Thermodynamic Hardware Residency: Research & Publish

Normal Computing Corp.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Normal Computing seeks researchers and engineers for its Thermodynamic Hardware Residency, a flagship program that blends physics, hardware, and machine learning. Residents join a small cohort, work under a research mentor, and have access to the team building cutting-edge thermodynamic hardware.

Two milestones anchor the residency: a co-authored research paper and a colloquium presentation; exceptional performers may convert to full-time roles after the residency.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree required (MS or PhD) in physics, electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, applied math or related field.
• Experience at hardware/ML intersection is strongly preferred.
• Strong programming skills in Python; comfort with lower-level languages like C++ or Rust.

Responsibilities

• Work hands-on with thermodynamic hardware: design, simulate, characterize, or evaluate hardware.
• Design numerical methods for a new substrate exploiting thermal noise and analog dynamics.
• Drive a research question from device physics to workloads mapped on thermodynamic compute.
• Build evaluation frameworks and benchmarks for real hardware and simulations.
• Co-author a research paper and present findings in a colloquium.
• Experience startup pace with founders and researchers to ship impactful work.
• Own a real technical problem at the boundary of physics, hardware, and ML.

Skills

Python

C++ or Rust

Machine Learning

Simulation

Hardware characterization

Education

MS or PhD in physics/EE/CS

Tools

SPICE

PyTorch

FPGA tooling

ASIC tooling

Simulation

Job description

Normal Computing seeks researchers and engineers for its Thermodynamic Hardware Residency, a flagship program that blends physics, hardware, and machine learning. Residents join a small cohort, work under a research mentor, and have access to the team building cutting-edge thermodynamic hardware.

Two milestones anchor the residency: a co-authored research paper and a colloquium presentation; exceptional performers may convert to full-time roles after the residency.