Research Scientist, ML Systems - Phd New College Grad 2026

NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Singapore, Singapore · Remote

Research Scientist role focusing on ML Systems, contributing to hardware, software, and infrastructure for training, fine-tuning, and serving ML models at scale. Requires a PhD and expertise in systems research areas.

What you'd actually do

  1. Understand and analyze the efficiency, scaling, and resilience challenges in ML systems, algorithms, and applications.
  2. Develop creative systems solutions (hardware, software, infrastructure) for future ML systems of all scales.
  3. Contribute to the co-design of next-generation AI/ML algorithms and systems.
  4. Collaborate with a diverse set of research and product teams across the company, spanning software, hardware, AI, and networking.
  5. Publish original research and speak at conferences and events.

Skills

Required

  • Ph.D. in CS/CE/EE
  • strong background in operating systems, distributed systems, inference and training systems, data management systems, networking, cloud computing, and/or computer architecture
  • C
  • C++
  • Python
  • scripting languages
  • using AI tools for analysis, design, and code development

Nice to have

  • strong publication, patent, and research collaboration history
  • demonstrated expertise in one specific area
  • background with experimental research and development

What the JD emphasized

  • Ph.D. in CS/CE/EE
  • strong publication, patent, and research collaboration history
  • experimental research and development

Other signals

  • ML systems research
  • hardware/software/infrastructure co-design
  • training, fine-tuning, and serving ML models
  • scalability and performance optimization