Remote Materials Modeling Specialist (Part-Time)

YO AI Labs; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 69,000 - 103,000; Part time

Job summary

YO AI Labs seeks a Materials Science Expert for a remote, contractor role supporting AI training projects in computational materials science. You will solve and validate materials-engineering tasks, build structures and simulations, and develop reproducible, programmatic solutions using Python.

No prior AI experience required. The role emphasizes reviewing AI-generated solutions and aligning results with experiments, literature, and physical trends, with flexible ~15 hours/week schedule and

Qualifications

• MS/PhD in Materials Science, Metallurgy, or related field.
• Experience in computational materials modeling, simulation, characterization, or materials R&D.
• Strong Python and programmatic engineering-tool experience.

Responsibilities

• Solve and validate computational materials science problems.
• Build material structures, compositions, and simulation inputs.
• Run and analyze atomistic, electronic, molecular-dynamics, continuum, or electrochemical simulations.
• Use Python to automate simulations, parameter sweeps, and data analysis.
• Analyze mechanical, thermal, electrical, chemical, and structural properties.
• Diagnose convergence, numerical, modeling, and physical-assumption issues.
• Compare results with experiments, literature, and expected physical trends.
• Review AI-generated solutions and develop reliable reference solutions.

Skills

Materials Science & Engineering

Computational Materials Modeling

Materials Simulation & Analysis

Python

Scientific Computing

Structure-property Relationships

Numerical Validation & Troubleshooting

Technical Problem-Solving

Education

MS/PhD in Materials Science, Metallurgy, or related field

Tools

LAMMPS

ASE

pymatgen

Quantum ESPRESSO

FEniCSx

CalculiX

Elmer

PyBaMM

NumPy

SciPy

pandas

Matplotlib

Jupyter

Job description

YO AI Labs seeks a Materials Science Expert for a remote, contractor role supporting AI training projects in computational materials science. You will solve and validate materials-engineering tasks, build structures and simulations, and develop reproducible, programmatic solutions using Python.

No prior AI experience required. The role emphasizes reviewing AI-generated solutions and aligning results with experiments, literature, and physical trends, with flexible ~15 hours/week schedule and