Full-Time Senior Scientific Software Engineer

At Matnex, our mission is to accelerate the change to net-zero through the disruption of materials discovery and production.

As a Senior Scientific Software Engineer, you will play a leading role in championing the expansion of our platform’s capabilities, and determining what materials we need to look at developing next.

What you will be doing:

1. Lead and inspire the SSD team by fostering a culture of continuous learning, growth, and excellence.
2. Develop general-purpose tools for data-driven materials modelling, tackling challenges across a wide range of material classes and applications in an agile environment.
3. Design and orchestrate workflows of high-throughput calculations, leveraging the tools you develop.
4. Interface with our high-performance computing environments to maximize the efficiency of calculations.
5. Collaborate with our science team to identify goals for platform development, opening new avenues for scientific investigation.

Material research and analysis:

1. Performing research to understand market requirements and opportunities, particularly related to scientific possibilities, IP 'white space' and sustainability.
2. Complete IP white space analysis for new material areas and predicted material compositions.
3. Support commercial initiatives by engaging with customers, conducting technical feasibility studies, and contributing to grant writing efforts.
4. Work closely with the experimental teams.

What we think you will need to be successful:

• Minimum 2.1 first degree in a Physical Science, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 3+/- years of additional relevant experience, or PhD in Physical Science, Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Excellent working knowledge of scientific principles and appreciation of their application to materials challenges.
• Some knowledge of the usage, implementation, and theoretical background of the computational modelling of materials. With experience in methods such as: molecular dynamics, density functional theory/ time dependent density functional theory, crystal plasticity models, kinetic Monte Carlo, dislocation dynamics, coarse grain modelling
• Track record of coding in Python for technical applications.
• Passionate about the start-up ecosystem and opportunities presented in early-stage businesses.

Nice to have's:

• Experience scaling high performing teams.
• Experience modelling semiconductor materials and/or working in the semiconductor industry.
• Ability in JavaScript, Fortran, Julia or C++.
• Understanding of containerisation technology (e.g., Docker).
• Experience in application of machine learning (e.g., use of TensorFlow to train models).
• Understanding of issues in material sustainability and commitment to addressing them.

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