Industrial AI Research Scientist – Frontier Tech

AVEVA; Milano; Hybrid; EUR 117,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits fund

Emergency leave days

Adoption leave

28 days annual leave

Pension

Life cover

Private medical insurance

Parental leave

Education assistance program

Job summary

AVEVA’s frontier AI research team is seeking exceptional researchers who combine original thinking with the ability to turn ambitious ideas into working systems. You will define high-impact research questions, build prototypes, publish influential work, and contribute to AVEVA’s IP portfolio.

This hands-on role spans industrial foundation models, multimodal data, simulation and world models, and AI-native data foundations.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent research experience in machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer science, applied mathematics, engineering, or a related field.
• Evidence of original research through strong publications, patents, open-source work, prototypes, or other meaningful technical contributions.
• Strong hands-on ability in AI experimentation and software development.
• Ability to independently identify important problems, formulate research hypotheses, and execute projects with limited structure.
• Deep expertise in one or more areas such as foundation models, multimodal learning, time-series modeling, generative models, reinforcement learning, agentic systems, simulation, world models, representation learning, or AI evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead ambitious research initiatives in frontier industrial AI.
• Develop new models, algorithms, evaluation methods, and system architectures.
• Build high-quality experimental systems and validated research prototypes.
• Publish at leading AI and machine learning venues and contribute to AVEVA’s patent and IP portfolio.
• Create benchmarks, datasets, and evaluation frameworks for industrial AI.
• Partner with leading AI labs, universities, and technology organizations
• Take research from initial hypothesis through prototype and validation
• Help shape AVEVA’s longer-term AI research direction and technical strategy.

Skills

PhD or equivalent

Publications & patents

AI experimentation

Independent problem solving

Foundation models

Multimodal learning

Simulation & world models

Evaluation & benchmarking

Collaboration across teams

Education

PhD in ML/AI/CS/Applied math/Engineering

Tools

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

AVEVA’s frontier AI research team is seeking exceptional researchers who combine original thinking with the ability to turn ambitious ideas into working systems. You will define high-impact research questions, build prototypes, publish influential work, and contribute to AVEVA’s IP portfolio.

This hands-on role spans industrial foundation models, multimodal data, simulation and world models, and AI-native data foundations.