Coherent
The Senior Research Manager will lead the world-model evaluation and benchmarking team for NVIDIA's Physical AI model portfolio, focusing on both closed-system and open-system evaluations. This role involves defining the scientific roadmap for evaluation metrics, developing benchmarks for physical plausibility and temporal consistency, and driving feedback loops to improve model training and data generation. The position requires building a team of research scientists to discover model failures and establish rigorous standards for reproducibility and model comparison.
Headquarters
Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Company Size
10001+ employees
Founded
1971
Coherent is a global leader in lasers, photonics, engineered materials and networking technologies, providing lasers, optical components, subsystems and materials to industrial, communications, electronics and instrumentation markets. The company develops high‑performance laser systems and photonic solutions for applications such as materials processing, microelectronics, fiber‑optic communications, sensing and scientific research. Combining extensive R&D, global manufacturing and application engineering, Coherent delivers customized systems, components and support that enable customers’ breakthrough technologies worldwide.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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