Senior Scientist, Soft Materials Modelling & Multiscale

Vttresearch; Espoo; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

VTT invites applications for a Research Scientist or Senior Scientist to join the soft materials modelling team. You will develop and apply physics-based computational models for bio-based soft materials across scales, focusing on molecular dynamics and possibly electronic structure, continuum methods, or multiscale approaches.

You will analyse data, implement methods, and translate results into impact for research and industrial customers, collaborating with international partners and customers

Qualifications

• PhD (or MSc for Research Scientist) in Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, Computational Science or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of materials modelling experience with molecular simulation methods and codes (GROMACS, LAMMPS).
• Experience in scientific programming (Python, MATLAB, Julia, C/C++) and HPC.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and validate computational models for soft materials across relevant scales.
• Apply expertise in molecular dynamics and electronic structure, multiscale modelling, or finite element analysis to polymer and composite modelling.
• Analyse computational and experimental data and collaborate with experimental researchers and ML researchers.

Skills

Molecular Dynamics

GROMACS

LAMMPS

Python

C/C++

Multiscale modelling

High-performance computing

Data analysis

Visualization

Education

PhD in Physics/Chemistry/Materials Science

MSc in a relevant field

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Julia

C/C++

Job description

VTT invites applications for a Research Scientist or Senior Scientist to join the soft materials modelling team. You will develop and apply physics-based computational models for bio-based soft materials across scales, focusing on molecular dynamics and possibly electronic structure, continuum methods, or multiscale approaches.

You will analyse data, implement methods, and translate results into impact for research and industrial customers, collaborating with international partners and customers