Full-Time

Research Scientist

Computational Photography, Generative AI

Posted on 8/20/2025

Google

Google

10,001+ employees

Tech giant offering search, ads, cloud

Compensation Overview

$166k - $244k/yr

+ Bonus + Equity

Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship

New York, NY, USA + 1 more

More locations: Mountain View, CA, USA

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Candidates can choose between New York, NY, USA and Mountain View, CA, USA as their preferred working location.

Category
AI & Machine Learning (3)
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Required Skills
Python
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Requirements
  • PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related technical fields, with a focus on one of the following: generative models, computational photography, ML, computer vision, image processing, computer graphics, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience in computer vision and machine learning, or research achievements in the field of computational photography (e.g., product ownership, publications).
  • 2 years of experience leading a research agenda.
  • Experience in Python programming.
  • Publications at Machine Learning (ML), vision or graphics conferences, such as NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CVPR, ECCV, ICCV or SIGGRAPH.
Responsibilities
  • Develop and apply innovative research in goals/graphics/ML to a number of applications at Google, including Computational photography, Computational videography and Content creation and transformation.
  • Identify and solve creative new problems, and conduct fundamental research.
  • Have a passion for photography and new visual experiences, with the theoretical and practical knowledge to perform research, and drive to help land their work in products.
  • Setup large-scale tests and deploy promising ideas quickly and broadly, managing deadlines and deliverables while applying the latest theories to develop new and improved products, processes, or technologies.
  • Create experiments and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, our research scientists work on real-world problems that span the breadth of computer science, such as machine (and deep) learning, data mining, natural language processing, hardware and software performance analysis, improving compilers for mobile platforms, as well as core search and much more.
  • Actively contribute to the wider research community by sharing and publishing your findings, with ideas inspired by internal projects as well as from collaborations with research programs at partner universities and technical institutes all over the world.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in machine learning, neural nets.
  • Experience with Computer Vision or Graphics.
  • Ability to work in a changing, collaborative environment with excellent communication skills.
  • Excellent programming skills in Python and C/C++.

Google provides internet services and products, including a widely used search engine and a large ecosystem of tools for individuals and businesses. It works by processing user queries and ranking results with relevance and personalized data, while its advertising platforms show targeted ads to users. Its products span cloud computing (Google Cloud), productivity software (Google Workspace), and hardware like Pixel phones and Nest devices, all connected through data and machine learning. Its goal is to organize the world’s information so it is universally accessible and useful, while supporting a sustainable business model built on ads and a growing software, cloud, and hardware portfolio.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Mountain View, California

Founded

1998

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