Website Veterans Sourcing Group
Veterans Sourcing Group
Company : Veterans Sourcing Group
Job Title: Research Scientist
Job Location: Austin, TX
Job Duration: 12 Months + Ext
Hybrid Role, 2 days remote/3 days in office
Travel will be domestic for training
Computational Chemistry Simulation Researcher
Simulation experience: Density Functional Theory and/or Molecular Dynamic Reaction Simulation experience.
Degree: Computational Science
Other key experience: Wet chemical modeling and simulation experience.
Degree program: Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Material Science
Other key experience: Wet chemical reaction modeling, coarse grain simulation
Position Summary:
This position within the TEA ATG SPS team will involve the use of chemical engineering fundamentals and principles to develop, optimize and design new and existing wet chemical applications for the SPS BU.
The position requires expertise in transport phenomena, thermodynamics, chemical reactions and reaction kinetics while having the ability to development predictive models and apply them to semiconductor industry applications.
This position requires strong experience in Quantum Chemistry while molecular dynamics reaction based simulation experience is desired.
Responsibilities:
Build chemical reaction and atomistic scale models to better understand and optimize vapor and liquid etch processes.
Model chemical reactions on semiconductor surfaces.
Build density functional theory and/or molecular dynamic chemical models into simulation software to optimize tool and process design.
Interface with development team to define project strategy and deliverables.
Fully document work to provide colleagues with enough detail to maintain engineering simulations and/or code.
Strong emphasis is placed on candidates that can find solutions to difficult problems through structured project management while working in a team environment.
Good communications skills are considered critical.
The candidate will communicate project goals and status updates internally and externally.
Some domestic and international travel are required.
Education and Experience:
The candidate must have a PhD degree in Chemistry, Physics or equivalent field specializing in the area of computational Chemistry.
Experience modeling Quantum Chemistry is required.
Experience with DFT simulations for reaction network search is required.
Experience modeling atomic interactions and reactions with Molecular Dynamics software is desired.
Experience modeling Mesoscale and Coarse Grain simulation is desired.
Experience applying Monte Carlo simulation is desired.
Experience using LAMMPS software is desired.
Experience using Gaussian software and/or other DFT software is required.
Experience with scientific software development to extend existing software for custom simulation and analysis needs is required.
Knowledge of the semiconductor industry is desirable
Strong project management experience is required
Strong technical writing ability is required.
Excellent presentation and verbal communication skills are required.
Ability to execute tasks with minimal oversight is required.
Experience in coding with MATLAB, Python, Julia, R, etc. to solve technical problems is desired.
Physical Demands and Work Conditions:
The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
This job operates in an office setting.
This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.
This is a largely sedentary role; however, some filing is required, which would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand as necessary.
This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 35 pounds.
This position also requires 4 to 6 hours per day at a computer screen/keyboard.