AI R&D Engineer: LLMs, RAG & Human-Centered AI

Nova Southeastern University; Clearwater, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Nova Southwestern University seeks a researcher to design and develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) human-centered solutions, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to shape AI strategy, literacy, and deployment with a focus on LLM training, fine-tuning, ML, customization, and evaluation.

The role covers research, model development, RAG pipelines, evaluation against benchmarks, ethical AI practices, and communicating results through reports and presentations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Experience with AI/ML frameworks and NLP.
• Strong programming skills in Python or R.

Responsibilities

• Research, build, train, and deploy ML models, including LLMs.
• Design custom workflows (RAG pipelines).
• Test and evaluate model quality using benchmarks and human feedback.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to create human-centered AI solutions.
• Ensure ethical and responsible use of AI technologies.
• Conduct experiments and analyze results to improve AI models.
• Stay updated with AI research and trends.
• Contribute to AI system design and architecture.
• Optimize AI models for performance and scalability.
• Prepare technical reports and presentations of findings.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and technologies in AI development.

Skills

Python

R

Data analysis

Deep learning

NLP

RAG

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Hugging Face

Job description

Nova Southwestern University seeks a researcher to design and develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) human-centered solutions, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to shape AI strategy, literacy, and deployment with a focus on LLM training, fine-tuning, ML, customization, and evaluation.

The role covers research, model development, RAG pipelines, evaluation against benchmarks, ethical AI practices, and communicating results through reports and presentations.