Visiting Scientist

HushOne, Inc.; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Gym membership

401(k) with company matching

Annual bonus

Job summary

HushOne, Inc. is seeking a capable teammate to collaborate with engineers on a focused project and deliver a concrete artifact within the visit period.

You will operate in the context of a research-forward environment at our Kirkland, WA offices, with opportunities to work across disciplines and publish results. The role emphasizes independent research ability, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and delivering a tangible outcome within the scheduled window.

Job description

You spend a focused period answering one hard question alongside the engineers who are building the system, with a specific research home and a deliverable you agree at the start. The point is proximity: a question about personal computing answered next to the people shipping it tends to come out different from the same question answered at a distance. Appointments can fit different career stages, so long as the scope and the supervision suit.

The work: Run a time-bounded project in an agreed area such as efficient inference, secure delegation or personal learning. Collaborate closely with the relevant team and document methods, baselines and limitations. Define access and publication arrangements appropriate to the appointment.

What good looks like: By the end of the agreed visit, deliver a reproducible artifact, a research report and a clear recommendation for the next step.

Evidence we look for: Bring independent research ability and a record of working constructively across disciplines. Appointments can fit different career stages when the scope and supervision are suitable.

Required:

• Independent research ability: you can drive a question without close direction
• A record of working constructively across disciplines
• A specific question you want to answer here, and a reason it needs this environment
• You can deliver something concrete within the period rather than an open agenda

Nice to have:

• Prior industry or lab visiting appointments
• Work that has been reproduced by others
• Teaching or mentoring experience

The exercise: Outline a short research visit that can achieve a meaningful result without depending on unapproved data or unavailable compute.

How we work: We work together in the office, five days a week, and you can be based at any of our garages: Kirkland Garage (Kirkland, WA); UAE Garage (Dubai, Dubai). We hire across the United States , India and the UAE . We are remote-friendly around family: if you need to work from home some days to look after the people you love, we arrange that with you one person at a time, and we encourage people to use it rather than tough it out.

Pay: We publish what we pay. Indicative ranges by market and level are on our compensation page, and they are realistic going market rates rather than headline numbers. Wherever we hire we pay at least the local market rate, and for full-time roles our floor is a living wage, never the statutory minimum. Compensation is reviewed every year and on promotion.

Equity: Every full-time teammate gets stock options. Four-year vesting with a one-year cliff, sized to role, level and impact, and confirmed in writing at offer. High performers earn refresh grants.

Bonus and commission: An annual performance bonus tied to clear company and personal goals, indicatively 10 to 20 percent of base for non-sales roles. Customer-facing roles carry on-target earnings, typically a 50/50 split of base and variable, with uncapped commission and accelerators above quota.

Health and peace of mind: Medical, dental and vision for you and your family, plus life and disability cover. We have chosen the highest plan tier available to us rather than the cheapest one that clears the bar, because the point of this is that you never have to think about it. The specific plan numbers are confirmed in your offer letter.

401(k) with company matching: A 401(k) with a company match, so the years you spend here compound into something that is yours whatever happens next. The match formula is confirmed in your offer letter.

AI tokens: A budget of AI tokens of your own, because a company that says you should own your AI cannot be the company that rations it. Use them on the work and on whatever you are curious about.

Gym, and the everyday things: A gym membership, and a corporate benefits programme with its own app, where you redeem real discounts with a long list of retailers on the ordinary purchases of a life.

Family: We are remote-friendly around your family, arranged one person at a time, and we would rather you took it than toughed it out.

Referrals: Refer someone we hire full-time who stays a year and you get $1,000 plus $10,000 in referral stock-based equity, on top of your own package.