Exoplanet Dynamo Research Fellow (GPU HPC)

aalto; Espoo; On-site; EUR 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Aalto University invites applications for a Doctoral researcher position in the Department of Computer Science. You will model and interpret host stars' dynamo mechanisms, using fully compressible MHD in global and local frameworks, integrated with physics-informed ML and coronal/wind modelling.

The role includes supervising students and contributing to open-science data releases. We seek a motivated researcher with strong HPC experience and a background in astrophysical fluid dynamics,

Qualifications

• Master's degree completed in astrophysics, applied physics, computational science, or closely related field.
• Experience with HPC and GPU programming for large simulations.
• Solid knowledge of MHD or astrophysical fluid dynamics.
• Familiarity with radiative transfer in astrophysics and data analysis for physical sciences.
• Experience with machine learning applied to scientific data is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and interpret host stars' dynamo mechanisms and magnetic activity in global/local frameworks.
• Implement data-driven rotation constraints in dynamo models and calibrate against observations.
• Run and analyze large-scale global solar/stellar dynamo simulations on HPC resources.
• Couple radiative MHD models with GPU-accelerated radiative transfer and ML-based analyses.
• Collaborate with consortium partners and disseminate results in journals and conferences.

Skills

High-performance computing

MHD

GPU programming

Astrophysical fluid dynamics

Machine learning

Education

Master's degree

Tools

SWMF-like models

Job description

Aalto University invites applications for a Doctoral researcher position in the Department of Computer Science. You will model and interpret host stars' dynamo mechanisms, using fully compressible MHD in global and local frameworks, integrated with physics-informed ML and coronal/wind modelling.

The role includes supervising students and contributing to open-science data releases. We seek a motivated researcher with strong HPC experience and a background in astrophysical fluid dynamics,