AI Staff Scientist

3M•Remote - Minnesota, MN

1d•Remote

About The Position

As an AI Staff Scientist in 3M’s Corporate R&D organization, you will work on a small, deeply technical team developing foundational methods for always-on learning systems that reason, experiment, and adapt in complex, non-stationary environments. This role exists because learning systems that do not actively preserve identifiability, causal validity, and epistemic calibration fail in principle—not merely in performance. You will collaborate closely with researchers across statistics, cognitive science, and machine learning to design systems in which experimentation, inference, and uncertainty are first-class components of the learning process itself.

Requirements

Ph.D. in Informatics, Cognitive Science, or a related field (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution.
Five (5) years Experience with Artificial Intelligence
Experience working in startup environments
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Responsibilities

Developing computational symbolic representation systems for general use
Designing, implementing and maintaining research code for a language interface for computational symbolic representation systems
Working from whiteboards, research discussions, and evolving specifications – not fixed product requirements or static datasets
Collaborating with interdisciplinary researchers to stress-test experimental learning mechanisms under realistic, adversarial conditions
Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.
Safety is a core value at 3M. All employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.