Research Scientist, AI-Mediated Reality And Interaction Research - PhD New College Grad 2026
Tech Stack
Tag name is followed by "@" symbol and proficiency level value.
About proficiency levels:
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
AI @ 3
Algorithms @ 3
CUDA @ 6
Communication @ 3
Computer Vision @ 5
Deep Learning @ 5
LLM
PyTorch @ 5
Python @ 6
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Details
Role description
NVIDIA Research’s "AI-Mediated Reality and Interaction" team is looking for a research scientist. The team’s mission is to create interactive physical AIs capable of operating in dynamic 4D worlds. The group conducts fundamental research on the algorithms, theory and application of human-AI interaction and 4D world modeling using new ideas in artificial intelligence (AI), neural rendering, graphics, generative modeling, large language models, human behavior understanding and digital human creation. The research impacts many existing NVIDIA products, including Isaac, Omniverse, Metropolis, NuRec, XR, AI4Media, and helps create new ones.
Responsibilities
- Propose, research, prototype and test innovative research ideas.
- Publish at top conferences and patent research ideas.
- Collaborate with other research team members, external researchers and mentor interns.
- Create working interactive demonstrations to showcase your research ideas.
- Participate in technology transfer with engineers around NVIDIA as ideas "graduate" from research to product.
Requirements
- Ph.D. in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering or equivalent research experience.
- Outstanding research track record in top-tier conferences (CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, SIGGRAPH, NeurIPS, ICLR, etc.).
- Proficiency in theory and practice of AI and computer vision algorithms.
- Experience with 3D graphics development.
- Strong programming skills in Python, C++, CUDA.
- Proficiency with distributed deep learning training frameworks, e.g., PyTorch.
- Excellent communication skills.
Compensation and eligibility
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.