Postdoc: AI-Driven Materials Informatics Software Engineer

Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH; Germany (OH); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials in Germany seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher in Research Software Engineering for Materials Science to advance the pyiron ecosystem and related open-source infrastructure.

You will design scalable workflow technologies, enable AI-driven scientific workflows, and collaborate with researchers across the institute and international partners, with opportunities to publish and supervise students.

Qualifications

• PhD required in a relevant field.
• Strong programming skills, preferably Python.
• Experience in scientific computing and research software engineering.
• Familiarity with workflow management, HPC, ML, data management, and semantic technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design workflow technologies for the pyiron ecosystem and related open-source infrastructure.
• Develop scalable software for high-performance computing.
• Integrate FAIR metadata and semantic technologies into workflows.
• Enable AI-driven scientific workflows based on large language models.
• Collaborate with scientists across the institute and external partners; contribute to publications and supervise students.

Skills

Python

Scientific computing

Machine learning

Data management

Open-source software development

Workflow management

High-performance computing

Semantic technologies

LLM agents

Education

PhD in Materials Science / Physics / Chemistry / CS / Computational Engineering

Tools

pyiron

Open-source software tools

Semantic technologies

HPC

LLM agents

Job description

Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials in Germany seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher in Research Software Engineering for Materials Science to advance the pyiron ecosystem and related open-source infrastructure.

You will design scalable workflow technologies, enable AI-driven scientific workflows, and collaborate with researchers across the institute and international partners, with opportunities to publish and supervise students.