Research Scientist, Fundamental Generative AI - New College Grad 2026

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

Research Scientist role focused on fundamental generative AI research, pushing boundaries in image, video, 3D, or scientific applications. Requires a strong mathematical foundation, novel model development, and publication in top ML venues. The role involves designing and implementing large-scale generative AI methods, publishing original research, and collaborating with research and product teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Research, design, and implement novel, large-scale generative AI methods.
  2. Publish original research.
  3. Collaborate with team members, research teams, as well as product teams.
  4. Speak at conferences and events.
  5. Transfer technology to product groups.

Skills

Required

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science/Engineering, Statistics, or equivalent experience
  • Excellent knowledge of the theory and practice of generative AI
  • Experience in building generative models for image, 3D, video, multimodal, weather, biology, chemistry, or material science data
  • Excellent programming skills in Python
  • C++ and parallel programming (e.g., CUDA)
  • Deep learning frameworks, such as PyTorch
  • Outstanding research track record
  • Excellent communication skills

Nice to have

  • creative and autonomous engineer
  • passion for computer architecture and technology

What the JD emphasized

  • strong mathematical foundation
  • novel models
  • ground-breaking research
  • top venues in machine learning
  • Outstanding research track record

Other signals

  • novel generative AI methods
  • ground-breaking research
  • top venues in machine learning
  • transfer technology to product groups