Senior Researcher - Materials

Microsoft; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is looking for a researcher to join a high-impact AI for materials design initiative. The role involves collaboration, code development, and producing publications. This position requires a PhD and expertise in machine learning and computational materials science.

Qualifications

• PhD nécessaire, avec un bon nombre de publications dans des revues de haut niveau.
• Expérience en Python et techniques de simulation des matériaux.
• Passion pour l'application de la recherche afin de relever des défis sociétaux.

Responsibilities

• Contribuer à une recherche ambitieuse en IA pour le design des matériaux.
• Développer et tester des idées dans des collaborations existantes ou nouvelles.
• Écrire du code de recherche pour tester de nouvelles approches.

Skills

Python

AI approaches for materials discovery

Collaborative communication

Education

PhD in machine learning, computational materials science, quantum chemistry, or related field

Job description

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and drive an ambitious, high-impact research agenda in AI for materials design within a highly collaborative research culture.
• Develop and test new ideas within existing or new collaborations.
• Write research code to test new approaches or develop novel theoretical and practical insights.
• Prepare technical papers, presentations, and open-source releases of research code.

Qualifications

• PhD in machine learning, computational materials science, quantum chemistry, or a related field.
• Research record demonstrated by publications in top-tier venues (e.g., Nature, Science, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR) or domain-specific journals (e.g., Nature Materials, Physical Review Series, ACS Series, MRS, APS).
• Experience with Python.
• Strong understanding of AI approaches for materials discovery.
• Hands-on experience in implementing and evaluating machine learning approaches for materials design, materials simulation techniques, or computational and experimental design of new materials.
• Passion for applying research to address societal challenges.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary, collaborative environment, with clear communication of technical concepts to non-experts.

Additional Information

Read more about AI for Science:

• AI4Science Web Site
• AI for Science Blog

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