Research Scientist - Computer Vision and Machine Learning

Join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) as a Research Scientist in Computer Vision and Machine Learning to develop advanced algorithms and software for image and video understanding in support of national security programs. This role combines fundamental research with the development of robust, reproducible software systems that support mission-critical applications.

Requirements

• Conduct original research in computer vision, image processing, and machine learning.
• Develop, test, and evaluate algorithms for tasks such as segmentation, tracking, temporal reasoning, scene understanding, anomaly detection, multimodal fusion, and perception under uncertainty or occlusion.
• Build models and software that perform robustly on noisy and sparse data.
• Design and execute rigorous experiments, benchmarking strategies, and error analyses to assess model performance, reliability, and limitations.
• Develop research software using disciplined engineering practices, including code review, testing, documentation, version control, and traceability.
• Establish and maintain reproducible MLOps workflows for data preparation, experiment tracking, model and dataset versioning, automated training and evaluation, packaging, and deployment.
• Present results at reviews, seminars, and scientific meetings, and publish in peer-reviewed venues as appropriate.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Benefits

• Flexible Benefits Package
• 401(k)
• Relocation Assistance
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Flexible schedules