Autodesk

Autodesk Research is seeking an AI Scientist Manager to lead post-training and model alignment efforts. This role involves managing and growing a team of AI scientists while also contributing as a hands-on researcher. Responsibilities include leading instruction tuning, preference optimization (RLHF, RLAIF, DPO, PPO), and domain-specific post-training. The role also involves designing and maintaining evaluation frameworks for reasoning, tool-use, safety, and robustness, and providing go/no-go recommendations for model releases. The position requires a PhD or equivalent experience, proven people management skills, and expertise in LLMs, fine-tuning, and experimental design.