Research Scientist, Human‑AI Perception and Interaction Research - PhD New College Grad 2026 jobs in United States
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NVIDIA · 19 hours ago

Research Scientist, Human‑AI Perception and Interaction Research - PhD New College Grad 2026

positionSanta Clara, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityNew Grad, Entry Level
money$168K/yr - $264K/yr

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics and AI for over 25 years, seeking to redefine the future of computing. The Human Performance and Experience (HPX) team is looking for a passionate Research Scientist to advance AI in gaming and robotics by understanding human interaction and behavior.

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Responsibilities

Propose, research, prototype and test innovative research ideas
Publish at top conferences and patent novel inventions
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

Qualification

Ph.D. in relevant fieldPublications in top-tier conferencesPythonAI frameworksExperience studying human behaviorsRustC++Multi-node training experienceDeep learning modelsApplying human behavior models

Required

Ph.D. or equivalent research experience in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Cognitive Science or related field
Excellent track record of publications in top-tier conferences (SIGGRAPH, CHI, HRI, ICRA, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, CoG, ETRA, etc.)
Experience with studying human behaviors in related application domains such as gaming, driving, interacting with robots, etc
Proficiency with Python, Rust, and/or C++
Experience with AI model training and evaluation frameworks, like PyTorch

Preferred

Demonstrated public portfolio (e.g. repositories, OSS contributions, notebooks, packages, or technical blog posts with code)
Experience with multi-node, multi-GPU training and inference workflows
Familiarity with and interest in modern deep learning models, including working with large-scale, multi-modal foundation models (such as recent LLMs, VLMs)
A track record of applying human behavior models to machine learning applications, or applying machine learning to understand or model human behavior

Benefits

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Company

NVIDIA

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NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
dateFounded in 1993
location
Santa Clara, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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https://www.nvidia.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$4.09B
Key Investors
ARPA-EARK Investment ManagementSoftBank Vision Fund
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2022-08-09Post Ipo Equity· $65M
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Jensen Huang
Founder and CEO
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Michael Kagan
Chief Technology Officer
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