AI Research Engineer

Are you interested in working with the World’s leading AI-first Quality Engineering Company? Ready to advance your career, team up with global thought leaders across industries and make a difference every day? Join us at QualityAI!

We are looking for an AI Research Scientist to join our growing team in Burlingame, CA United States!

We are seeking AI Research Scientist to join the Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) Chemistry team. The Chemistry team develops AI-based methods to model the world at the atomic level. Chemistry and materials science applications include energy sustainability, drug discovery and new materials for display technologies.

Researchers will drive fundamental methods development to enable predictive and generative AI models across these applications. They will work with an interdisciplinary team of domain scientists, AI experts, and software engineers, as well as academic and industrial partners.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership for a scientific direction in AI for science.
• Perform research that advances the state-of-the-art in AI for chemistry and materials science.
• Work closely with internal and external partners to realize impact of methods advances.
• Work towards long-term goals, while identifying intermediate milestones.
• Influence progress of relevant research communities by producing publications.
• Open-source high quality code and produce reproducible research.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• A PhD in AI, computer science, data science, science/engineering, or related technical fields.
• First-authored or last-authored publications at peer-reviewed conferences, such as ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, and other similar venues.
• 4+ years experience holding an industry, postdoctoral, faculty, or government researcher position.
• Research background in machine learning, artificial intelligence, computational statistics, applied mathematics, AI for science, or related areas.
• Experience in developing and debugging in Python or similar programming languages.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Research and engineering experience demonstrated via publications, grants, fellowships, patents, open-source code.
• Experience collaborating in a team environment on research projects.
• Experience in applying AI systems to solve science and engineering problems.
• Experience in molecular simulations, long timescale dynamics, or generative models.

Benefits:

Why QualityAI?
QualityAI is an AI-first quality engineering company helping enterprises deploy and scale complex systems with greater confidence. Operating across data, models, platforms, infrastructure, and operational environments, the company provides assurance and engineering expertise that helps organizations ensure systems perform reliably in real-world conditions.

Formerly Qualitest, QualityAI supports global enterprises across regulated and technology-driven industries, combining deep engineering heritage with AI-enabled delivery, operational assurance, and lifecycle expertise to help clients achieve certainty at go-live.

• Be a part of a company who strives to support for diversity and inclusion in the workplace - we are one, we are many at QualityAI. Celebrate culture, share knowledge with engineers from around the globe, and inspire each other through our differences.
• Local and global opportunities - we offer you internal rotation and international mobility opportunities to grow your career.
• Clear view of your career and progression with the company - QualityAI is growing massively (since Jan 2021 - added more than 2000 engineers) and giving you the opportunity to grow with us.
• Work hard and play harder with our flexible and casual culture. Take a break from work and join an employee event, or enjoy the amenities and games provided from one of our Employees Centers.
• Never stop experimenting and learning with QualityAI Tech academy: 3000+ training courses, mentorship programs, technical tribes, sponsored certifications, leadership programs and much more.
• Earn bonuses via our Client Referral and Employee Referral Program’s. Refer and earn - tap your network for net-worth.
• A Competitive pay, the salary range for the role is $130,000 - $170,000.

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