Chemical jobs in United Kingdom

London, UK

Full time

Hybrid

Software & AI

Orbital’s hardware solutions solve the biggest challenges in data centers. Each of our products contains an advanced material discovered with our AI, giving it breakthrough real‑world performance. We’re looking for ambitious thinkers and builders; those excited by the challenge of bridging AI and industry, chemistry and computation, discovery and deployment.

Our mission is to usher in an era where new, advanced materials are both discovered and engineered with AI and we’ll use this to build hardware that solve major global technology challenges.

Joining Orbital means working at the intersection of deep tech, applied science, and engineering innovation. We are a truly global organisation with sites in London (UK), San Francisco (CA), Princeton (NJ) & Calgary (Canada) building teams in ML Research and Product Development to Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, offering opportunities for talented individuals who want to shape the future of materials and their applications in high‑impact industries.

Orbital is the category defining AI industrial hardware company. Our goal is to use AI to catalise a renaissance in critical industries, starting with compute and energy. We're doing this by building AI systems that design new industrial hardware from "the atoms up" – everything from new advanced materials, to mechanical, chemical and manufacturing engineering designs. We then make and sell these pieces of hardware to customers. Our first products are for the data centre industry – solving the most critical challenges in thermal management and sustainability.

In AI circles we're best known for building the world's best foundation model for materials – Orb.

The AI Residency program is a 2‑year program targeting people with exceptional technical backgrounds but no professional or PhD experience in AI. This program is suitable for recent graduates in technical disciplines. As part of this program you will work on high‑impact AI projects at Orbital. Some example projects might be:

• Scaling up the distributed training of large scale generative models of crystal structures
• Internal LLM evals for scientific and engineering reasoning
• RL fine tuning for advanced materials discovery

This is a unique opportunity because:

• Orbital is a world‑leading research lab in AI for materials. You will work at the cutting edge of research in LLMs and AI more broadly applied to sciences.
• Orbital is committed to open science. We publish and release the details of our work. This gives people who work for us an ability to build a profile in machine learning.
• Orbital is committed to open source. You will get an opportunity to have concrete demonstrations of the excellence of your software engineering and other work.
• Orbital is building technologies that have a physical, positive impact on the world. We build physical technologies. You can feel and touch the outcome of your work, and see these products make a difference in the world.

• Strong mathematics and statistical knowledge, especially linear algebra
• Strong algorithms and data structures knowledge
• Strong programming skills and familiarity with high‑performance computing concepts
• Examples of outstanding technical achievements
• There is no requirement to have worked in AI or machine learning before

• A permanent full‑time role with a clear pathway to full‑time member of technical staff role upon completion of the program
• Competitive compensation with full benefits
• Access to significant compute resourcesConference attendance and professional development budget
• Central London office with flexible hybrid working
• Equity in the business
• Diverse, international team committed to excellence

Submit your application including:

1. Statement of Interest (500 words max): Explain your technical background, why this programme, and how our USPs resonate with your goals
2. GitHub Profile, open source contributions, or Portfolio: Showcase your best technical work
3. CV/Resume: Highlight technical achievements and academic background

Orbital is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.