Senior Applications Engineer, AI for Material Science and Chemistry

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 322,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA is building software infrastructure for AI-driven materials discovery. This senior application engineer will help shape NVIDIA ALCHEMI by turning research into production-ready tools used by scientists and engineers.

Based in California, you’ll collaborate across research, engineering and product teams to accelerate simulations, optimize performance, and enable AI surrogates in real workflows.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent in computational physics, chemistry, CS.
• 8+ years of experience or demonstrable expertise in high performance numerical methods.
• Experience running material science simulations on large HPC systems.
• Ability to work independently and in a globally distributed team.
• Proficiency in Fortran, C++, CUDA, Python and common materials science tools.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with computational chemistry and AI teams to develop tools in NVIDIA ALCHEMI.
• Guide customers or developers on integrating material science apps with AI surrogates.
• Profile applications and run benchmarks to demonstrate value.
• Collaborate with SMEs on whitepapers and research.
• Engage in workshops at the intersection of material science and AI.

Skills

Fortran

C++

CUDA

Python

Material Science tools

Education

PhD or equivalent in computational physics/chemistry/CS

Tools

CUDA toolkit

Job description

We are building the software infrastructure for the next era of scientific discovery. At NVIDIA, we believe AI will transform how new chemicals and materials are discovered. We are developing the software tools to make that possible! NVIDIA ALCHEMI is a key pillar of this stack, and this role will help shape ALCHEMI and the broader software ecosystem around it.

We are looking for a senior application engineer with background in material science codes to accelerate AI-driven simulations for materials discovery. You will turn the latest research into software that scientists use for real discovery. You will work across research, engineering, and product teams in building software tools for materials science and chemistry bridging traditional simulations and AI surrogates.

What You Will Be Doing

• Collaborate with some of the brightest minds in computational chemistry and AI to develop new tools and features in NVIDIA ALCHEMI to enable developers and researchers with performant atomistic simulation workflows.
• Work directly with a customer or developer, guiding them how to integrate material science applications with AI surrogates using NVIDIA ALCHEMI into their workflows.
• Profile the application and run benchmarks to show the product’s value proposition.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts on whitepapers and research.
• Engage and participate in workshops focussed on the intersection of material science and AI.

What We Need To See

• PhD or equivalent experience in computational physics, computational chemistry, computer science, or related technical fields
• 8+ years of experience or demonstrable expertise in developing high performance numerical methods for scientific computing or material science applications
• Experience in running material science simulations on large scale HPC systems
• Ability to work independently and as part of a globally distributed team.
• Proficiency in Fortran, C++, CUDA, Python and common Material Science tools

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Outstanding knowledge of high-performance plane waves primitives response properties, high throughput screening,
• Experience with high-performance accelerator algorithm implementation, runtime performance optimization, usage of floating point emulation, and mixed precision libraries.

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented growth, our exclusive engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 270,250 USD for Level 4, and 200,000 USD - 322,000 USD for Level 5.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 19, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

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