Senior AI/ML Engineer, Materials Science & Thin Films

ASM; Almere; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to develop practical, science-grounded ML solutions for materials science and semiconductor applications.

You will design and optimize AI models for thin film development, integrate physics-based constraints, build data pipelines, and collaborate across AI/ML, chemistry, materials and semiconductor teams to accelerate R&D. The role blends advanced engineering with hands-on implementation and mentorship.

Qualifications

• PhD or MSc with strong expertise in CS, Data Science, Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering or a related field.
• Hands‑on experience building ML models, tools and frameworks for materials science.
• 6+ years’ experience in applying AI/ML or computational methods (MLIPs, DFT, MD, kMC, etc.) to complex scientific or engineering problems
• Hands‑on experience on atomistic to feature scale simulation/modelling tools & frameworks like – generative models, deterministic models, Stochastic models, active learning, Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow/JAX/scikit-learn, VASP, Synopsys, Cadence, Silvaco, Python, NumPy, SciPy, and MLflow.

Responsibilities

• Design and support AI models and workflows for relevant chemical systems for thin film development.
• Model & embedded known physics & mechanisms to ensure accurate model output and turnaround time
• Use of SoTA GenAI frameworks for materials science and ML tools deliver applications that acceleration R&D workflows
• Build data pipelines to extract required data from multi-modal data sources
• Collaborate with software & data science engineers to deliver reproducible pipelines, dashboards, APIs and decision-support tools for R&D and engineering teams.
• Mentor engineers define modelling standards and communicate across AI/ML, chemistry, materials and semiconductor teams.

Skills

AI/ML in materials science

Python & ML frameworks

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Semiconductor materials AI experience

Computational modeling

Education

PhD or MSc in CS/Materials Science/Physics/Chemistry/Engineering

Tools

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

JAX

scikit-learn

VASP

Synopsys

Cadence

Silvaco

NumPy

SciPy

MLflow

Job description

ASM is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to develop practical, science-grounded ML solutions for materials science and semiconductor applications.

You will design and optimize AI models for thin film development, integrate physics-based constraints, build data pipelines, and collaborate across AI/ML, chemistry, materials and semiconductor teams to accelerate R&D. The role blends advanced engineering with hands-on implementation and mentorship.