Cerence AI · 7 hours ago
Principal AI Scientist
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/StaffCerence AI is a global industry leader in creating unique, moving experiences for the automotive world. The Principal AI Scientist will architect and implement advanced Generative AI models, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and innovate existing applications to enhance performance in the field of automotive voice assistance.
AutomotiveIndustrialIndustrial Automation
Responsibilities
Architect, design, and implement state-of-the-art Generative AI models (auto-regressive, diffusion, Discrete Diffusion, Hybrid SSM etc ) and advance the SOTA in very small LLMs
Leverage your expertise to effectively train, fine-tune, and optimize models that impact LLMs (Multimodal & Multilingual), shaping them for optimal accuracy, naturalness, and performance
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams comprising agentic AI scientists, software engineers, and domain experts. By understanding their requirements, you will collaboratively develop customized solutions that leverage the prowess of LLMs/MLLMs
Innovate and enhance existing applications by integrating the power of LLMs/MLLMs, thereby ensuring optimal performance and speed even on resource-constrained platforms
Stay fully abreast of the latest advancements, trends, and research in the realms of Generative AI, Conversational AI, and language modeling, actively incorporating new techniques, technologies, and best practices to continually enhance the overall performance of our systems
Qualification
Required
Extensive experience and demonstrated mastery in developing LLM/MLLMs
Well versed with commercial deployments, post-deployment support, model-profiling and optimization needed for production environments
Advanced degree (Ph.D. preferred) in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field
Exceptional programming skills in Python along with a strong ability to implement complex machine learning algorithms
Proven track-record in developing conversational AI systems, successfully working with diverse elements such as acoustic models, language models, and pronunciation models
Possess strong analytical thinking, problem-solving capabilities, and a collaborative mindset, ensuring you can thrive within our fast-paced and innovative environment
Preferred
It would be preferable to be experienced in deploying models in different languages
It would be nice to have extensive experience porting these models on very small footprint devices
Company
Cerence AI
Cerence AI (NASDAQ: CRNC) is a global industry leader in creating intuitive, seamless, AI-powered experiences across automotive and transportation.
Founded in 2019
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Cerence AI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$190MKey Investors
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)
2023-06-22Post Ipo Debt· $190M
2020-12-21Grant
2019-10-01IPO
Leadership Team
Brian Krzanich
CEO
Tony Rodriquez
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2026-01-06
2026-01-05
Company data provided by crunchbase