AI Security & Systems Research Scientist

Nvidia Corporation in; Westford (MA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity and benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation seeks a Research Scientist to advance security, safety, and privacy across AI models, systems, and cybersecurity, spanning hardware and software stacks. You will collaborate with hardware, software, research, and product teams to translate research into practical systems and developer capabilities.

The role emphasizes deep expertise in at least one area of AI security, with strong programming in C, C++, and Python, and a track record of research excellence through publications

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with strong research background in security, AI/ML, computer architecture, operating systems, formal methods, programming languages and compilers, software systems, or related areas.
• A record of research excellence demonstrated through publications, open-source contributions, patents, tech transfer, or collaborations.
• Deep expertise in at least one of three areas: security of AI models and systems; AI-enabled design and verification of secure computer systems; or AI for cybersecurity.

Responsibilities

• Advance security, safety, and privacy of AI models and systems across the full lifecycle: data collection, training, model behavior, inference, deployment, platform operations.
• Develop AI-enabled methods to design, analyze, implement, and verify computer systems, including hardware architectures, system software, runtimes, compilers, and applications; evaluate security, safety, privacy, performance, and efficiency tradeoffs.
• Advance AI for cybersecurity by developing techniques for vulnerability discovery, secure code generation and review, threat detection, incident analysis, security validation, and automated defense.
• Collaborate across hardware, software, research, and product teams; publish original research; translate research into practical systems and developer capabilities.

Skills

C

C++

Python

Research skills

Education

PhD in CS/CE/EE or related

Tools

Machine-learning frameworks

Open-source software

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation seeks a Research Scientist to advance security, safety, and privacy across AI models, systems, and cybersecurity, spanning hardware and software stacks. You will collaborate with hardware, software, research, and product teams to translate research into practical systems and developer capabilities.

The role emphasizes deep expertise in at least one area of AI security, with strong programming in C, C++, and Python, and a track record of research excellence through publications