CareerPlan

Senior Applications Engineer, AI for Material Science and Chemistry

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$168k2026-09-15 → 2026-11-10

Core

Building software tools (NVIDIA ALCHEMI) to accelerate AI-driven simulations for materials discovery and bridge traditional simulations with AI surrogates.

Role type

Senior IC applications engineer (AI for material science)

Builds

Software tools and features for NVIDIA ALCHEMI enabling performant atomistic simulation workflows

Domain

Material science, chemistry, high-performance computing, AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

High-performance numerical methods, material science simulations, HPC systems, Fortran, C++, CUDA, Python, plane waves primitives, high-throughput screening, accelerator algorithm implementation, runtime performance optimization, mixed precision libraries

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

NVIDIA ALCHEMI, HPC systems

Responsibilities

Develop new tools and features in NVIDIA ALCHEMI, guide customers/developers on integrating material science applications with AI surrogates, profile applications and run benchmarks, collaborate on whitepapers and research, participate in workshops on material science and AI

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC