Cerence is the global industry leader in creating AI-powered user experiences for automotive and transportation.
Principal AI Scientist
Location
United States
Posted
131 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Principal AI Scientist
Cerence Inc.
• Architect, design, and implement state-of-the-art Generative AI models (auto-regressive, diffusion, Discrete Diffusion, Hybrid SSM etc ) and port these models to any hardware platform. • Leverage your expertise to effectively train, fine-tune, and optimize models that impact LLMs (Multimodal & Multilingual). • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams comprising agentic AI scientists, software engineers, and domain experts. • Innovate and enhance existing applications by integrating the power of LLMs/MLLMs, thereby ensuring optimal performance and speed even on resource-constrained platforms. • Stay fully abreast of the latest advancements, trends, and research in the realms of Generative AI, Conversational AI, and language modeling.
Job Requirements
- Extensive experience and demonstrated mastery in developing LLM/MLLMs.
- Well versed with commercial deployments, post-deployment support, model-profiling and optimization needed for production environments.
- Advanced degree (Ph.D. preferred) in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field.
- Exceptional programming skills in Python along with a strong ability to implement complex machine learning algorithms.
- Proven track-record in developing conversational AI systems, successfully working with diverse elements such as acoustic models, language models, and pronunciation models.
- Possess strong analytical thinking, problem-solving capabilities, and a collaborative mindset, ensuring you can thrive within our fast-paced and innovative environment.
Benefits
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
- Following workplace security protocols and training programs to familiarize with the ways to maintain a safe workplace.
- Following security procedures to report any suspicious activity.
- Having respect for corporate security procedures to allow those procedures to be effective.
- Adhering to company's compliance and regulations.
- Encouraging to follow a zero tolerance for workplace violence.
- Basic knowledge of information security and data privacy requirements (e.g., how to protect data & how to be handling this data).
- Demonstrative knowledge of information security through internal training programs.
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