NVIDIA · 2 days ago
Principal Engineer, GenAI for Media and Gaming
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$272K/yr - $426K/yr
12+ years expNVIDIA is seeking an outstanding engineer in conversational AI to join our AI for Games team. The role involves developing next-generation gaming solutions enriched with AI Assistants, Actors, and Agents, focusing on productizing research and developing new features. Candidates will use AI to solve product challenges in gaming and collaborate with various teams across the company.
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Responsibilities
Use AI to solve product challenges in gaming and other interactive experiences
Build upon the latest research to create world-class conversational pipelines for AI assistants and agents
Improve and fine-tune language models and retrieval-augmented generation solutions for accuracy and performance
Build prototypes to demonstrate real-life applications of your ideas and to accelerate productization
Collaborate with NVIDIA's internal and external teams, including AI/DL researchers, hardware architects, and software engineers
Participate in technology transfers to and from teams across NVIDIA
Qualification
Required
PhD or Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Machine Learning, AI, or related fields; or equivalent experience
12+ years of work experience with last 5+ years focused on language models, AI assistants, and agents
Proficiency in C, C++, and Python, with the ability to write high-performance production code
Experience with GPU programming, CUDA, and system optimizations is a significant plus
A track record of proven research excellence, demonstrated through presentations, demos, or publications at leading venues such as GDC, ICCV/ECCV, SIGGRAPH, or other research artifacts such as software projects or significant product development
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NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
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