Deep Agentic Reasoning Engineer (Lorenz Labs)

1010 Analog Devices Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 198,000 - 272,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Vision coverage

Dental coverage

401k

Paid vacation

Holidays

Sick time

Other benefits

Job summary

Analog Devices, Inc. is seeking a Deep Agentic Reasoning Engineer to design and build multimodal reasoning models for Edge AI applications. You will collaborate with AI, NLP, audio, and time-series experts to advance reasoning capabilities aligned with business needs.

You will publish results and contribute to agentic systems that operate across text, images, audio, and video data, shaping the next generation of physical intelligence at ADI and Lorenz Labs.

Qualifications

• Educational Background: PhD in AI-related fields such as NLP, Computer Vision, Speech Processing, or related discipline.
• Strong publication record in top-tier venues (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, NAACL, EMNLP, CVPR, AAAI).
• Technical Expertise: Proficiency in building and evaluating transformer-based models.
• Expertise in supervised fine-tuning and post-training techniques for reasoning models.
• Experience with multimodal reasoning models (e.g., combining text, audio, and video data).
• Familiarity with agentic reasoning systems, including task orchestration and popular tools such as Langchain/langgraph.
• Know-how of reinforcement learning approaches for reasoning models (e.g. GRPO).
• Strong understanding of LLM evaluation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Develop and Evaluate Models: build and evaluate deep learning models for multimodal classification and reasoning tasks.
• Full Research Stack: Engage in the full research lifecycle, including stakeholder discussions, data collection, annotation, preprocessing, model training, and rigorous evaluation.
• Prototype and Innovate: Prototype models in Python (using PyTorch/TensorFlow) and implement core reasoning improvements, including mid-training and post-training techniques for multimodal models.
• Knowledge Distillation: Apply distillation techniques to transfer reasoning capabilities from larger models to smaller, efficient models.
• Dissemination: Document experiments and results through internal reports, blog posts, and publications in top-tier conferences and workshops.

Skills

Python (PyTorch/TensorFlow)

Transformer-based models

Multimodal reasoning

Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning

Langchain

Langgraph

Reinforcement learning for reasoning

LLM evaluation techniques

Education

PhD in AI-related fields such as NLP, Computer Vision, Speech Processing, or related discipline

Tools

Langchain

langgraph

Job description

About Analog Devices Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) is a global semiconductor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog, digital, AI, and software technologies into solutions that combat climate change, reliably connect humans and the world, and help drive advancements in automation and robotics, mobility, healthcare, energy and data centers. With revenue of more than $11 billion in FY25, ADI ensures today's innovators stay Ahead of What's Possible. Learn more at www.analog.com and on LinkedIn and X.

Deep Agentic Reasoning Engineer About Analog Devices & Lorenz Labs Analog Devices (NASDAQ: ADI) is a global leader in semiconductors that bridge the physical and digital worlds. Our mission is to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge—where sensors, compute, and AI converge to transform industries from mobility to healthcare. Lorenz Labs, ADI's advanced AI engineering group within Edge AI, is pioneering the frontier of Physical Intelligence—developing foundation models and agentic systems that can reason about the physical world. We are building the next generation of models that go beyond language and vision, into time, signals, and embodied experience. Our long-term ambition is the realization of an Artificial Engineer: an AI capable of understanding, simulating, and designing electro-physical systems with human-like intuition—complemented by the development of highly optimized embedded models for Edge AI.

Deep Agentic Reasoning Engineer

We’re looking for a Deep Agentic Reasoning Engineer (open rank) to design and build multimodal reasoning models (e.g., time-series, audio, video) for Edge AI applications. You’ll collaborate with experts in AI, NLP, audio, time series and other domains to advance reasoning capabilities in alignment with Analog Devices business needs. This role offers the opportunity to work on the forefront of AI research, contributing to the development of agentic systems and multimodal reasoning frameworks.

What you’ll do:

• Develop and Evaluate Models: build and evaluate deep learning models for multimodal classification and reasoning tasks.
• Full Research Stack: Engage in the full research lifecycle, including stakeholder discussions, data collection, annotation, preprocessing, model training, and rigorous evaluation.
• Prototype and Innovate: Prototype models in Python (using PyTorch/TensorFlow) and implement core reasoning improvements, including mid-training and post-training techniques for multimodal models.
• Knowledge Distillation: Apply distillation techniques to transfer reasoning capabilities from larger models to smaller, efficient models.
• Dissemination: Document experiments and results through internal reports, blog posts, and publications in top-tier conferences and workshops.

What you bring:

• Educational Background: PhD in AI-related fields such as NLP, Computer Vision, Speech Processing, or related discipline.
• Research Excellence: Strong publication record in top-tier venues (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, NAACL, EMNLP, CVPR, AAAI).
• Technical Expertise: Proficiency in building and evaluating transformer-based models.
• Expertise in supervised fine-tuning and post-training techniques for reasoning models.
• Experience with multimodal reasoning models (e.g., combining text, audio, and video data).
• Reasoning Techniques: Familiarity with Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning and its applications in LLMs.
• Experience with multimodal reasoning frameworks and integrating diverse data types (e.g., text, images, audio, video).
• Familiarity with agentic reasoning systems, including task orchestration and popular tools such as Langchain/langgraph.
• Know-how of reinforcement learning approaches for reasoning models (e.g. GRPO).
• Strong understanding of LLM evaluation techniques.

Why You Will Love Working Here

At Lorenz Labs, you will work at the frontier of AI, sensors, and the physical world. You will help define a new paradigm—models that understand time, context, and matter—driving the next wave of physical intelligence. Backed by ADI's data, hardware ecosystem, and scientific reach, you will shape the future of PhysGPT and the Artificial Engineer—where the edge learns to reason.

For positions requiring access to technical data, Analog Devices, Inc. may have to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the U.S. Department of State - Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. As such, applicants for this position – except US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, and protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) – may have to go through an export licensing review process.

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Key Details

• Job Req Type: Experienced
• Required Travel: Yes, 10% of the time
• Shift Type: 1st Shift/Days
• Expected wage range for a new hire into this position is $197,800 to $271,975
• Bonus: This position qualifies for a discretionary performance-based bonus which is based on personal and company factors.
• Other wage note: Actual wage offered may vary depending on work location, experience, education, training, external market data, internal pay equity, or other bona fide factors.
• Medical coverage
• Vision coverage
• Dental coverage
• 401k
• Paid vacation
• Holidays
• Sick time
• Other benefits

Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) is a global semiconductor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog, digital, AI, and software technologies into solutions that combat climate change, reliably connect humans and the world, and help drive advancements in automation and robotics, mobility, healthcare, energy and data centers. With revenue of more than $11 billion in FY25, ADI ensures today's innovators stay Ahead of What's Possible. Learn more at www.analog.com and on LinkedIn and X.

Come join ADI – a place where Innovation meets Impact. For more than 55 years, Analog Devices has been inventing new breakthrough technologies that transform lives. At ADI you will work alongside the brightest minds to collaborate on solving complex problems that matter from autonomous vehicles, drones and factories to augmented reality and remote healthcare. ADI fosters a culture that focuses on employees through beneficial programs, aligned goals, continuous learning opportunities, and practices that create a more sustainable future.