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Research Scientist - Generative AI Graduate (Intelligent Creation) - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PhD)
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Conduct applied generative AI research and develop multimodal data and training pipelines for interactive video generation and AI-powered products.
What you'll do
- Develop large-scale, diverse, interactive multimodal data-generation and training pipelines for long-context interactive video-generation models.
- Advance video-generation models in temporal consistency, physical dynamics, object interactions, and causal relationships.
- Explore products built around artificial intelligence.
What they ask for
- Completing or recently completed a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Strong algorithms and programming skills, including Python/C++.
- Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills.
Nice to have
- Experience in GenAI, multimodal foundation models, or Embodied AI.
- First-author publications in venues such as CVPR, ICLR, NeurIPS, SIGGRAPH, or ICML.
Tools
Python, C++
AI focus
Applied generative AI research, multimodal data generation, interactive video-generation models, and AI-powered products.
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