Remote Materials Scientist: Semiconductors & Modeling

24 Mag; United States; Remote; USD 68,000 - 97,000; Part time

Job summary

24-MAG LLC is seeking a PhD-level Materials Scientist for a part-time, fully remote consulting role. You will design research-level computational problems in semiconductors and molecular modeling, develop reference solutions, and establish grading criteria.

Ideal candidates will combine semiconductor materials expertise with molecular modelling, scientific computing, and proficiency in Python or R. Docker-based workflows and Git/GitHub collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• PhD required in materials science or closely related field.
• Proven ability to design and implement research-grade computational problems.
• Strong programming experience in Python or R.

Responsibilities

• Design original, executable computational problems in materials science.
• Develop tasks from papers and datasets with clear inputs/outputs.
• Create reference solutions and grading criteria for automated evaluation.
• Validate problems reflect realistic research workflows and constraints.
• Ensure tasks require deep materials science and coding proficiency.
• Work in a Git/GitHub-driven workflow with reproducible pipelines.

Skills

Python

R

Git/GitHub

Education

PhD in Materials Science

Tools

Docker

Job description

24-MAG LLC is seeking a PhD-level Materials Scientist for a part-time, fully remote consulting role. You will design research-level computational problems in semiconductors and molecular modeling, develop reference solutions, and establish grading criteria.

Ideal candidates will combine semiconductor materials expertise with molecular modelling, scientific computing, and proficiency in Python or R. Docker-based workflows and Git/GitHub collaboration are essential.