Introduction
We are looking for an Applied Science Engineer with a background in chemistry or related life sciences to contribute to the development of next-generation computational frameworks for microscopic systems.
Our Applied Science Group works alongside the computation team to enable modeling of real-world systems (e.g., molecular, biological, material systems) within emerging paradigms such as quantum many-body systems and learning-based approaches.
What we are looking for
• Strong background in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Biology, or related fields
• Ability to understand real-world systems at the level of interactions, mechanisms, and constraints
• Interest in working with non-traditional computational frameworks (e.g., quantum systems, many-body modeling)
• Comfortable collaborating with computational engineers and contributing to technical workflows
• Ability to think beyond standard pipelines and reason about simplified or abstracted system representations
Preferred Qualifications
Background
• Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Biology, or related disciplines
• Exposure to physical chemistry, molecular interactions, or complex biological systems
Experience
• Experience working with experimental systems or scientific data
• Ability to read and extract key mechanisms from scientific literature
• Experience thinking about systems beyond standard toolchains (e.g., not limited to DFT/MD workflows)
• Exposure to interdisciplinary collaboration (e.g., with physics, computation, or modeling teams)
Nice to Have
• Basic programming or data analysis experience (Python or similar)
• Conceptual familiarity with:
o quantum systems or many-body interactions
o energy-based or interaction-based modeling
• Exposure to computational or simulation workflows
What You Will Be Doing
1. Technical Participation (Core Responsibility)
You will actively participate in the technical development pipeline that connects real-world systems to computational frameworks.
This includes:
• System Abstraction
o Analyze chemical or biological systems and identify key interactions, variables, and constraints
o Translate real systems into simplified, structured representations suitable for modeling
• Model Preparation Interface
o Work with computation engineers to ensure systems are expressed in forms compatible with:
quantum many-body representations
learning-based or algorithmic models
o Help define what information must be preserved under abstraction
• Simulation Support & Iteration
o Participate in setting up, refining, and iterating system representations used in simulations
o Adjust assumptions based on computational feedback and system behavior
• Result Interpretation
o Interpret outputs from computational models in the context of chemical or biological systems
o Identify meaningful patterns, inconsistencies, or limitations
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2. Role-Specific Responsibilities
Scientific Validation
• Evaluate whether modeled systems and outputs remain chemically or biologically meaningful
• Identify when assumptions, simplifications, or results break scientific validity
• Provide domain-informed feedback to improve model reliability
Technical Participation
Role-Specific Responsibilities
Requirement Alignment
• Interface with external labs or collaborators to understand experimental systems and needs
• Translate external requirements into structured inputs for internal modeling workflows
• Ensure alignment between real-world problems and computational representations
Role Positioning
All Applied Science Engineers participate in the technical modeling workflow.
This role additionally specializes in:
• chemical and biological system understanding
• scientific validation of models and outputs
• external collaboration and requirement translation
Why Us
Compton Lab alumni, Neural Science major, Optic experimentalist with coding hype from top physics program in China, Biochem fans… Diverse backgrounds with common believed future approach which is the intelligence for microscopic systems, build up our Applied Sciences group. Our group is looking forward to anyone becoming our peers, not employers, to progress further. Working closely with other lab fellows, faculty from Berkeley physics, negotiating with scholars, institutions, companies and labs, we gain foundations for solid works and clearer pictures of imagination. We also encourage individual developments, by leading free independent researches and teaming trainees better-off both your future and our shared future.
For international professional cases, we can consider OPT/H1B sponsorship.
On-site Housing coverage might be supported case by case with general priority for full-time professionals.