AI Researcher for Mobility

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Soft Job Opportunity

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Soft is a global leader in IT services and business solutions, delivering innovative and cost-effective technology solutions worldwide since 1998. We have headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, MI and have 16 offices spread across six countries. We partner with Fortune 500 companies to address complex business challenges. Our services span AI, IT staffing, cloud computing, engineering, mobility, testing, and more. Certified with CMMI Level 3 and ISO standards, V2

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PhD Graduate in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline to work on Agentic AI systems for mobility.

Client is seeking a PhD graduate in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline to work on Agentic AI systems for mobility. The successful candidate will conduct cutting-edge research at the intersection of large language models (LLMs), agentic AI, multi-agent systems, world models, reinforcement learning, and knowledge distillation, enabling efficient AI deployment across cloud, edge, and embedded platforms for intelligent mobility and autonomous systems What you'll be doing:

• Develop innovative solutions that advance AI/ML systems for mobility services
• Design and develop multi-agent AI systems capable of collaboration, negotiation, planning, and task execution
• Research LLM-based reasoning and autonomous planning for long-horizon decision making
• Develop teacher–student learning frameworks to transfer reasoning, planning, and collaboration capabilities from large foundation models to compact edge models
• Prototyping frameworks and algorithms in Python using tools such as Auto Gen, Lang Chain, or custom orchestration layers
• Publish Client research in top-tier conferences and journals and generate high-impact intellectual property and patents

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline with a focus on AI / Machine Learning
• Research experience in Generative AI, Agentic AI, and AI Safety and Alignment
• Research experience with Foundational (LLMs, VLMs, and other large-scale AI architectures), including fine-tuning, evaluation, and application to domain-specific tasks
• Strong programming skills in Python and common libraries (e.g., Tensor Flow, Pytorch, etc.)
• Ability to engage in general research activities such as defining problems and issues to be addressed, finding, and using research data, and being able to make recommendations and findings in writing and presentations

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Soft is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, including individuals with disabilities and veterans.