Application Scientist

The role

You will own the scientific delivery of partner projects from scoping to results. You will lead partner projects, design discovery campaigns, and bridge experimental and computational teams.

What you will do

• Lead partner projects from scoping to delivery
• Write technical scopes that define objectives, deliverables, success criteria, and timelines
• Prepare regular technical reports and presentations
• Apply and extend the platform to partner problems using simulation, machine learning, data-driven optimisation, or experiments
• Design and steer discovery campaigns
• Assess when models, simulations, and data can be trusted
• Translate platform recommendations into executable experimental plans
• Translate lab realities back into requirements for internal teams
• Ensure data from partners and workflows are clean, structured, and consistent
• Build and automate workflows that run reliably at scale

Required qualifications

• PhD in chemistry, materials science, physics, chemical engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience
• Deep, hands-on expertise in at least one of: atomistic simulation (including machine-learned force fields); experimental materials or chemistry, ideally with automation or high-throughput methods; mat
• A track record in one or more of the application areas: Electronics, Energy, Environment, or Cross-cutting
• Python skills for data handling, analysis, automation or modelling
• Familiarity with version control (Git)
• Exceptional ability to communicate with both experimental and computational scientists
• A personal passion for CuspAI's mission and the potential of AI to unlock breakthroughs in materials science

Nice to have

• Industry experience, particularly in the semiconductor, electronics, energy, or chemical sectors
• Experience leading projects or collaborations with external partners, including writing technical scopes or proposals
• Experience with multiscale modelling, from atomistic to mesoscale, continuum or device level
• Practical synthesis or processing experience, with an understanding of what makes a route feasible and reproducible
• Professional software engineering practice, such as code review, testing and deployment
• Prior experience in a start-up or fast-growth technology company

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Equity in CuspAI
• 28 days holiday (DE, NL, UK) or 21 days holiday (JP, SG, US), in addition to local public holidays
• 26 weeks parental leave (primary caregiver) at full pay
• 12 weeks parental leave (secondary caregiver) at full pay
• Professional development budget

About the company

CuspAI is a frontier AI company on a mission to solve the breakthrough materials needed to power human progress. The founding team is comprised of researchers in AI, chemistry and engineering.