Hybrid Research Scientist, LLM Research, Knowledge, Reasoning, Agents

at NVIDIA

• Job title: Research Scientist, LLM Research, Knowledge, Reasoning, Agents
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $160,000 - $258,750 per year
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Santa Clara, United States

About the role

• Research Scientist specializing in NLP and deep learning at NVIDIA. Propose innovative model architectures and publish research findings while collaborating with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Research and propose alternative model architectures that enhance the performance and efficiency of language or multimodal models.
• Investigate novel methods for knowledge distillation and data synthesis for language or multimodal models.
• Explore novel methods for test-time inference algorithms.
• Analyze multiple novel methods for enhancing factuality, reasoning, long-context, or agentic capabilities of language or multimodal models.
• Undertake research, design, and implementation of novel methods aimed at enhancing the capability of large and small language models.
• Contribute to the academic community by publishing original research findings in reputable conferences and journals.
• Collaborate closely with fellow team members, as well as interdisciplinary teams within the company, to foster a collaborative research environment.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to interns and students within the research team.
• Collaborate with product groups within the university to facilitate the transfer of research technology into practical applications.

Requirements

• Completing or recently completed a PhD in CS or equivalent research experiences in research labs with strong publication records at top-tier conferences.
• A strong foundation in the theory and practice of NLP and deep learning.
• Proficiency in all aspects of large language models from training to alignment to inference to evaluation is expected.
• Alternatively, proficiency in all aspects of large multimodal models or diffusion models is expected.
• A track record of outstanding research achievements and contributions.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively convey research findings and collaborate with peers.

Benefits

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