Senior AI Research Scientist - Cybersecurity Defense

NVIDIA Corporation; Westford (MA); On-site; USD 224,000 - 431,000; Full time

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Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Senior Scientist to lead research on advancing AI models and agents for cybersecurity, applying them to critical security problems. You will push capabilities in security reasoning, code and system understanding, planning, tool use, memory and long-horizon investigation, collaborating with human defenders to strengthen prevention and response.

You will connect AI research with practical tools, publish original work, mentor researchers, and influence platform

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or equivalent in CS/related field; 5+ years of experience.
• Publications, patents, or research collaborations demonstrated.
• Deep expertise in AI for security, analysis, or intrusion detection.
• Strong mentorship and ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Define a high-impact research agenda for cybersecurity AI models and agents.
• Lead projects on security reasoning, tool use, and planning capabilities.
• Build prototypes and evaluate detection quality, false positives, and time to insight.
• Collaborate with AI, security, research, engineering, and product teams; publish findings.

Skills

Agentic AI

Model training

Reasoning & tool use

Python

Experimental prototyping

AI/ML frameworks

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field

Equivalent experience

Tools

Systems software

Security tooling

Large-scale data systems

AI/ML frameworks

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Senior Scientist to lead research on advancing AI models and agents for cybersecurity, applying them to critical security problems. You will push capabilities in security reasoning, code and system understanding, planning, tool use, memory and long-horizon investigation, collaborating with human defenders to strengthen prevention and response.

You will connect AI research with practical tools, publish original work, mentor researchers, and influence platform