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  • Applied Scientist, AWS Neuron Science Team

    Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc. 4.6company rating

    Postdoctoral scholar job in Santa Clara, CA

    The AWS Neuron Science Team is looking for talented scientists to enhance our software stack, accelerating customer adoption of Trainium and Inferentia accelerators. In this role, you will work directly with external and internal customers to identify key adoption barriers and optimization opportunities. You'll collaborate closely with our engineering teams to implement innovative solutions and engage with academic and research communities to advance state-of-the-art ML systems. As part of a strategic growth area for AWS, you'll work alongside distinguished engineers and scientists in an exciting and impactful environment. We actively work on these areas: - AI for Systems: Developing and applying ML/RL approaches for kernel/code generation and optimization - Machine Learning Compiler: Creating advanced compiler techniques for ML workloads - System Robustness: Building tools for accuracy and reliability validation - Efficient Kernel Development: Designing high-performance kernels optimized for our ML accelerator architectures A day in the life AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations that continue to set AWS's services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you'll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services. Additionally, this role may involve exposure to and experience with Amazon's growing suite of generative AI services and other cloud computing offerings across the AWS portfolio. About the team AWS Neuron is the software of Trainium and Inferentia, the AWS Machine Learning chips. Inferentia delivers best-in-class ML inference performance at the lowest cost in the cloud to our AWS customers. Trainium is designed to deliver the best-in-class ML training performance at the lowest training cost in the cloud, and it's all being enabled by AWS Neuron. Neuron is a Software that include ML compiler and native integration into popular ML frameworks. Our products are being used at scale with external customers like Anthropic and Databricks as well as internal customers like Alexa, Amazon Bedrocks, Amazon Robotics, Amazon Ads, Amazon Rekognition and many more. About the team Diverse Experiences AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying. Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Inclusive Team Culture AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do. Mentorship & Career Growth We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD in computer science, computer engineering, or related field - Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals - Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing - Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language - Experience using Unix/Linux PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- Experience in investigating, designing, prototyping, and delivering new and innovative system solutions - Experience in state-of-the-art deep learning models architecture design and deep learning training and optimization and model pruning - Experience with popular deep learning frameworks such as MxNet and Tensor Flow Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit ********************************************************* for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit ******************************************************** This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
    $136k-223.4k yearly 1d ago
  • Applied Scientist II, AWS Neuron Science Team

    Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc. 4.6company rating

    Postdoctoral scholar job in Santa Clara, CA

    The AWS Neuron Science Team is looking for talented scientists to enhance our software stack, accelerating customer adoption of Trainium and Inferentia accelerators. In this role, you will work directly with external and internal customers to identify key adoption barriers and optimization opportunities. You'll collaborate closely with our engineering teams to implement innovative solutions and engage with academic and research communities to advance state-of-the-art ML systems. As part of a strategic growth area for AWS, you'll work alongside distinguished engineers and scientists in an exciting and impactful environment. We actively work on these areas: * AI for Systems: Developing and applying ML/RL approaches for kernel/code generation and optimization * Machine Learning Compiler: Creating advanced compiler techniques for ML workloads * System Robustness: Building tools for accuracy and reliability validation * Efficient Kernel Development: Designing high-performance kernels optimized for our ML accelerator architectures About the team Diverse Experiences AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying. Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Inclusive Team Culture AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do. Mentorship & Career Growth We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or a Master's degree and experience building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application - Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals - Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing - Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- Experience using Unix/Linux - Experience in professional software development Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit ********************************************************* for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit ******************************************************** This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
    $136k-223.4k yearly 3d ago
  • Machine Learning Researcher

    Goliath Partners

    Postdoctoral scholar job in San Jose, CA

    SUPERCOMPUTING AI LAB W/ MULTIMODAL GENERAL AGENT AI STARTUP - SERIES A $1.2B VALUATION Goliath Partners has exclusively teamed up with an early stage startup AI Lab in SF currently valued at over $1B just after announcing their Series A. The firm has fundamental research bets on next-gen model architectures for long term memory and continual learning. Have lots of GPUs and are planning to get to frontier soon on the model side. Funding wise, their Series A was led by none other than Jann Tallinn. Jann has only led two other Series A's in the past - DeepMind and Anthropic! The team includes ex-DeepMind, Nvidia, Anthropic and Twitter professionals, and they are operating at the cutting edge of the AI space. They're hiring an ML Research Engineer to: Design and implement autonomous agents that can code, reason, and self-verify across real software environments Build full-stack infrastructure for prompt routing, task planning, retrieval, and sandboxed execution Apply post-training techniques (SFT, DPO, RLHF) and build eval benchmarks for multi-step reasoning and coding tasks Total Comp: $300-325k from a base perspective. Equity will also be involved at anywhere from .1% - 1% (equaling $1-10M in equity). If this sounds interesting, I'd love to share more. Please apply with an updated copy of your resume and Goliath will get in touch!
    $65k-127k yearly est. 3d ago
  • Founding Applied Researcher- Multimodal/Generative Media

    Pagos Consultants

    Postdoctoral scholar job in San Jose, CA

    Role: Founding Applied Researcher Commitment: Full-Time, In Person Salary: up to $300k + 2% equity Must have previous AI/Multimodal/Generative systems experience About the Role Our client are building a fast-growing marketplace connecting elite creative talent award-winning artists, filmmakers, designers, and musicians with leading AI labs developing next-generation generative media models (e.g., state-of-the-art video, audio, and multimodal systems). A small, high-talent-density team with backgrounds from top universities and research-driven organizations, backed by founders and senior researchers from frontier AI labs and industry-leading research groups. They value initiative over instruction, autonomy over consensus, and reward exceptional talent with exceptional upside both in compensation and impact. Role Overview As a Founding Applied Researcher, you will design and build the next generation of generative media benchmarks evaluations that meaningfully push the boundaries of what foundation models can understand, generate, and perform. You will collaborate directly with researchers at frontier labs and fast-moving startups, helping define evaluation standards for multimodal and generative systems. This is a rare opportunity to own critical research efforts from day one, work on deeply novel challenges, and shape the direction of the field. What You'll Do Design, develop, and validate new benchmarks that test advanced real-world capabilities in generative media models Create novel evaluation methodologies, including dataset construction, task formulation, and scoring frameworks Collaborate closely with researchers at leading AI labs to identify gaps in existing evaluation pipelines and define new standards Prototype and iterate rapidly, balancing scientific rigor with practical constraints Influence research direction and help define best practices for a growing applied research organization What We're Looking For Academic & Research Background Master's degree or PhD in Machine Learning, NLP, Computer Science, or a related field Exceptional undergraduates with strong research track records are also encouraged to apply Demonstrated research excellence through publications at venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR, or similar Technical Skills Strong proficiency in Python for research, prototyping, and experimentation Experience with evaluation, benchmarking, or model analysis Familiarity with multimodal systems, generative models, or foundation model behavior is a plus Mindset & Attributes Strong initiative and comfort operating autonomously Eagerness to tackle open-ended problems with no established playbook Ability to collaborate with industry researchers and clearly communicate findings Compensation & Ownership Competitive equity package with true founding-level ownership Opportunity to define foundational research culture and influence product direction from inception
    $65k-127k yearly est. 3d ago
  • Machine Learning Researcher

    Acceler8 Talent

    Postdoctoral scholar job in San Jose, CA

    Research Scientist We're representing a cutting-edge AI organization building autonomous systems that can reason, plan, and interact with the physical world. This is a chance to join a small, elite research team pushing the frontier of LLM-driven autonomy. ⭐ The Opportunity You'll lead research that powers intelligent agents capable of long-horizon reasoning, structured tool-use, and real-world decision-making. This is deep ML research with immediate, tangible impact. What You'll Work On Building LLM reasoning and planning frameworks Designing structured tool-use, memory, reflection, and multi-step workflows Developing safe, robust policies for autonomous systems Training and evaluating models across real engineering and scientific tasks Collaborating with systems, simulation, and infrastructure experts What We're Looking For Strong research background in LLMs, reasoning, or agents Experience with SFT, RLHF/DPO, verifier-guided RL, or related training techniques Ability to design and evaluate long-horizon behaviors Comfort working in a fast, interdisciplinary R&D environment Why Join Build models that control real physical-world systems, NOT just simulations Massive scope for autonomy, creativity, and impact Competitive compensation + meaningful ownership
    $65k-127k yearly est. 1d ago
  • AI Research Scientist | Machine Learning | Deep Learning | Natural Language Processing | LLM | Hybrid | San Jose, CA

    Enigma 4.2company rating

    Postdoctoral scholar job in San Jose, CA

    Title: AI Research Scientist Responsibilities: Design, execute, and analyze machine learning experiments, establishing strong baselines and selecting appropriate evaluation metrics. Stay up to date with the latest AI research; identify, adapt, and validate novel techniques for company-specific use cases. Define rigorous evaluation protocols, including offline metrics, user studies, and adversarial (red team) testing to ensure statistical soundness. Specify data and annotation requirements; develop annotation guidelines and oversee quality control processes. Collaborate closely with domain experts, product managers, and engineering teams to refine problem statements and operational constraints. Develop reusable research assets such as datasets, modular code components, evaluation suites, and comprehensive documentation. Work alongside ML Engineers to optimize training and inference pipelines, ensuring seamless integration into production systems. Contribute to academic publications and represent the company in research communities, as needed. Educational Qualifications: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field is strongly preferred. Candidates with a master's degree and exceptional research or industry experience will also be considered. Industry Experience: 3-5 years of experience in AI/ML research roles, ideally in applied or product-focused environments. Demonstrated success in delivering research-driven solutions that have been deployed in production. Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams across research, engineering, and product. Publications in top-tier AI/ML conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, CVPR) are a plus. Technical Skills: Strong foundational knowledge in machine learning and deep learning algorithms. Hands-on experience with PEFT/LoRA, adapters, fine-tuning techniques, and RLHF/RLAIF (e.g., PPO, DPO, GRPO). Ability to read, implement, and adapt state-of-the-art research papers to real-world use cases. Proficiency in hypothesis-driven experimentation, ablation studies, and statistically sound evaluations. Advanced programming skills in Python (preferred), C++, or Java. Experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, Hugging Face, NumPy, etc. Strong mathematical foundations in probability, linear algebra, and calculus. Domain expertise in one or more areas: natural language processing (NLP), symbolic reasoning, speech processing, etc. Ability to translate research insights into roadmaps, technical specifications, and product improvements. AI Research Scientist | Machine Learning | Deep Learning | Natural Language Processing | LLM | Hybrid | San Jose, CA
    $92k-156k yearly est. 2d ago
  • Research Scientist - Data

    Storm3

    Postdoctoral scholar job in San Jose, CA

    ⚡ Research Scientist - Data focus 💊 Foundation Models, AI Research Institute 🌎 San Francisco Bay Area, USA 💸 $200,000 - $350,000 salary + bonus Come join a revolutionary AI research lab in SF Bay Area that is poised to develop & publish high-impact breakthroughs in GenAI - across LLMs and Multimodal AI. As part of the team, you'll work at the intersection of data, large-scale training, and foundation model innovation. You will collaborate with world-class researchers, data scientists, and engineers to solve critical challenges in creating robust, scalable, and reasoning-capable LLMs. Your research will shape the way data is curated, processed, and leveraged to train the next generation of intelligent systems. Responsibilities: Lead research on data-centric approaches for LLMs, including pretraining corpus design, data valuation, and speculative decoding strategies. Develop pipelines to process challenging data sources into structured and reproducible training datasets. Build and optimize agentic data pipelines, integrating retrieval, self-curation, and multi-agent feedback for high-quality training and evaluation data. Collaborate with researchers on alignment and reasoning-focused training that leverage data-driven approaches for improving LLM capabilities. Prototype and deploy evaluation frameworks to measure data quality, coverage, and downstream impact on LLM reasoning. Publish findings at top-tier venues (e.g., NeurIPS, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP) and represent the institute at international conferences. Contribute to open-source tools, datasets, and benchmarks that advance the global foundation model research community. Requirements: Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field (PhD strongly preferred) Experience collecting and curating high-quality text data including multi-lingual data. Hands-on experience with large-scale dataset curation and preprocessing for ML/LLM training. Prior works synthesizing complex datasets. Code, math, and agentic data are higher priority Experience with ML infrastructure for scalable training, evaluation, and debugging. Experience at the intersection of data and post-training (RL/SFT) Proven ability to independently drive research questions related to data quality, scaling, or reasoning. Preferred Experience: Experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agentic data pipelines, or reasoning benchmarks. Contributions to speculative decoding, self-curation, or reinforcement learning from synthetic data. Background in knowledge graphs, semantic search, or indexing systems. Strong publication record in leading AI conferences. Prior contributions to open-source ML data tools or benchmarks. Prior work on speculative decoding/contributions to LLM serving engines Prior work on training LLM-as-a-judge Deep expertise with tokenization/training tokenizers Why apply: Opportunity to build out a new division at the forefront of AI innovation FAANG competitive salary & package Work alongside superstars from FAANG labs & leading AI companies Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Relocation package available 🌎 San Francisco Bay Area, USA 📧 Interested in applying? Please click on the ‘Easy Apply' button or alternatively email me your resume at ************************
    $95k-160k yearly est. 1d ago
  • Research Scientist

    Understanding Recruitment

    Postdoctoral scholar job in Fremont, CA

    We're representing a cutting-edge AI organization building autonomous systems that can reason, plan, and interact with the physical world. This is a chance to join a small, elite research team pushing the frontier of LLM-driven autonomy. ⭐ The Opportunity You'll lead research that powers intelligent agents capable of long-horizon reasoning, structured tool-use, and real-world decision-making. This is deep ML research with immediate, tangible impact. What You'll Work On Building LLM reasoning and planning frameworks Designing structured tool-use, memory, reflection, and multi-step workflows Developing safe, robust policies for autonomous systems Training and evaluating models across real engineering and scientific tasks Collaborating with systems, simulation, and infrastructure experts What We're Looking For Strong research background in LLMs, reasoning, or agents Experience with SFT, RLHF/DPO, verifier-guided RL, or related training techniques Ability to design and evaluate long-horizon behaviors Comfort working in a fast, interdisciplinary R&D environment Why Join Build models that control real physical-world systems, NOT just simulations Massive scope for autonomy, creativity, and impact Competitive compensation + meaningful ownership
    $95k-159k yearly est. 1d ago
  • Graduate Research Associate

    Lancesoft, Inc. 4.5company rating

    Postdoctoral scholar job in Santa Clara, CA

    Title: Research Associate - Cell Image Analysis Duration: 12-18 months Part time: 20 hours weekly - flexible shift but needs to work within business hours. Hybrid - can be flexible on days that they are working in office. Job Posting Description Join an interdisciplinary team within Client CTO organization to develop cutting-edge AI image analysis software solutions. In this role, you will leverage your expertise in cell biology to: This is a part-time (50%) hybrid position based in Santa Clara, CA. Select, classify, annotate, and correct mammalian cell imaging data to support the development and improvement of AI image analysis tools. Collaborate closely with software engineers and scientists to assess tool performance and identify areas for enhancement. Assist with data transfer, organization, and tracking to ensure smooth workflow. Document and communicate findings clearly to team members through written reports and oral presentations. Preferred: B.S./B.A. in Biology, Biotechnology, Bioengineering, or equivalent. Hands-on research experience in cell biology, including mammalian cell culture. Strong communication and teamwork skills. Demonstrated attention to detail. Computer proficiency, including Microsoft Office. Solid data analysis capabilities and experience with Excel. Proficiency in optical microscopy or automated cell imaging of mammalian cells. Experience with MATLAB and basic scripting. Prior industrial research experience.
    $49k-81k yearly est. 3d ago
  • Online Research Participant - Earn Cash for Sharing Your Views

    Opinion Bureau

    Postdoctoral scholar job in Santa Clara, CA

    Take quick online surveys and earn rewards for sharing your thoughts. Join today - it's free and easy!
    $65k-127k yearly est. 1d ago
  • Founding ML Scientist

    Greylock 4.5company rating

    Postdoctoral scholar job in San Francisco, CA

    Stage: Seed Team Size: < 10 We're looking for an Applied RS who can run the gamut of ML from infra to modeling and own the entire ML pipeline--taking advanced models into production. Our ideal candidate will be looking to build a co-pilot product from the ground up: helping to drive everything from key architectural decisions, applying SOTA methods, and shipping advanced production models in close collaboration with the founders. In key role, you will have real product ownership and the chance to influence not just what gets built, but how it gets built in a true 0->1 scenario. If you have 5+ years of experience in Machine Learning (infra and modeling) with 1+ years post-training LLM's and are thinking about starting your own company someday, this could be a great entry-way for you. Not only would you get real-world experience with something so early, but you'd get a chance to make a name for yourself with our investment team as well (making it much easier to get a chance to pitch us on your own idea in the future). About Greylock Greylock is a 1st-tier, early-stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional founders at the seed and Series A stages. Our mission is to help realize rare potential - backing category-defining companies such as Figma, Anthropic, Ramp, Abnormal Security, Rubrik, Airbnb, LinkedIn, Roblox, Dropbox, and Coinbase. About the Greylock Recruiting Team As full-time, salaried employees of Greylock, our team provides free candidate referrals and introductions to our active portfolio companies. Combined, we bring over 125 years of in-house recruiting experience across startups and large-scale tech companies
    $119k-163k yearly est. 3d ago
  • AI Technology and Strategic Planning Researcher

    理想汽车

    Postdoctoral scholar job in San Jose, CA

    About the team The team is at the core of Li Auto's long-term vision to redefine intelligent mobility through Physical AI. As part of the Intelligent Driving division, we focus on two strategic pillars: Technical Foresight - Continuously tracking and decoding global innovations in embodied intelligence, world models, autonomous agents, and real-world foundation models. Frontier Research - Conducting exploratory studies and developing foundational capabilities that empower the next generation of autonomous systems. Our mission is to anticipate breakthroughs, translate them into actionable insights, and steer the organization's roadmap in AI planning, decision-making, and simulation. We closely monitor the progress of industry leaders like Tesla and Waymo, while also contributing to top-tier academic outputs. This is a team for researchers who think beyond today's limitations and are driven to architect the AI systems of tomorrow. Duties and responsibilities Strategic Leadership: Research and formulate the development of AI technology and business strategies, covering areas such as autonomous driving, embodied intelligence, physical AI, generative AI, etc. Drive cross-functional collaboration to identify emerging opportunities and define roadmaps for AI adoption and innovation. Technology Trend Analysis: Monitor global AI advancements, competitive landscapes, and regulatory changes (e.g., AI ethics, compliance frameworks) to inform strategic decision-making. Evaluate cutting-edge technologies (e.g., LLMs, reinforcement learning, multimodal AI) and assess their potential business impact. Ecosystem Development: Build partnerships with academia, industry consortia, and startups to foster co-innovation and leverage external expertise. Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with research institutions, industry associations, and other key stakeholders, and represent the company at conferences, technical committees, etc. Insight Delivery: Produce strategic and technical insight reports and presentations for executive leadership to inform global perspectives for business planning, and translate insights into strategic recommendations. Requirements Education/Experience Master's degree or higher in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. 3+ years of professional experience in autonomous driving and/or AI industries, with in-depth knowledge of technology trends, application scenarios, and technical foresight. Proven experience in technology foresight, strategy consulting, or academic research related to areas is highly preferred. Knowledge Familiar with technical architectures of autonomous driving and Physical AI systems, including planning, simulation, and LLM/VLM integration. Familiar with AI ethics, standards, and governance frameworks. Awareness of global industry and academic trends in intelligent mobility, robotics, etc. Skills and Competencies Strong analytical, synthesis, and strategic thinking capabilities to balance technical feasibility, market demands, and ROI. Exceptional communication skills to articulate complex AI concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Ability to work cross-functionally, manage uncertainty, and handle ambiguity in emerging technology domains. Bonus: Experience in AI-related product/technology R&D (e.g., AD/ADAS). Bonus: Proficiency in Chinese communication and writing for global collaboration. About Li Auto We're a leading Chinese new energy vehicle company that designs, develops, manufactures, and sells premium smart electric vehicles (EVs). Through product, technology, and business model innovations, we provide families with safer, more comfortable, and more convenient products and services.
    $45k-75k yearly est. 2d ago
  • Founding Applied Researcher- Multimodal/Generative Media

    Pagos Consultants

    Postdoctoral scholar job in Fremont, CA

    Role: Founding Applied Researcher Commitment: Full-Time, In Person Salary: up to $300k + 2% equity Must have previous AI/Multimodal/Generative systems experience About the Role Our client are building a fast-growing marketplace connecting elite creative talent award-winning artists, filmmakers, designers, and musicians with leading AI labs developing next-generation generative media models (e.g., state-of-the-art video, audio, and multimodal systems). A small, high-talent-density team with backgrounds from top universities and research-driven organizations, backed by founders and senior researchers from frontier AI labs and industry-leading research groups. They value initiative over instruction, autonomy over consensus, and reward exceptional talent with exceptional upside both in compensation and impact. Role Overview As a Founding Applied Researcher, you will design and build the next generation of generative media benchmarks evaluations that meaningfully push the boundaries of what foundation models can understand, generate, and perform. You will collaborate directly with researchers at frontier labs and fast-moving startups, helping define evaluation standards for multimodal and generative systems. This is a rare opportunity to own critical research efforts from day one, work on deeply novel challenges, and shape the direction of the field. What You'll Do Design, develop, and validate new benchmarks that test advanced real-world capabilities in generative media models Create novel evaluation methodologies, including dataset construction, task formulation, and scoring frameworks Collaborate closely with researchers at leading AI labs to identify gaps in existing evaluation pipelines and define new standards Prototype and iterate rapidly, balancing scientific rigor with practical constraints Influence research direction and help define best practices for a growing applied research organization What We're Looking For Academic & Research Background Master's degree or PhD in Machine Learning, NLP, Computer Science, or a related field Exceptional undergraduates with strong research track records are also encouraged to apply Demonstrated research excellence through publications at venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR, or similar Technical Skills Strong proficiency in Python for research, prototyping, and experimentation Experience with evaluation, benchmarking, or model analysis Familiarity with multimodal systems, generative models, or foundation model behavior is a plus Mindset & Attributes Strong initiative and comfort operating autonomously Eagerness to tackle open-ended problems with no established playbook Ability to collaborate with industry researchers and clearly communicate findings Compensation & Ownership Competitive equity package with true founding-level ownership Opportunity to define foundational research culture and influence product direction from inception
    $65k-127k yearly est. 3d ago
  • Machine Learning Researcher

    Acceler8 Talent

    Postdoctoral scholar job in Fremont, CA

    Research Scientist We're representing a cutting-edge AI organization building autonomous systems that can reason, plan, and interact with the physical world. This is a chance to join a small, elite research team pushing the frontier of LLM-driven autonomy. ⭐ The Opportunity You'll lead research that powers intelligent agents capable of long-horizon reasoning, structured tool-use, and real-world decision-making. This is deep ML research with immediate, tangible impact. What You'll Work On Building LLM reasoning and planning frameworks Designing structured tool-use, memory, reflection, and multi-step workflows Developing safe, robust policies for autonomous systems Training and evaluating models across real engineering and scientific tasks Collaborating with systems, simulation, and infrastructure experts What We're Looking For Strong research background in LLMs, reasoning, or agents Experience with SFT, RLHF/DPO, verifier-guided RL, or related training techniques Ability to design and evaluate long-horizon behaviors Comfort working in a fast, interdisciplinary R&D environment Why Join Build models that control real physical-world systems, NOT just simulations Massive scope for autonomy, creativity, and impact Competitive compensation + meaningful ownership
    $65k-127k yearly est. 1d ago
  • Machine Learning Researcher

    Goliath Partners

    Postdoctoral scholar job in Fremont, CA

    SUPERCOMPUTING AI LAB W/ MULTIMODAL GENERAL AGENT AI STARTUP - SERIES A $1.2B VALUATION Goliath Partners has exclusively teamed up with an early stage startup AI Lab in SF currently valued at over $1B just after announcing their Series A. The firm has fundamental research bets on next-gen model architectures for long term memory and continual learning. Have lots of GPUs and are planning to get to frontier soon on the model side. Funding wise, their Series A was led by none other than Jann Tallinn. Jann has only led two other Series A's in the past - DeepMind and Anthropic! The team includes ex-DeepMind, Nvidia, Anthropic and Twitter professionals, and they are operating at the cutting edge of the AI space. They're hiring an ML Research Engineer to: Design and implement autonomous agents that can code, reason, and self-verify across real software environments Build full-stack infrastructure for prompt routing, task planning, retrieval, and sandboxed execution Apply post-training techniques (SFT, DPO, RLHF) and build eval benchmarks for multi-step reasoning and coding tasks Total Comp: $300-325k from a base perspective. Equity will also be involved at anywhere from .1% - 1% (equaling $1-10M in equity). If this sounds interesting, I'd love to share more. Please apply with an updated copy of your resume and Goliath will get in touch!
    $65k-127k yearly est. 3d ago
  • Research Scientist - Data

    Storm3

    Postdoctoral scholar job in Fremont, CA

    ⚡ Research Scientist - Data focus 💊 Foundation Models, AI Research Institute 🌎 San Francisco Bay Area, USA 💸 $200,000 - $350,000 salary + bonus Come join a revolutionary AI research lab in SF Bay Area that is poised to develop & publish high-impact breakthroughs in GenAI - across LLMs and Multimodal AI. As part of the team, you'll work at the intersection of data, large-scale training, and foundation model innovation. You will collaborate with world-class researchers, data scientists, and engineers to solve critical challenges in creating robust, scalable, and reasoning-capable LLMs. Your research will shape the way data is curated, processed, and leveraged to train the next generation of intelligent systems. Responsibilities: Lead research on data-centric approaches for LLMs, including pretraining corpus design, data valuation, and speculative decoding strategies. Develop pipelines to process challenging data sources into structured and reproducible training datasets. Build and optimize agentic data pipelines, integrating retrieval, self-curation, and multi-agent feedback for high-quality training and evaluation data. Collaborate with researchers on alignment and reasoning-focused training that leverage data-driven approaches for improving LLM capabilities. Prototype and deploy evaluation frameworks to measure data quality, coverage, and downstream impact on LLM reasoning. Publish findings at top-tier venues (e.g., NeurIPS, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP) and represent the institute at international conferences. Contribute to open-source tools, datasets, and benchmarks that advance the global foundation model research community. Requirements: Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field (PhD strongly preferred) Experience collecting and curating high-quality text data including multi-lingual data. Hands-on experience with large-scale dataset curation and preprocessing for ML/LLM training. Prior works synthesizing complex datasets. Code, math, and agentic data are higher priority Experience with ML infrastructure for scalable training, evaluation, and debugging. Experience at the intersection of data and post-training (RL/SFT) Proven ability to independently drive research questions related to data quality, scaling, or reasoning. Preferred Experience: Experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agentic data pipelines, or reasoning benchmarks. Contributions to speculative decoding, self-curation, or reinforcement learning from synthetic data. Background in knowledge graphs, semantic search, or indexing systems. Strong publication record in leading AI conferences. Prior contributions to open-source ML data tools or benchmarks. Prior work on speculative decoding/contributions to LLM serving engines Prior work on training LLM-as-a-judge Deep expertise with tokenization/training tokenizers Why apply: Opportunity to build out a new division at the forefront of AI innovation FAANG competitive salary & package Work alongside superstars from FAANG labs & leading AI companies Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Relocation package available 🌎 San Francisco Bay Area, USA 📧 Interested in applying? Please click on the ‘Easy Apply' button or alternatively email me your resume at ************************
    $95k-159k yearly est. 1d ago
  • Research Scientist

    Understanding Recruitment

    Postdoctoral scholar job in San Francisco, CA

    We're representing a cutting-edge AI organization building autonomous systems that can reason, plan, and interact with the physical world. This is a chance to join a small, elite research team pushing the frontier of LLM-driven autonomy. ⭐ The Opportunity You'll lead research that powers intelligent agents capable of long-horizon reasoning, structured tool-use, and real-world decision-making. This is deep ML research with immediate, tangible impact. What You'll Work On Building LLM reasoning and planning frameworks Designing structured tool-use, memory, reflection, and multi-step workflows Developing safe, robust policies for autonomous systems Training and evaluating models across real engineering and scientific tasks Collaborating with systems, simulation, and infrastructure experts What We're Looking For Strong research background in LLMs, reasoning, or agents Experience with SFT, RLHF/DPO, verifier-guided RL, or related training techniques Ability to design and evaluate long-horizon behaviors Comfort working in a fast, interdisciplinary R&D environment Why Join Build models that control real physical-world systems, NOT just simulations Massive scope for autonomy, creativity, and impact Competitive compensation + meaningful ownership
    $95k-160k yearly est. 1d ago
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    Opinion Bureau

    Postdoctoral scholar job in Belmont, CA

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    $65k-128k yearly est. 1d ago
  • Machine Learning Researcher

    Goliath Partners

    Postdoctoral scholar job in San Francisco, CA

    SUPERCOMPUTING AI LAB W/ MULTIMODAL GENERAL AGENT AI STARTUP - SERIES A $1.2B VALUATION Goliath Partners has exclusively teamed up with an early stage startup AI Lab in SF currently valued at over $1B just after announcing their Series A. The firm has fundamental research bets on next-gen model architectures for long term memory and continual learning. Have lots of GPUs and are planning to get to frontier soon on the model side. Funding wise, their Series A was led by none other than Jann Tallinn. Jann has only led two other Series A's in the past - DeepMind and Anthropic! The team includes ex-DeepMind, Nvidia, Anthropic and Twitter professionals, and they are operating at the cutting edge of the AI space. They're hiring an ML Research Engineer to: Design and implement autonomous agents that can code, reason, and self-verify across real software environments Build full-stack infrastructure for prompt routing, task planning, retrieval, and sandboxed execution Apply post-training techniques (SFT, DPO, RLHF) and build eval benchmarks for multi-step reasoning and coding tasks Total Comp: $300-325k from a base perspective. Equity will also be involved at anywhere from .1% - 1% (equaling $1-10M in equity). If this sounds interesting, I'd love to share more. Please apply with an updated copy of your resume and Goliath will get in touch!
    $66k-129k yearly est. 3d ago
  • Machine Learning Researcher

    Acceler8 Talent

    Postdoctoral scholar job in San Francisco, CA

    Research Scientist We're representing a cutting-edge AI organization building autonomous systems that can reason, plan, and interact with the physical world. This is a chance to join a small, elite research team pushing the frontier of LLM-driven autonomy. ⭐ The Opportunity You'll lead research that powers intelligent agents capable of long-horizon reasoning, structured tool-use, and real-world decision-making. This is deep ML research with immediate, tangible impact. What You'll Work On Building LLM reasoning and planning frameworks Designing structured tool-use, memory, reflection, and multi-step workflows Developing safe, robust policies for autonomous systems Training and evaluating models across real engineering and scientific tasks Collaborating with systems, simulation, and infrastructure experts What We're Looking For Strong research background in LLMs, reasoning, or agents Experience with SFT, RLHF/DPO, verifier-guided RL, or related training techniques Ability to design and evaluate long-horizon behaviors Comfort working in a fast, interdisciplinary R&D environment Why Join Build models that control real physical-world systems, NOT just simulations Massive scope for autonomy, creativity, and impact Competitive compensation + meaningful ownership
    $66k-129k yearly est. 1d ago

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How much does a postdoctoral scholar earn in Mountain View, CA?

The average postdoctoral scholar in Mountain View, CA earns between $49,000 and $102,000 annually. This compares to the national average postdoctoral scholar range of $41,000 to $79,000.

Average postdoctoral scholar salary in Mountain View, CA

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