Postdoc: Generative AI for Safe Lab Operations

Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate to advance Generative AI, LLMs, and human-in-the-loop agentic AI for real-world lab operations. You will build multi-agent AI tools for hazard identification, risk mitigation, and safety workflows, collaborating with ML researchers and domain safety experts.

Ideal candidates have a PhD in a related field, strong ML/DL expertise, and a track record in AI tool development or publications.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, AI/ML, EE, or related field; degree by end of 2026 encouraged.
• Strong ML/DL background with practical generative AI and multi-agent systems experience.
• Proficient Python and ML libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face.
• Publish record or notable tool development in AI/ML/NLP domains.

Responsibilities

• Conduct original research in Generative AI for safety and operations.
• Architect and deploy multi-agent AI systems and RAG pipelines.
• Develop validation, explainable AI, and safety-aligned methods.
• Collaborate with researchers and safety experts to integrate tools into lab systems.
• Publish findings and contribute to open-source AI tools.

Skills

Generative AI

Multi-agent AI

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Hugging Face

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Scikit-learn

Pandas

Education

PhD in CS/AI/EE/Applied Math

Tools

Hugging Face

LangChain

LlamaIndex

scikit-learn

Pandas

Job description

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate to advance Generative AI, LLMs, and human-in-the-loop agentic AI for real-world lab operations. You will build multi-agent AI tools for hazard identification, risk mitigation, and safety workflows, collaborating with ML researchers and domain safety experts.

Ideal candidates have a PhD in a related field, strong ML/DL expertise, and a track record in AI tool development or publications.