CareerPlanGet AI match score →

Doctoral researcher (PhD student) in area-selective atomic layer deposition (AS-ALD) simulations

Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland💼 Full-time💰 $37,712–$37,712🗓 2026-06-26 → 2026-07-31

Core

Develop and apply new simulation protocols to model area-selective atomic layer deposition (AS-ALD) processes, focusing on unraveling mechanisms of selectivity and degradation using machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) and enhanced sampling techniques.

Role type

Doctoral researcher (PhD student) in computational materials science and surface chemistry

Builds

Realistic and dynamic modeling of AS-ALD processes for semiconductor manufacturing

Domain

Chemical engineering, materials science, surface chemistry, semiconductor manufacturing

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

reaction modelling (minimum energy pathways, transition states, reaction kinetics), high-performance computing (HPC) environments, coding/scripting (Python, Bash), version control (Git), gas-phase and interfacial dynamics

Preferred skills

ALD processes, training and fine-tuning of MLIPs, foundation models, enhanced sampling techniques (metadynamics), molecular dynamics

Technologies

DFT, MLIPs, metadynamics, molecular dynamics, LUMI supercomputer

Responsibilities

Establish reliable methodology for training and validating MLIPs against DFT reference methods; investigate mechanisms of area selectivity and degradation in AS-ALD; model surface and thin-film evolution under operating conditions; explore non-established ways to induce area-selectivity

Seniority

Junior, research-focused IC

Sourced via workday · Listed on CareerPlan, which tracks 70,000+ jobs from 20+ sources.
Apply on Workday ↗