20 ai research scientist jobs at 11 companies in Hoffman Estates, IL
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Founding Machine Learning / AI Search Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$160k-$310k/yrOn-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Build the ML and AI search behind HiringCafe — ranking, recommenders, retrieval, and LLM agents that surface jobs people would never find on their own.
San Francisco or Seattle or New York City or Austin or Chicago or London
$234k-$296k/yrHybridFull Time
Writer: Platform for building and deploying enterprise generative AI agents.
7+ YOE7+ years ML research experience with LLM pre-/post-training, strong publication record, Ph.D. or equivalent, expert in post-training methods (SFT, RLHF, RLAIF, DPO), Python and PyTorch/JAX proficiency, experience shipping production models.
Oil-DriNYSE: ODC: Manufactures sorbent mineral products for consumer and industrial use.
3+ YOEM.S. with 3–5 years or B.S. with 5–7 years in chemistry/biochemistry/chemical engineering; independent R&D, problem solving, innovation commercialization, strong communication, AI awareness, able to lift 30 lbs, ~10% travel; onsite Monday–Friday.
Senior Research Scientist, AI & Workforce Intelligence
Vernon Hills or United States
$95k-$110k/yrRemoteFull Time
Wonderlic: Provides scientific assessments for hiring and employee development.
3+ YOEGraduate degree in I-O psychology or related field, demonstrated ML/NLP engineering experience with production systems, experience with occupational taxonomies and responsible AI, minimum 3 years applied industry experience.
Oil-Dri Corporation of AmericaNYSE: ODC: Manufactures and sells specialty mineral-based sorbent products.
3+ YOEM.S. with 3–5 years or B.S. with 5–7 years in chemistry/biochemistry/chemical engineering. Independent R&D, innovation commercialization, problem-solving, strong written/oral communication, AI awareness, ability to lift 30 lbs, ~10% travel. Onsite Monday–Friday in Vernon Hills, IL.
AbbVieNYSE: ABBV: Develops and sells innovative pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical medicines.
10+ YOEPhD in biomedical field or DVM/PhD with 8–10+ years of biomedical research; PI experience; strong AI/ML and 3Rs knowledge; proven leadership; strong publication record.
Redwood City or Boston or New York City or Chicago or California or Colorado or Illinois or New York
$90k-$150k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Tempus AINASDAQ: TEM: Builds a data platform for AI-powered precision medicine diagnostics.
4+ YOEPhD preferred; 4+ years drug development experience using genomic and multimodal data; strong computational biology and AI skills; client-facing experience; proficiency in R, Python, and scientific computing tools.
Computational Scientist – AI/ML Engineer for Climate Science
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$85k-$105k/yrHybridFull Time
University of Chicago: Provides higher education and conducts academic research.
2+ YOECollege degree; 2+ years related experience; strong Python/C++ and AI/ML skills (PyTorch or TensorFlow); experience with HPC/GPU systems, SLURM, distributed training, NumPy/SciPy/pandas/xarray, NetCDF/HDF5, MPI/OpenMP, Git and Docker; climate or Earth system science experience preferred.
Senior Applied Scientist, Applied AI Solutions GTM
Austin or Seattle or New York or Herndon or Chicago or Mountain View or San Francisco or Dallas
$167k-$260k/yrOnsiteFull Time
AmazonNASDAQ: AMZN: Global online retail and cloud computing technology provider.
5+ YOEPhD or Master's +6 years (or equivalent) with 5+ years building ML models for business, deep learning and NLP experience, experience managing analytics teams, working with diverse datasets, and customer segmentation.
Kraft HeinzNASDAQ: KHC: Manufacturer and global marketer of food and beverage products.
6+ YOEBS/MS in engineering or PhD in food science with AI background; 6+ years R&D/open innovation experience (2+ years in digital/AI); expertise in partner scouting, vendor selection, IP, contracts, and scaling innovation programs.
Systematic Review Scientist - Schaumburg, IL; Washington, DC; or Remote
Schaumburg or Washington
$115k-$145k/yrHybridFull Time
American Society of Anesthesiologists: Professional association advancing the medical practice of anesthesiology.
5+ YOEFive+ years health care research; experience with systematic reviews and meta-analyses (network meta-analysis preferred); strong with evidence synthesis standards and AI-enabled tools.
Senior Data Scientist - Artificial Intelligence R&D
Chicago or Peoria
$113k-$183k/yrOnsiteFull Time
CaterpillarNYSE: CAT: Manufactures construction equipment, mining machinery, and industrial engines.
Advanced ML/AI experience including generative AI, LLMs, multimodal systems, RAG, Python proficiency, experiment tracking (Langfuse/MLflow), cloud (AWS/Azure) familiarity, strong statistics and evaluation skills, and ability to translate research to production.