How to become a Research Scientist after PhD

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IEEE75252
Feb 11, 2021 13 Comments

I finished PhD in electrical engineering from an average university. My coursework and research papers belong to Machine Learning, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Statistics, and Signal processing.

I do not have any background in tele-communication, network, electromagnetics, power system, power electronics, integrated circuits, solid-state devices, semiconductors, photonics, MEMS, nono ... Unfortunately many people think electrical engineering means either power systems or electronic circuits.

My H index is 5 and my citation is more than 100. Next year, I can reach to H index of 7 and more than 200 citations.

I would like to work as a research scientist, not applied scientist, not data scientist, not research engineer, not other engineers in production lines.

I applied to many companies in USA, from FAANG to medium size to start up, from tech companies to auto companies to health companies. However, I do not get any screening call or interview. I get many messages (email and linkedin) for software engineer, software developer, and embedded system but not a research scientist.

What is the path to research scientist?

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  • Ok first.. A lot of research scientists are actually doing applied research and engineering with a fancier title.
    Do you want both research freedom and money? Then you should be extremely good at your job to get hired by Google Brain, FAIR, Deepmind, or Open AI. The list is short because it is a ridiculously privileged position. If you don’t see a path to get hired by those companies, the truth might be that there’s no path.
    Feb 13, 2021 1
  • Google
    5113315

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    5113315
    It would not hurt to do more research about the roles in these companies, and look for a role that fits you instead of a fancy title. For example, at FB any PhD grad ML engineer can get the RS title, but they are still more of a ML engineer unless you are in FAIR. At G, most RS are expected to code heavily, oftentimes in C++. At Amazon, it is widely known that applied scientist is the most prestigious and highest paid job family, and they engage the research community just as much as their RS.
    Feb 11, 2021 0
  • Oracle
    thunderca

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    thunderca
    To be hired as a research scientist like that you need solid credentials. You don’t have that. Research papers are cheap, thousands phd every year, doing useless research. To get attention to the tech world, you need a bit more than that.
    Feb 11, 2021 0
  • NVIDIA
    ShieldTV

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    ShieldTV
    First go and get your ego checked.
    Mar 5, 2021 0
  • Apple
    qaCB86

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    qaCB86
    Easiest way to become a research scientist is to get your professor hired and your lab acquired. Other than that, it's really hard since there aren't many true research positions. Some companies like FB call all PhDs research scientists even if they do no research.
    Feb 11, 2021 0