment.

What You’ll Do

• Design the conceptual and analytical framework for the Hush Digital Risk Index
• Define metrics, methodologies, and thresholds for digital exposure, impersonation, fraud, and threat escalation
• Integrate and analyze data from:
• Public and government sources (FBI, FTC, DOJ, DHS, etc.)
• Industry and academic datasets
• Hush’s proprietary, anonymized exposure and risk data
• Identify trends, anomalies, and emerging risks
• Ensure rigor, reproducibility, and ethical handling of sensitive data
• Produce:
• Monthly “Signal Briefs”
• Quarterly flagship Index Reports
• Translate technical findings into clear, externally publishable insights
• Collaborate with communications and leadership to support media briefings and public interpretation

Who Should Apply

This Fellowship is well-suited for

• Current or recent PhD candidates
• Post-doctoral researchers
• Exceptional Master’s-level candidates with strong quantitative or analytical backgrounds

In fields such as data science, social science, criminology, economics, public policy, computer science, or related disciplines.

You may be a strong fit if you

• Are comfortable working with large, imperfect, real-world datasets
• Have strong statistical, analytical, and methodological skills
• Can translate complex findings into clear narratives
• Care deeply about ethics, privacy, and responsible data use
• Enjoy building something new from scratch and owning it end-to-end
• Are aligned with Hush’s core principles and want your work to have real-world impact

Location & Work Environment

• This Fellowship is in-person in Detroit, Michigan.
• We believe this work benefits from deep collaboration, proximity to leadership, and immersion in the mission.
• Relocation support may be available for exceptional candidates.

Compensation

• $45–$60 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications
• Full-time expected (40 hours/week)
• 6–12 month initial term, with possibility of extension

How to Apply

All applicants should apply directly via LinkedIn using the “Easy Apply” or application link on this posting.

Please include

• Your resume or CV
• (Optional) A link to prior research, writing, or analytical work

Equal Opportunity

Hush is an equal opportunity organization. We value diverse perspectives and backgrounds and are committed to building a team that reflects the complexity of the world we study and protect.

A Note to Candidates

• This Fellowship is the creation of a new category of intelligence — the measurement of human-level digital risk. The goal is not simply to analyze data, but to build a durable, credible observatory that helps society understand how identity, technology, and exposure are reshaping risk.