Computational Scientist; Project at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Sacramento, CA

Computational Scientist (Project Hire)

Location:

Sacramento, CA.

Position is a project hire for approximately six months, with possibility of extension.

In the Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the Advanced Computing, Mathematics, and Data Division (ACMDD) focuses on basic and applied computing research encompassing artificial intelligence, applied mathematics, computing technologies, and data and computational engineering. Our scientists and engineers apply end‑to‑end co‑design principles to advance future energy‑efficient computing systems and design the next generation of algorithms to analyze, model, understand, and control the behavior of complex systems in science, energy, and national security.

• Contribute to PNNL's goals in modeling and simulation of complex systems as part of the Laboratory's Computational Mathematics Group of the ACMDD.
• Implement the Many‑Body Expansion Molecular Dynamics (MBE‑MD) scheme on different hardware architectures.
• Establish a new capability of developing physics‑based computational tools for modeling complex chemical systems with multiple spatial/temporal scales and various physical and chemical processes.
• Apply advanced scientific machine learning methods to enhance our understanding and prediction capabilities of complex systems by making the MBE‑MD scheme more efficient.
• Develop and optimize workflows for large‑scale scientific computing.
• Interact, communicate, and solve problems with a diverse team of applied mathematics, computational science, and experimental research staff within the ACMDD group and across PNNL.
• Publish results in high‑quality, peer‑reviewed journals.
• Present research at technical conferences and project and program review meetings.
• Participate in the development of research proposals.

• Minimum: BS/BA or higher.
• Preferred:
  Computational science and/or applied mathematics background with emphasis on knowledge of many‑body expansion molecular dynamics approaches and the ability to implement on various hardware architectures.

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Minimum Salary: USD $78,000.00/Yr. Maximum Salary: USD $/Yr.