Research Scientist, HPC and Al
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN · Posted November 4, 2026
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November 2026
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This listing does not state pay. Across 82 open research scientist listings that state pay, the middle half runs $170,500 to $300,000 and the median is $218,500.
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About the job
...actively seeking driven and hard-working research scientists to join our dynamic team. Positioned... ...of human-guided reinforcement learning strategies. Responsible AI: Investigate... ...generative AI models. Distributed Machine Learning: Focus on advancing data parallelism...