About the job
The Bosch Research and Technology Center North America with offices in Sunnyvale, California, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Cambridge, Massachusetts is a part of the global Bosch Group (www.bosch.com), a company with over 70 billion euro revenue, 400,000 employees worldwide, a very diverse product portfolio, and a history spanning over 125 years. The Research and Technology Center North America (RTC-NA) is dedicated to providing technologies and system solutions for various Bosch business fields, primarily in the field of artificial intelligence, energy technologies, internet technologies, circuit design, semiconductors and wireless, as well as advanced MEMS design.
Responsibilities
Conduct research on LLM and Agentic AI to address academic and industrial challenges.
Work with an international team of experts to develop the Bosch in-house LLM and Agentic AI innovations and solutions for various Bosch AI products and services.
Stay abreast of the latest technological advancements and market trends by attending academic conferences, technical events, and seminars.
Offer expert insights to the management team in relevant technology sectors, aiding in strategic planning, R&D trajectory, and investment decisions.
Document and disseminate research findings through high-caliber publications and/or patent submissions.
Qualifications
Minimum
Ph.D. in Computer Science or Engineering, or a related discipline or master’s degree with 3+ years of industry experience (LLM and NLP related) after graduation.
2+ years of research experience or equivalent graduate research experience on LLMs and related areas, such as model post-training (fine-tuning, reinforcement learning), prompting, agentic RAG, and AI agent optimization.
Proficiency in one or more programming languages commonly used in systems research (e.g., Python, C++) and hands-on experience with AI / NLP libraries.
Publication records in top venues including ACL, EMNLP, NeurIPS, AAAI, ICML, ICLR.
Strong interpersonal, communication, and teamwork capabilities.
Preferred
3+ years experiences in industrial research.
Hands-on experience in product development in the above-mentioned areas for consumer/enterprise markets.
Experience in leading R&D projects & team dealing with international customers.
Leadership skills with excellent English communication & teamwork skills.