Research Scientist, AI Security & Systems (PhD)

VulnU; Westford, Santa Clara (MA, CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA seeks a Research Scientist to advance security, safety, and privacy across AI models, systems, and hardware/software design. You will work on AI-enabled verification, vulnerability discovery, and automated defense, collaborating with research, product, and engineering teams.

The role requires a PhD with strong publications and deep expertise in at least one area of AI security or secure system design, and strong coding in C/C++/Python. Competitive salary and equity accompany the role.

Qualifications

• PhD required in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Strong research background in security, AI/ML, computer architecture, OS, formal methods, or programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Advance security, safety, and privacy of AI models and systems across the full lifecycle.
• Develop AI-enabled methods to design, analyze, implement, and verify computer systems across hardware and software stack.
• Advance AI for cybersecurity including vulnerability discovery, secure code generation, threat detection, and incident analysis.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, research, and product teams; publish original research; translate advances into practical capabilities.

Skills

C programming

C++

Python

Research experience

Publications

Education

PhD in CS/CE/EE

Job description

NVIDIA seeks a Research Scientist to advance security, safety, and privacy across AI models, systems, and hardware/software design. You will work on AI-enabled verification, vulnerability discovery, and automated defense, collaborating with research, product, and engineering teams.

The role requires a PhD with strong publications and deep expertise in at least one area of AI security or secure system design, and strong coding in C/C++/Python. Competitive salary and equity accompany the role.