68 active AI roles across 28 companies mention PhD Required. Category: Research & Credentials.
New AI postings mentioning PhD Required per week — 38 total over 10 weeks.
PhD Required is a skill in the "Research & Credentials" category. It currently appears in 68 active AI roles across 28 companies in our index.
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning PhD Required are: Amazon (12), JPMorgan Chase (10), Google (9), ByteDance (4), Walmart (3).
Over the last 10 weeks, 38 new AI postings mentioned PhD Required. Demand has been relatively stable over this period.
Roles requiring PhD Required are concentrated in: agents (38%), application (24%), post-training (18%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.
Job postings that mention PhD Required most often also require: Machine Learning, Python, Data Science, Computer Architecture, Statistics.
68 AI roles requiring this skill.
| Company | Title | Sector | AI score | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | Senior ML Software Engineer, Watch Software | Big Tech | 7 | L3 |
| Anduril | Lead Software Engineer, Mission System, Maritime | Defense | 7 | L4 |
| Anduril | Lead Software Engineer, Mission System, Maritime | Defense | 7 | L4 |
| Microsoft | Senior Researcher - Cloud and AI Infrastructure, Microsoft Research | Big Tech | 7 | L1 |
| Uber | Staff Scientist | Consumer | 7 | L6 |
| Amazon | Machine Learning - Compiler Engineer , AWS Neuron, Annapurna Labs | Big Tech | 7 | L3 |
| Student Researcher, PhD, Winter/Summer 2026 | Big Tech | 7 | L1 | |
| Joby Aviation | Detect And Avoid Lead | Robotics | 7 | L4 |