Research Engineer (Materials Foundation Models)
Core
Train and evaluate foundation models for materials discovery, including representation learning over crystal structures, LLM fine-tuning, and multi-modal evaluation.
Role type
Senior IC research engineer (materials foundation models)
Builds
Multi-modal foundation models for scientific tasks
Domain
AI and materials science
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
distributed training, representation learning, LLM fine-tuning, software engineering, data curation, experiment design
Preferred skills
reinforcement learning, computer vision, multi-modal training, materials science domain knowledge
Technologies
GPUs, distributed training frameworks, LLM frameworks
Responsibilities
Design and run scaling studies and ablations, orchestrate parallel training across hundreds of GPUs, own data curation and evaluation design, partner with chemists to integrate computational workflows
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
