Remote Materials Science Expert - Part-Time Contractor

YO AI Labs; San Jose (CA); Remote; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking a Materials Science Expert to support an AI training project involving computational materials science, materials modeling, scientific simulation, and Python.

The contractor will solve, validate, and review materials-engineering tasks, build material structures and inputs, run simulations from atomistic to continuum scales, and develop reproducible, programmatic solutions with flexible, remote engagement.

Qualifications

• MS/PhD in Materials Science, Metallurgy, or related field; or Mechanical/Chemical Engineering with strong materials specialization.
• Experience in computational materials modeling, simulation, characterization, or materials R&D.
• Strong Python and programmatic engineering-tool experience.
• Ability to explain modeling assumptions, validate results, and distinguish computational errors from physical behavior.

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 or related field

Tools

LAMMPS

ASE

pymatgen

Quantum ESPRESSO

FEniCSx

CalculiX

Elmer

PyBaMM

NumPy

SciPy

pandas

Matplotlib

Jupyter

Job description

YO AI Labs is seeking a Materials Science Expert to support an AI training project involving computational materials science, materials modeling, scientific simulation, and Python.

The contractor will solve, validate, and review materials-engineering tasks, build material structures and inputs, run simulations from atomistic to continuum scales, and develop reproducible, programmatic solutions with flexible, remote engagement.