Data Scientist - Research Sovereign AI

Mayo Clinic • Rochester, Minnesota • Posted April 12, 2026

About the Role

Data Scientist Foundational Model Science
Position Summary
The Data Scientist for Foundational Model Science is the senior technical leader, and the lead scientist responsible for designing, training, and governing Mayo’s multimodal foundational model. This model forms the core intelligence layer used by clinical departments, researchers, agentic workflows, and sovereign AI collaborations. The individual will work as a hands-on architect, model-builder, and researcher while acting as a player–coach, guiding strategy and building a future team.
Key Responsibilities
Scientific & Technical Leadership
Design multimodal foundational model architectures integrating signals from imaging, text, waveforms, structured data, graph representations, and temporal embeddings.
Develop fusion, alignment, and cross-modal reasoning mechanisms (early fusion, late fusion, token-level fusion, hybrid models).
Define and implement m...
        