# Computational Chemist - GPU Acceleration at psiquantum

- Company: psiquantum
- What the company does: PsiQuantum is on a mission to build the first commercially useful quantum computer to solve humanity. Backed by Founders Fund and Redpoint.
- Company website: https://www.psiquantum.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-27
- Apply by: 2026-10-11
- Apply: https://www.psiquantum.com/apply?gh_jid=7979452003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/psiquantum-computational-chemist-gpu-acceleration/

## About the role

Want to be at the forefront of using high-performance computing, GPU acceleration, computational chemistry, and quantum computing to solve challenging problems in chemistry and materials science?

## What they're looking for

- Ph.D. in computational chemistry, theoretical chemistry, computational physics, materials science, computer science, or a closely related field, or equivalent relevant experience
- Strong understanding of computational chemistry or electronic-structure methods, such as density functional theory, wave-function-based quantum chemistry, atomistic simulation, or related numerical methods
- Demonstrated experience developing or optimizing GPU-accelerated scientific software
- Experience programming for GPU or heterogeneous computing environments, for example using CUDA, HIP/ROCm, or comparable GPU programming frameworks
- Experience working with NVIDIA and/or AMD GPU architectures and understanding of GPU performance considerations such as memory hierarchy, data movement, parallel execution, and kernel performance
- Strong experience with high-performance computing and parallel scientific workloads

Tags: Engineering