Cerence is the global industry leader in creating AI-powered user experiences for automotive and transportation.
Senior AI Research Scientist
Location
United States
Posted
5 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior AI Research Scientist
Cerence Inc.
• Finetune LLMs using RL and other SOTA methods • Create conversational workflows involving tool-calls and static knowledge • Work with agent teams to build business logic into conversation • Employ multimodals to enrich the conversational UX • Innovate and build novel methods for faster inference
Job Requirements
- Hands-on with post-training on LLMs
- In depth knowledge of RL approaches such as GRPO DAPO etc
- Scrappy and resourceful approaches to build end to end systems
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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