Remote Lead AI/NLP Research Scientist

Aimlroles; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

UL Research Institutes seeks a Lead Research Scientist in AI to direct NLP/LLMs research within the Digital Safety Research Institute. You will guide experimental design, data-driven evaluation, and AI software engineering to advance safety-focused research.

The role demands leadership of independent programs, collaboration across teams, and contributions to proposals, publications, and workshops. Remote work is available for the United States.

Qualifications

• PhD in CS with NLP/LLMs focus and 6+ years of related research.
• Master’s in CS with NLP/LLMs focus and 8+ years of related research.
• Bachelor’s in CS with NLP/LLMs focus and 12+ years of related research.

Responsibilities

• Lead NLP/LLM research projects and serve as principal investigator.
• Design experiments, analyze results, and publish findings.
• Secure research funding through competitive proposals.
• Develop AI/software engineering approaches for safety and testing.
• Present at conferences and collaborate with internal/external partners.

Skills

AI research

NLP

LLMs

Research leadership

Grant writing

Collaboration

Education

PhD in Computer Science (NLP/LLMs)

Master’s in Computer Science (NLP/LLMs)

Bachelor’s in Computer Science (NLP/LLMs)

Tools

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

NLTK

Job description

UL Research Institutes seeks a Lead Research Scientist in AI to direct NLP/LLMs research within the Digital Safety Research Institute. You will guide experimental design, data-driven evaluation, and AI software engineering to advance safety-focused research.

The role demands leadership of independent programs, collaboration across teams, and contributions to proposals, publications, and workshops. Remote work is available for the United States.