NVIDIA
Senior Research Scientist, AI for Cybersecurity
$224K–$431K
US, MA, Westford +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Location
- US, MA, Westford
US, CA, Santa Clara - Experience
- 5+ years of relevant experience.
- Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads research and develops AI models and agents that improve cybersecurity prevention, detection, investigation, and response.
What you'll do
- Set and lead a research agenda for AI models and agents in cybersecurity; build and evaluate prototypes in realistic environments.
- Advance model and agent capabilities and develop tools for vulnerability discovery, threat detection, malware analysis, incident investigation, and automated defense.
- Collaborate across research, engineering, product, and security teams; publish research and mentor researchers and interns.
What they ask for
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Deep expertise in one or more relevant AI or cybersecurity areas.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary research projects and providing technical mentorship.
- Strong prototyping skills, including Python and relevant AI/ML frameworks; experience training, adapting, or evaluating models or agents.
Pay
224,000 USD - 356,500 USD (base salary, Level 5); 272,000 USD - 431,250 USD (base salary, Level 6)
Tools
Python
AI focus
Advances AI models and agents for cybersecurity, including reasoning, code and system understanding, planning, tool use, training, evaluation, and applications to security operations.
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