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Staff Scientist – Agents for Science

Lemont, IL USA💼 Full-time💰 $94,486–$94,486🗓 2026-04-27 → 2026-07-31

Core

Designing and developing agentic AI systems that can reason, plan, act, and collaborate to support scientific discovery by interacting with simulations, data pipelines, and scientific software.

Role type

Staff Scientist (Agentic AI for Science)

Builds

Autonomous AI agents for scientific workflows and discovery

Domain

High-performance computing, AI for science, scientific discovery

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Reinforcement learning, planning, sequential decision-making, Python, C/C++, PyTorch/JAX, complex AI system design, tool use, workflow orchestration

Preferred skills

LLM-based systems, retrieval-augmented generation, tool calling, integrating AI with scientific software/simulations, distributed training, HPC environments

Technologies

Python, C, C++, PyTorch, JAX

Responsibilities

Designing agentic AI systems for scientific discovery, developing agents to interact with simulation workflows and data pipelines, building methods for tool use and workflow orchestration, evaluating agent performance for scientific usefulness and safety, conducting R&D aligned with strategic mission

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact

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