Research Scientist - Computational Chemist

At Metas Reality Labs Research, our goal is to make world-class consumer virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. Come work alongside industry-leading scientists and engineers to create the technology that makes MR, VR, and AR pervasive and universal. Join the adventure of a lifetime as we make science fiction real and change the world.The Material & System Innovation team is hiring a Research Scientist that will play a critical role in developing immersive systems. This scientist will focus on developing material, process and system innovation for near eye displays and beyond, and will become part of a team exploring novel concepts through design, modeling and fast iterative prototyping.

**Required Skills:**

Research Scientist - Computational Chemist Responsibilities:

1. Play a critical role in developing/identifying new materials and processes for AI devices

2. Develop and utilize advanced computational models and various approaches of first-principle simulations to understand the optical, electrical, mechanical and thermal properties of organic, inorganic and hybrid material systems

3. Support the team exploring novel concepts through design, modeling, and fast iterative prototyping

4. Develop and implement research agendas, apply high standards to the research, and develop an capacity to identify highly impactful projects in a complete and unexplored domain

**Minimum Qualifications:**

Minimum Qualifications:

5. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

6. PhD degree or equivalent experience in Computational Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, Physics, or a related field

7. 3+ years of experience in computational methods for material discovery, process, and device development

8. Proficient with molecular dynamics software (LAMMPS, HOOMD) for organic and inorganic materials

9. Skilled in force field development (GAFF, Openff, OPLS)

10. Experienced with high-throughput ab-initio calculations (Gaussian, Orca, QEspresso, VASP)

11. Familiar with coarse-grain molecular dynamics

12. Demonstrated experience in communication skills for board audiences

13. Proficient in C/C++ and Python coding

14. Knowledge of rare-event phenomena and advanced sampling techniques

**Preferred Qualifications:**

Preferred Qualifications:

15. First-author publications in high quality journals or conferences

16. Demonstrated research and engineering experience via grants, patents, internships, or competitions

17. Skilled in problem-solving with consideration of broad range of perspectives, experiences, approaches, and background

18. Experience communicating research to public or peer audiences

19. Cross-functional teamwork and communication experience

20. Expertise beyond DFT methods, such as GW and GW-BSE

21. Research background in organic materials and excited-state properties

22. Experience with Machine Learning, including Graph Neural Networks for material discovery

**Public Compensation:**

$147,000/year to $208,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

**Industry:** Internet

**Equal Opportunity:**

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