Perceptron AI
Research Scientist
$180K–$250K
Bellevue, WA · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Education
- BS, MS, PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent research experience)
About the job
Advance multimodal AI research and develop models and systems from pre-training through deployment and ongoing improvement for real-world use.
What you'll do
- Design architectures, algorithms, and systems for multimodal pre-training; develop RL and post-training methods to scale test-time compute.
- Research efficient inference, including streaming systems, compression, distillation, and quantization.
- Create evaluation frameworks to measure real-world model performance.
What they ask for
- BS, MS, PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent research experience)
- Strong publication record in multimodal learning, transfer learning, or deployment of ML systems
- Experience with modern deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow)
- Track record of implementing and scaling large neural network architectures
Nice to have
- Experience deploying ML models in production environments
- Familiarity with model optimization techniques (pruning, quantization, distillation)
Pay
$180,000 to $250,000 USD base salary
Tools
PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow
AI focus
Research and develop multimodal AI models that understand and reason across text, images, audio, and sensor data, including pre-training, RL and post-training, efficient inference, and real-world evaluation.
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