Principal Research Scientist - Frontier Industrial AI

AVEVA•San Leandro, CA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies. This role is within AVEVA’s frontier AI research team, as part of the Chief Technologist Organization, focusing on developing the next generation of industrial intelligence. The team seeks exceptional researchers who combine original thinking with the ability to turn ambitious ideas into working systems. Responsibilities include defining and pursuing high-impact research questions, building experimental prototypes, publishing influential work, and creating defensible intellectual property. Research areas may include industrial foundation models for time-series and multimodal data, simulation and world models, trustworthy decision-support agents and staged autonomy, and AI-native approaches to industrial data foundations, ontology learning, and evaluation. This is a hands-on role for individuals who thrive in uncertain problem spaces, work with high autonomy, and find practical ways to move difficult initiatives forward.

Requirements

A PhD or equivalent research experience in machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer science, applied mathematics, engineering, or a related field.
Evidence of original research through strong publications, patents, open-source work, prototypes, or other meaningful technical contributions.
Strong hands-on ability in AI experimentation and software development.
Ability to independently identify important problems, formulate research hypotheses, and execute projects with limited structure.
Deep expertise in one or more areas such as foundation models, multimodal learning, time-series modeling, generative models, reinforcement learning, agentic systems, simulation, world models, representation learning, or AI evaluation.
Strong scientific judgment and the ability to design rigorous experiments and communicate results clearly.
High agency, intellectual curiosity, and a constructive problem-solving mindset.
Ability to collaborate across research, engineering, product, and teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with industrial, manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, engineering, or scientific data.
Recent publications at leading machine learning, AI, data mining, robotics, or systems venues.
Experience developing models at scale or building complex research systems.
Experience with simulation environments, digital twins, multimodal data, or industrial time series.
A track record of initiating and advancing research projects with limited supervision.
Exceptional recent PhD graduates with a strong research record are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Define and lead ambitious research initiatives in frontier industrial AI.
Develop new models, algorithms, evaluation methods, and system architectures.
Build high-quality experimental systems and validated research prototypes.
Publish at leading AI and machine learning venues and contribute to AVEVA’s patent and IP portfolio.
Create benchmarks, datasets, and evaluation frameworks for industrial AI.
Partner with leading AI labs, universities, and technology organizations.
Take research from initial hypothesis through prototype and validation.
Help shape AVEVA’s longer-term AI research direction and technical strategy.