Senior Application Engineer

Senior Application Engineer – Materials & Chemical Discovery

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Application Engineer for technical collaboration on Materials and Chemical Discovery using AI. Senior Application Engineers are drawn from elite developers and scientists who enjoy working with the latest GPU hardware and AI models. An ideal candidate is entrepreneurial, self‑motivated, creative, and passionate about bringing cutting‑edge techniques to customers who want to accelerate the discovery of novel materials using Predictive AI or Generative AI.

Discovery of new materials and chemicals is one of the core workloads across a broad range of customers, including supercomputing, higher education, manufacturing, semiconductors, agriculture, and more.

• Work directly with developers and researchers building, fine‑tuning, or optimizing AI models for chemistry and material discovery.
• Collaborate with publishers of open‑source applications, datasets, and frameworks used for AI‑driven chemical and materials discovery, and demonstrate the value of NVIDIA ALCHEMI.
• Build examples and sample applications for tutorials.
• Collaborate with domain experts on whitepapers and with marketing on blog posts.

• Degree in Chemistry, Materials Science, or a related field (Ph.D. or Master’s preferred) or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience developing or using AI models for chemistry and material discovery with popular deep learning frameworks on CPUs and GPUs.
• Proven ability to benchmark and compare domain‑specific AI models for materials discovery.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to articulate the value proposition to technical and non‑technical audiences.

• Contributions to open‑source projects related to machine‑learning interatomic potentials (MLIP).
• Background in the development of chemistry/materials simulation software packages, machine‑learning interatomic potentials (MLIP) design, or generative AI for chemistry/material science.
• Prior experience benchmarking AI models.

Your base salary will be determined based on location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 144,000 USD – 230,000 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted until December 9, 2025.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.