Job Description

This AI Research firm is part of a global electronics manufacturing company. They aim for the top-notch research in AI and Machine Learning with the vision of \xe2\x80\x9cAdvancing AI for a better life.\xe2\x80\x9d We strive to provide the best research environment for researchers, such as abundant computing resource, opportunities for professional and career growth, and organizational culture where you can focus on research only.
In particular, this firm pursues advanced fundamental research that advance state-of- the-art methodologies in AI and ML to create core technology assets of through internal collaboration within AI Research and external collaboration with leading universities in North America. We strive to pursue research that can bring about a paradigm shift in the AI research rather than incrementally improving the current research results. We hope you will join us and take this opportunity to achieve research breakthroughs with AI Research.Sr. Principal AI Research ScientistThis company\'s Toronto AI Lab is looking to push the boundaries of AI. We do this by performing game changing research and support innovative product and service solutions to realize their global vision for a connected world. To further this initiative, we are looking for a passionate and talented Senior Principal AI Research Scientist for our Toronto AI Lab (located in downtown Toronto). You will leverage your research expertise and leadership skills to spearhead novel research in Machine Learning which will have impact and improve their existing products and technologies. You will collaborate with researchers, engineers, and product managers from both Toronto AI Lab as well as global AI labs to design and launch AI products and solutions that help predict, personalize and transform lifestyles of their global footprint of devices and users.This person will set the research roadmap for our talented team of roughly 20+ members which include AI research engineers, Staff engineers, Data scientists and more. Although the company is well known, their AI Research operates like a well-funded start-up. We are seeking someone with advanced AI knowledge, with multimodal modeling experience and who also has a good business sense. We would like someone with a solid Academic background but more importantly has also been effective and has had solid experience in industry as well. You would be joining executive meetings so this person should have demonstrated leadership experience.Title: Principal AI/ML Scientist
Location: Toronto, ON M5V 1M3
Work model: Hybrid, 2 days in office 3 days remote. There is a chance of 100% remote worker for those outside of Ontario.
Type of position: Full time and permanent
Salary: Very open to market + 20% bonus + 3-4 weeks vacation + Benefits + RRSP ( New employees from 0-3 years can contribute up to 2.5% . theur will match the 2.5% and contribute an extra 2% which makes a total of 7%, **Employees can contribute more than 2.5% but will only match 2.5%**)Key job responsibilities

• As a hands-on leader of the lab, you will be responsible for defining key AI research directions, working with research teams to conduct experiments and publishing results in top tier AI conferences/journals
• As a strategic leader, you will be responsible for developing the AI research roadmap, prioritizing and delivering research goals aligned with business priorities. Also, be a reviewer for changes or technical decision-making, and develop/drive technical review processes.
• You will summarize, report, and present complex and highly technical problems and solutions to audiences with a wide variety of skills and domain knowledge
• You will also participate in organizational planning, hiring, mentorship and leadership development

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, or related quantitative discipline
• 10+ years of innovative AI research experience, with strong scientific and problem-solving skills
• Deep expertise in the science of artificial intelligence
• Strong core competency in mathematics and statistics
• Track record of successful projects in algorithm design and product development.
• Publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
• Strong prior experience with mentorship and/or management of scientists and engineers

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Effective verbal and written communication skills with non-technical and technical audiences
• Expert level skills across many Machine Learning methodologies
• Experience working with real-world data sets and building scalable models from big data.
• Experience securing and collaborating with external partners such as academic, industry, and/or other research institutes
• Thinks strategically, but able to execute and get tasks completed
• Exhibits excellent research judgment; balances science, product, and business very well
• This technical leader for AI research will be an independent thinker who can make convincing, information-based arguments. With a strong bias for action, this individual will work equally well with science, engineering, and business teams. This person will have very sound judgment and be able to recruit and groom high caliber talent

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