Research Scientist, Fundamental LLM Research for Knowledge, Reasoning, and Agents - New College Grad 2026

NVIDIA is seeking a Research Scientist in the fields of NLP and deep learning research to contribute to our LLM Research team. The role involves researching novel methods and architectures to enhance language and multimodal models, publishing findings, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Research and propose alternative model architectures that enhance the performance and efficiency of language or multimodal models.
• Investigate novel methods for knowledge distillation and data synthesis for language or multimodal models
• Explore novel methods for test-time inference algorithms
• Analyze multiple novel methods for enhancing factuality, reasoning, long-context, or agentic capabilities of language or multimodal models.
• Undertake research, design, and implementation of novel methods aimed at enhancing the capability of large and small language models.
• Contribute to the academic community by publishing original research findings in reputable conferences and journals.
• Collaborate closely with fellow team members, as well as interdisciplinary teams within the company, to foster a collaborative research environment.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to interns and students within the research team.
• Collaborate with product groups within the university to facilitate the transfer of research technology into practical applications.

Skills

• Completing or recently completed a PhD in CS or equivalent research experiences in research labs with strong publication records at top-tier conferences.
• A strong foundation in the theory and practice of NLP and deep learning.
• Proficiency in all aspects of large language models from training to alignment to inference to evaluation is expected.
• Alternatively, proficiency in all aspects of large multimodal models or diffusion models is expected.
• A track record of outstanding research achievements and contributions.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively convey research findings and collaborate with peers.

Benefits

• Equity
• Benefits

Company Overview

• NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI. It was founded in 1993, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.nvidia.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

• NVIDIA has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1418 in 2025, 1356 in 2024, 976 in 2023, 835 in 2022, 601 in 2021, 529 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.