AI Research Engineer – Brussels – 12-month contract A market-leading client of ours based in Brussels is seeking several Research Engineers to collaborate in multimodal and large language models. You will be working in a research driven environment with real world applications. No industry experience is needed. There is a big emphasis on human-centric design, computational footprint and minimal latency and the goal will be to create the next-generation AI assistants. Required skills: Master's or PhD in AI or other relevant field with a proven publishing record If PhD – publications should be A+ with list of conferences If Master's – research thesis and submission should be related to LLMs and Multimodal LLMs, transformers etc (not applications). Research experience with frontier Machine Learning models (LLMs and VLMs). Details: Location: Brussels (1-2 days onsite per week). Duration: 12 months, with potential for extension. Start Date: Feb 2026 If this position could be of interest, please apply with a direct message or send your CV to james.walter@vividresourcing.com and let me know and I will be happy to discuss with you further.