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Senior Research Scientist, Security and Privacy

NVIDIA· Research Staff Member
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Westford, MA, Santa Clara, CA$192k - $304.8kNot specifiedPosted 7mo ago

About the role

Senior research scientist role focusing on security, privacy, and safety for AI systems, spanning hardware/software co-design and verification across the full stack, with opportunities to publish and present research.

Responsibilities

  • Understand and analyze the potential vulnerabilities and risks in future systems for AI and AI-based systems.
  • Develop creative hardware, software, and algorithms to enable trustworthy AI systems with strong and verifiable security, privacy, and safety guarantees.
  • Collaborate with a diverse set of teams across the company, spanning software, hardware, research, and product groups.
  • Publish original research and speak at conferences and events.

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in CE/CS/EE (or equivalent experience) with strong background in computer architecture, operating systems, programming languages/compilers, applied cryptography, and/or AI/ML.
  • At least 4 years of relevant research and work experience.
  • Demonstrated expertise in at least one specific security area (applied cryptography, programming languages, software systems, AI/ML algorithms, computer architecture, etc).
  • Experience with experimental research and development.
  • Strengths coding in C, C++, Python, and/or scripting languages.
  • Strong communication skills; creative and dynamic presenter.

Skills

Required:Ph.D. in CE/CS/EE (or equivalent)Computer architectureProgramming languages/compilersC, C++, Python
Nice to have:Operating systemsApplied cryptographyAI/ML algorithms

Benefits

  • equity
  • comprehensive benefits package
  • base salary and location-based compensation
Last updated Jul 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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