Lead Research Scientist, Vision AI & Embodied Intelligence

Centific; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Centific seeks a Lead Research Scientist to shape its research agenda in Vision AI, multimodal foundation models, and embodied intelligence. You will lead a small team, contribute to model design, large-scale training, and benchmarking, and drive external scientific visibility.

The role emphasizes transitioning frontier research into deployable systems, publishing results, and mentoring junior researchers within a collaborative lab environment.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, ML, CV, Autonomous Systems or related field.
• Strong publication record in top venues (CVPR, NeurIPS, ICCV, etc.).
• 5+ years of research experience in academia, industry, or advanced R&D.
• Experience building or advancing large-scale foundational multimodal models, architectures, or training methods.
• Deep expertise in PyTorch and/or JAX, GPU training, distributed experimentation, and large-scale model development.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive Centific’s research agenda in Vision AI, multimodal foundation models, and embodied intelligence.
• Lead a small team of researchers, engineers, and interns.
• Contribute to model design, large-scale training, benchmarking, and external scientific visibility.
• Mentor Ph.D. interns and engineers, fostering rigorous and fast scientific work.
• Develop robust benchmarks and reproducible evaluation frameworks for real-world deployment.

Skills

PyTorch

JAX

Large-scale training

Mentorship

Leadership

Education

PhD in CS/ML/Robotics

Tools

Isaac Sim

MuJoCo

Omniverse

Open3D

Job description

Centific seeks a Lead Research Scientist to shape its research agenda in Vision AI, multimodal foundation models, and embodied intelligence. You will lead a small team, contribute to model design, large-scale training, and benchmarking, and drive external scientific visibility.

The role emphasizes transitioning frontier research into deployable systems, publishing results, and mentoring junior researchers within a collaborative lab environment.