Research Scientist at NVIDIA

Department: Research Staff Member

Compensation

$168,000 – $304,750/yr

Location: California
Type: Full-time
Level: not_specified
Added to Metaintro: Jul 19, 2026

Description

NVIDIA is hiring a Research Scientist for its Generalist Embodied Agent Research (GEAR) group to develop foundation models and systems for general-purpose humanoid robots and embodied agents. The role involves designing AI algorithms, training and deploying large-scale models, optimizing models for physical simulation and robot hardware, and collaborating with research and engineering teams. Candidates need a Ph.D. or equivalent research experience, strong Python or C++ and machine-learning skills, and experience with multimodal foundation models, robotics, reinforcement learning, and related technologies. The base salary range is 168,000 USD to 264,500 USD for Level 3 and 192,000 USD to 304,750 USD for Level 4, with equity and benefits; applications were accepted until January 13, 2026.

Required Skills

Python
C++
PyTorch
Jax
Tensorflow
CUDA
ROS
LLMs
Multimodal models
Reinforcement learning
Robot learning
Robot kinematics
MuJoCo
Isaac Sim

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent research experience
Required Previous Experiences: Hands-on experience training LLMs, multimodal foundation models, or large generative models
Experience with foundation and diffusion models, reinforcement learning, agent learning, and applied robotics
Hands-on training experience and publications in LLMs, large vision-language models, video generative models, diffusion algorithms, or action-based transformers
Hands-on training experience and publications in robot learning, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, or classical control methods
Robot hardware design and hands-on building experience
Preferred Qualifications: CUDA or ROS proficiency