AI/ML Research Scientist - HPC & GPU Workflows

Stony Brook; Stony Brook (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Stony Brook University’s Institute for Advanced Computational Science seeks a Research Scientist to advance AI/ML and data science workloads on the SBSC platform. You will collaborate with faculty, students, researchers, and staff to develop scalable workflows and reproducible software environments for large-scale computing.

The role emphasizes hands-on experience with AI/ML software, GPUs, and HPC, while providing opportunities to contribute to training materials and research proposals.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in computer science, computational science, data science, applied mathematics, engineering or related field.
• Three (3) years of research experience using computational, data-driven, or AI/ML methods, including at least one year post-PhD.
• Hands-on experience applying machine learning or AI to research or technical problems, including model training, evaluation or deployment.
• Python programming with scientific computing, data analysis, or ML libraries.
• Experience with AI/ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, scikit-learn, Spark/MLlib, or Hugging Face.
• Experience with Linux-based research computing or HPC, including command-line tools and batch or interactive workflows.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve AI/ML, data science, and computational workflows with researchers.
• Teach users how to use ML frameworks, GPU-enabled computing, reproducible environments, and the supercomputing platform.
• Assist with model training and inference, data processing, software configuration, debugging, benchmarking, and performance analysis on HPC systems.
• Learn and apply SBSC tools and data management policies and procedures.
• Contribute to project coordination, reports, presentations, publications, and research or training proposals under senior staff guidance.
• Support AI/ML and scientific applications on the supercomputing platform; install and configure software; assist with training and benchmarking.

Skills

Research experience

Python programming

ML & AI methods

Science communication

Education

Ph.D. in a relevant field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

JAX

scikit-learn

Spark/MLlib

Hugging Face

Slurm

Conda

Spack

Job description

Stony Brook University’s Institute for Advanced Computational Science seeks a Research Scientist to advance AI/ML and data science workloads on the SBSC platform. You will collaborate with faculty, students, researchers, and staff to develop scalable workflows and reproducible software environments for large-scale computing.

The role emphasizes hands-on experience with AI/ML software, GPUs, and HPC, while providing opportunities to contribute to training materials and research proposals.