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[MAT] Applied Computational Surface Chemist

Project Prometheus · San Francisco · Remote

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About Project Prometheus

An open-source monitoring system with a dimensional data model, flexible query language, efficient time series database and modern alerting approach.

About the role

We’re hiring an Applied Computational Surface Chemist to build rigorous evaluations and benchmarks for Prometheus’s materials models across ALD/ALE, catalysis, and other surface chemistry problems. You’ll work closely with ML researchers, computational scientists, and experimental teams to ensure our models can solve complex, real-world surface chemistry problems.

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The Role

We’re hiring an Applied Computational Surface Chemist to build rigorous evaluations and benchmarks for Prometheus’s materials models across ALD/ALE, catalysis, and other surface chemistry problems. You’ll work closely with ML researchers, computational scientists, and experimental teams to ensure our models can solve complex, real-world surface chemistry problems.

What You’ll Do

Build state-of-the-art evaluations and benchmarks for ALD, ALE, catalysis, and related surface chemistry problems

Translate real-world industrial and research problems into rigorous model evaluation tasks

Apply computational surface chemistry methods to validate model predictions

Identify challenging edge cases that require deep domain expertise

Work with experimental teams to benchmark predictions against physical results and continuously improve evals

Partner with ML researchers to identify model failure modes and prioritize areas for improvement

What We’re Looking For

Deep expertise in computational surface chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, or related fields

Strong experience applying computational methods to real-world surface chemistry problems

Experience with ALD/ALE, semiconductor process...

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