Senior Research Scientist — Edge AI & Multimodal Sensing

Google LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Mountain View, CA is hiring a Senior Research Scientist specializing in Sensor Technology. You will lead research bridging ML, signal processing, and embedded software, architect multimodal foundation models, and push innovations from lab to mass-market hardware.

Responsibilities include setting up large-scale experiments, collaborating with hardware and firmware teams, and publishing results to advance edge AI for consumer devices and health tech.

Qualifications

• PhD in CS or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of ML research, embedded signal processing, or applied algorithm development for consumer devices.
• 3 years of technical leadership guiding research strategy or ML architecture for shipping products.
• At least one scientific publication submission (conference/journal).

Responsibilities

• Set up large-scale tests and deploy promising ideas quickly and broadly.
• Architect multimodal foundation models and optimize for real-time edge inference.
• Lead cross-functional teams to co-design hardware and software for ML workloads.
• Publish findings and contribute to the broader research community.

Skills

ML research

Embedded signal processing

Algorithm development

Education

PhD in CS or related field

Tools

JAX

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Google LLC in Mountain View, CA is hiring a Senior Research Scientist specializing in Sensor Technology. You will lead research bridging ML, signal processing, and embedded software, architect multimodal foundation models, and push innovations from lab to mass-market hardware.

Responsibilities include setting up large-scale experiments, collaborating with hardware and firmware teams, and publishing results to advance edge AI for consumer devices and health tech.