Research Scientist

• Serve as the most senior technical authority on the Digital Twin team
• Integrate physics modeling efforts across laser, target, chamber, target injection/tracking, and manufacturing subsystems
• Lead scientists developing and owning simulation codes for major IFE subsystems
• Validate subsystem code physics and rigorously quantify and report model uncertainty
• Set scientific direction, modeling standards, and validation philosophy for the Digital Twin team
• Lead development of an integrated IFE plant model
• Conduct trade-off analyses across design candidates and identify parameters affecting plant viability
• Work with experimental physics teams to validate simulation codes against shot data from Focused Energy, NIF, OMEGA, ELI, and others
• Collaborate with the Digital Twin team, national labs, and the broader IFE community
• Present modeling work to executive leadership, program management, and investors

Digital Twin Principal Scientist

• Conduct research to improve AI agent reliability, reduce hallucinations, and advance safety, security, and ethical alignment
• Design techniques to enhance AI agent efficiency, including model compression, quantization, fine-tuning strategies, and inference optimization
• Develop and evaluate secure access control and guardrail systems for 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
• Participate in Visa's 12-week internship program and complete a final presentation for Visa leaders

Staff Research Scientist – PhD, Agentic AI

• Conduct research to improve AI agent reliability, reduce hallucinations, and advance safety, security, and ethical alignment
• Design techniques to enhance AI agent efficiency, including model compression, quantization, fine-tuning strategies, and inference optimization
• Develop and evaluate secure access control and guardrail systems for 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
• Participate in a 12-week internship program and complete a final presentation for Visa leaders

Research Scientist jobs in Texas

Digital Twin Principal Scientist

Staff Research Scientist – PhD, Agentic AI

Staff Research Scientist, Intern – PhD Agentic AI