AI-Driven Polymer Design Engineer: Hydrogels & Polymers

A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A*STAR is seeking an AI-Driven Polymer Design Engineer to design and optimise functional polymer systems using AI-enabled approaches with a focus on stimuli-responsive and hydrogel formulations for biomedical and delivery applications. The role spans polymer chemistry, physical chemistry, and machine learning, contributing to self-driving lab and high-throughput materials discovery capabilities.

You will collaborate across teams and with external partners to advance materials design and

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in polymer/materials synthesis, formulation and characterisation.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize, formulate, and characterise functional polymers with tunable self-assembly, gelation, and mechanical properties.
• Develop predictive (classification and regression) models relating synthesis, processing, formulation, and structure to material behaviour and performance.
• Engineer descriptors and features to improve model interpretability and predictive accuracy.
• Establish structure–property relationships using materials characterisation to guide formulation design.
• Build data-driven design tools that translate empirical formulation knowledge into material selection and optimisation for various industrial applications.
• Contribute to lab automation, data infrastructure (SQL-based), and integrated experimental–ML workflows for accelerated discovery.
• Prepare technical reports, publications, and disclosures; collaborate across teams and with external partners.

Skills

Python

SQL

ML model development

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Materials Science and Engineering, Polymer Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

A*STAR is seeking an AI-Driven Polymer Design Engineer to design and optimise functional polymer systems using AI-enabled approaches with a focus on stimuli-responsive and hydrogel formulations for biomedical and delivery applications. The role spans polymer chemistry, physical chemistry, and machine learning, contributing to self-driving lab and high-throughput materials discovery capabilities.

You will collaborate across teams and with external partners to advance materials design and