Senior Applications Engineer, AI for Material Science and Chemistry
$168,000 - $322,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 15 September 2026 by the employer — open 2 days.
This role will help shape NVIDIA ALCHEMI and the broader software ecosystem around it.
About the role
This role involves serving as a senior application engineer focused on accelerating AI-driven simulations for materials discovery. You will work across research, engineering, and product teams to build software tools for materials science and chemistry, bridging traditional simulations and AI surrogates.
What you'll do
- Develop new tools and features in NVIDIA ALCHEMI to enable developers and researchers with performant atomistic simulation workflows.
- Guide customers or developers on integrating material science applications with AI surrogates using NVIDIA ALCHEMI.
- Profile applications and run benchmarks to demonstrate product value.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts on whitepapers and research.
- Engage and participate in workshops focused on the intersection of material science and AI.
What you'll need
- PhD or equivalent experience in computational physics, computational chemistry, computer science, or related technical fields.
- 8+ years of experience or demonstrable expertise in developing high performance numerical methods for scientific computing or material science applications.
- Experience in running material science simulations on large scale HPC systems.
- Proficiency in Fortran, C++, CUDA, Python, and common Material Science tools.
Skills: application engineer, material science, computational chemistry, AI-driven simulations, customer guidance, HPC systems
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 37-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
96
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Median days open
37 d
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Median salary
$240k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (96 roles · 16 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 58 | 96 |
| Median days open | 37 d | 37 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $240k |
Skills observed across this category: application engineer, material science, computational chemistry, AI-driven simulations, customer guidance, HPC systems
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 60 open roles · median 37 d
- AMD · 10 open roles · median 40 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 6 open roles · median 8 d
- Tenstorrent · 6 open roles · median 112 d
- Qualcomm · 3 open roles · median 72 d
- Arm Holdings · 1 open role · median 83 d
How we counted: 96 open Applications FAE (AI ML Hardware) roles from 16 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.