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Meta is seeking a Principal Research Scientist to join our Core Learning team at FAIR, an organization focused on making research breakthroughs in AI. Individuals in this role are expected to be world-leading experts in research areas such as ML theory, optimization, generalization, memory, reasoning, and responsible AI. To learn more about our research, visit https://ai.facebook.com/. The ideal candidate for this position will have a track record in producing new science that is seminal to understanding intelligence, and also the experience to lead collaborations across multiple research teams.
Principal Research Scientist, Core Learning Responsibilities
- Influence and drive strategy for long-term ambitious research to advance the science and technology of intelligent machines
- Form internal partnerships, influence, resolve conflict, build alignment, and work effectively across teams and disciplines throughout the company to execute the strategy
- Call out opportunities and risks across multiple research teams
- Influence progress of relevant research communities by producing publications
- Be a role model for inclusive behaviors and a culture that values, respects and taps into different backgrounds and perspectives
- Mentor researchers
- Make the company better through engaging in cross-company efforts like recruiting, cross-functional partnerships, diversity & inclusion initiatives, or site initiatives
Minimum Qualifications
- Experience in a faculty, industry, or government research position with primary emphasis on AI research
- Ph.D. and established track record of leading influential research, e.g. as evidenced by high-impact publications at peer-reviewed AI conferences (e.g. NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML, ICLR, ICCV, ACL, Interspeech and ICASSP)
- Experience building and executing on long-term research strategies
- Experience communicating research for public audiences of peers, as well as non-technical audiences
Preferred Qualifications
- Significant experience in a faculty, industry, or government research position with primary emphasis on AI research
- Track record of translating research into business impact
- Experience working with a variety of cross-functional peers and stakeholders (e.g., product managers, data scientists, designers, engineers, policy, communications, marketing)
- Experience in managing research teams in academic and industrial settings
- Strong command of the mathematics necessary to conduct rigorous theoretical research
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