Staff Research Scientist, Intern - PhD Agentic AI

: autonomous and collaborative AI agents for reasoning, planning, safe system interaction, and applications such as agentic commerce, enterprise AI workflows, and AI coding.

Job Duties

• Conduct research to improve AI agent reliability, reduce hallucinations, and advance safety, security, and ethical alignment.
• Design techniques to enhance AI agent efficiency, such as model compression, quantization, fine-tuning strategies, and inference optimization.
• Develop and evaluate secure access control and guardrail systems that promote responsible AI interactions.
• Investigate multi-agent architectures for secure, coordinated, and efficient collaboration.
• Build tools and frameworks to benchmark agent safety, robustness, and performance.
• Prototype and experiment to translate research ideas into practical AI capabilities.
• Contribute to research publications, patents, and technical reports where appropriate.

All Visa roles require

, including the ability to work with emerging technologies such as Generative AI tools ( e.g. ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to support everyday work.

Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Students pursuing a Ph.D. with a graduation date in December 2027 or later

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong research record demonstrated by publications, patents, conference presentations, or technical contributions.
• Research experience in AI agents, AI safety, security, alignment, trustworthy AI, or reliable LLM systems.
• Experience with multi-agent systems, agent frameworks, planning, or evaluation techniques.
• Knowledge of techniques for reducing hallucinations, enhancing factuality, enabling guardrails, enforcing policies, or building secure AI systems.
• Experience applying efficiency methods such as compression, quantization, fine-tuning, or inference optimization.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, C++, Java, or similar.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to innovate, adapt to ambiguity, and tackle complex research challenges.

We value curiosity and continuous learning.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated hourly range for a new hire into this position is $56.00 to $63.00 which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

Information for US Applicants

For roles located in the US, the estimated hourly rate is $56.00 to $63.00 USD. The hourly rate may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

Work Hours

Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements

This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

Visa is an EEO Employer

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protect veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.