Google · 10 hours ago
Senior Research Scientist, Multimodal AI, Glasses
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$166K/yr - $244K/yr
2+ years expGoogle is a leading technology company specializing in innovative research and development. They are seeking a Senior Research Scientist to conduct applied research in multimodal AI, focusing on developing technology for AI-powered smart glasses through systematic ML experiments and rapid prototyping.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO
Responsibilities
Design, train and evaluate foundation models and multimodal Large Models (LMs)
Design and build large-scale distributed ML infrastructure for dataset preparation, model training, and evaluation
Design, train, and evaluate machine learning models for on-device applications across various modalities (e.g., audio, sensor signals, text, and images)
Deploy models on-device and build prototypes and demos for our AI-powered smart glasses
Improve model performance and efficiency to meet production specifications
Qualification
Required
PhD degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
2 years of experience with frameworks such as JAX or PyTorch
Experience with programming in Python and C++
One or more scientific publications in machine learning conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, ICCV, Interspeech)
Preferred
Experience with on-device machine learning and model optimization for mobile or embedded systems
Experience with multimodal LM training (e.g., Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT), Reinforcement Learning (RL), Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA))
Experience with large-scale data pipelines and distributed training
Experience with real-time sensor streams and signal processing
Experience with audio signal processing
Understanding of modern machine learning paradigms, including transformers, multi-task learning, contrastive learning and model distillation techniques
Benefits
Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Company
Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$26.1MKey Investors
Andy Bechtolsheim
2004-08-19IPO
1999-06-07Series Unknown· $25M
1998-11-01Angel· $1M
Leadership Team
Sundar Pichai
CEO
Thomas Kurian
CEO - Google Cloud
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