2025 Fall - Physicist/Scientist Co-Op (PhD) 2025 Fall - Physicist/Scientist Co-Op (PhD)

2025 Fall - Physicist/Scientist Co-Op (PhD) Applied Materials Inc 4 ( ) Santa Clara, CA Why you should apply for a job to Applied Materials Inc : 4/5 in overall job satisfaction Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members. See all reviews Unlimited Flexible Time Off and work schedules allow US employees to better balance commitments at both work and home. Applied offers parental, adoption, fertility, menopause, and lifestyle benefits to support employee health at every stage. # R2515150 Position summary e meet the material and chemistry property prediction needs. Key Responsibilities: Chemistry and materials design for screening and optimization applications with special emphasis on at least one of the following areas: thermal transport, polymer materials formation and viscosity, low and high dielectric materials, work function metals, precursor design for purity of deposition, and selectivity in etch chemistry Scope the diverse cutting-edge materials and chemistry discovery tools on the market for potential future value and prioritize what methods warrant further exploration Evaluate a variety of MLIP's for validation required property prediction and potential extend to fine-tuning of MLIP's for increased accuracy. Recommend atomic-scale changes to structure and/or processing conditions to influence observed properties Provide parameters, inputs, and/or guidance for higher-level process, feature, and reactor models Hypothesize and test mechanisms to determine the root-cause of observed behavior Work effectively with external vendor software providers in testing new features and functionality of new products Work effectively with internal multi-disciplinary teams of experimentalists, modelers, and computing infrastructure support teams Demonstrate analytical and engineering judgement to scope and assess the appropriate level of model required Proactively validate/correlate results with real world data to improve models Present complex in-depth technical material in a concise manner Advocate for the power of modeling while also communicating limitations Serve as a business unit chemistry, materials, or physics expert Minimum Qualifications: Must have a PhD or Master's degree in Material Science, Chemical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field with an availability range between August 2025 - Dec 2025 Experience or academics with: First Principles/Ab-initio/Density Functional Theory (local orbital and plane wave), Molecular Dynamics, and/or Monte Carlo methods Machine learning interatomic potentials both at the training stage and inference stage. Experience with both universal and focused approaches a plus. Programming (Python, C, Fortran, etc.), scripting (python, Linux), and databases Knowledge of informatics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science approaches Preferred Qualifications: Polymer structure creation to property prediction such as viscosity Inverse design Enumerative atomic structure model prediction (diffusion models and beyond) Multi-step reaction network discovery Materials and/or chemistry discovery Virtualization Qualifications Education: Bachelor's Degree Skills Certifications: Languages: Years of Experience: 2 - 4 Years Work Experience: Additional Information Shift: 10-Day 8-Hr (United States of America) Travel: No Relocation Eligible: Yes Referral Payment Plan: None Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Why you should apply for a job to Applied Materials Inc : 4/5 in overall job satisfaction Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members. See all reviews Unlimited Flexible Time Off and work schedules allow US employees to better balance commitments at both work and home. Applied offers parental, adoption, fertility, menopause, and lifestyle benefits to support employee health at every stage.