Research Team Leader LLM

Research Team Leader – Reasoning Multimodal LLMs

Location: Remote but first 12 months willing to relocate temporarily to Shenzhen, China

The 12+ months in Shenzhen assignment is fully covered by the client: flights, accommodation, etc.

After this time, the candidate can work remotely from any European country.

Our client is a global consumer electronics leader with 120,000 employees across 78 countries and ranks as the #2 TV brand worldwide. Their portfolio includes display technologies, mobile and wearable devices, smart appliances, and renewable energy solutions.

They are launching a major AI initiative to develop advanced Reasoning Multimodal Large Language Models (LLMs)—capable of processing and reasoning across text, images, and audio for realworld industrial applications.

They are now seeking a Research Team Leaders to shape the research agenda, lead a highcaliber team, and collaborate closely with business units, particularly in display and photovoltaic manufacturing where multimodal data is key.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the research strategy for reasoningcapable multimodal LLMs (text, vision, speech).
• Manage a team of researchers and applied scientists; provide mentorship and technical guidance.
• Oversee model pretraining, finetuning, synthetic data generation, RAG (RetrievalAugmented Generation), ChainofThought reasoning, and agentic workflow development.
• Bridge fundamental research and realworld product applications.
• Collaborate with international research groups, including strategic partners such as the Alibaba Qwen LLM team.
• Stay at the forefront of advances in deep learning, LLMs, and multimodal AI.

• What We Offer

  • Leadership role in a highimpact, greenfield AI research project.
  • Attractive compensation based on experience and qualifications.
  • Opportunity for accelerated professional development.
  • Exposure to cuttingedge technology and collaboration with globally recognized AI teams.
  • Potential for temporary assignments in Shenzhen, China, one of the world’s leading tech innovation hubs.

  • Candidate Profile

    Musthave:

    • At least 5 years of experience in AIML research, including leadership responsibilities.
    • Strong expertise in deep learning and architectures such as Transformers, CLIP, or SAM.
    • Handson experience with modern deep learning frameworks, preferably PyTorch.
    • MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
    • Excellent command of English and a strong sense of ownership and collaboration.

    • Nicetohave:

      • Willingness to work onsite in Shenzhen for strategic collaboration phases.
      • Track record of mentoring or growing research teams.
      • Publications in toptier conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CVPR, ACL).
      • Success in technical competitions in AI, mathematics, or algorithm design.