Artificial Intelligence jobs
October 2026
Postdoc in computer-aided structure-based drug design and md simulations
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Closes today
Work with Marco De Vivo’s Molecular Modeling and Drug Discovery unit on small molecules for cancer targets, including GTPases. Methods include docking, virtual screening, molecular dynamics, free-energy calculations and machine learning, in collaboration with experimental medicinal chemistry. The renewable one-year contract offers annual gross pay of EUR…
Postdoctoral collaboration contract (1 year / renewable)Genoa, Italy
NeuroAI position: improving brain alignment of LLMs
Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
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The BrAIN group recruits a postdoctoral researcher for the ERC-funded BrainAlign project, investigating whether human brain activity can improve language models’ long-timescale understanding. The researcher leads the computational neuroscience work, integrates heterogeneous fMRI datasets and develops models that learn from naturalistic language…
Postdoctoral ResearcherSaarbrücken, Germany
Develop synthetic cells for sustainable biomanufacturing in Wilhelm Huck’s group and the European Propel consortium. The work combines liquid-handling robots, microscopy and active learning to optimise liposomes and cell-free protein production, ultimately converting waste streams into useful biomaterials. These full-time appointments initially last one…
Postdoctoral ResearcherNijmegen, Netherlands
PhD Candidate in Hybrid Learning-Control Methods for Autonomous Underwater Manipulation
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
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Combine control theory and machine learning for autonomous underwater robotic manipulation at NTNU’s Department of Engineering Cybernetics and Norwegian Centre for Embodied AI. Directions include safe reinforcement learning, physics-informed ML, learning-based model predictive control and foundation models with performance guarantees. Work under Kristin Y.…
PhD / three years / possible teaching-related extensionTrondheim, Norway
Permanent, full-time reader appointment in the School of Informatics, with hybrid working. Research should advance AI methods at the intersection of perception and action. Relevant areas include continual learning, agentic and world models, embodied intelligence, reinforcement learning, decision-making under uncertainty and long-duration autonomy.…
FacultyEdinburgh, UK
Develop mathematical algorithms and research software for the Magma computer algebra system in John Voight’s team. The Simons Foundation-supported collaboration with MIT includes theoretical and algorithmic publications, research datasets, and exploration of AI for mathematical programming, verification, documentation and software interaction. Two full-time…
Full-time / fixed termCamperdown, Australia
RIKEN invites junior researchers with advanced mathematical, computational or information-technology skills to support research across its host laboratories, including AI for Science. Around five appointments are planned. Fellows primarily join the Research Engineer Enablement Office in Wako and also work with a host laboratory; annual contracts may be…
Research engineer fellowshipJapan
Develop embodied neuromorphic robots that connect perception, learning, decision-making and control. In Chiara Bartolozzi’s Event-Driven Perception for Robotics unit, research can involve event-based sensing, spiking neural networks, local learning, multisensory integration and adaptive closed-loop behaviour. The two-year collaboration contract is based at…
Postdoctoral collaboration contract (24 months)Genoa, Italy
ETH AI Center offers approximately 8–12 postdoctoral fellowships for interdisciplinary AI research, with equal supervision by two principal investigators from different fields. Fellows develop their own projects spanning AI foundations and applications, join research exchanges and events, and may explore industry or entrepreneurial tracks. The appointment…
Postdoctoral ResearcherZürich, Switzerland
ETH AI Center is recruiting approximately 8–12 doctoral fellows to propose and pursue interdisciplinary AI research, with two supervisors from different fields. Projects can address AI foundations or connect them with application areas. Fellows are based at the centre in Zurich and can pursue optional industry or entrepreneurship experience. Employment…
Doctoral ResearcherZürich, Switzerland
Join the THOTH team with Adrien Taylor and Scott Pesme to implement, compare and analyse parallel and stochastic optimisation methods. Contribute parallel-optimisation functionality to PEPit and communicate results in research reports. The advertised appointment lasts 12 months, is renewable, and has a planned start on 1 January 2027. Gross monthly pay…
Fixed-term postdoctoral appointment (12 months)Grenoble, France
November 2026
PhD Positions - Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems (CLS)
Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems
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Fully funded doctoral positions combine supervision at ETH Zurich with a Max Planck institute or the ELLIS Institute Tübingen. Fellows have a primary research location and complete a mandatory 12-month exchange at their co-supervisor’s site, earning an ETH doctorate. Research spans machine learning, AI for science, computational biology, neuroinformatics,…
Doctoral ResearcherZürich, Switzerland
Join TYREX to incorporate database schemas, constraints and rules into relational graph-neural-network message passing. The project investigates neurosymbolic aggregation and relational routes, creates annotated benchmarks, and evaluates accuracy, robustness, data efficiency and interpretability. The renewable 12-month appointment has a planned start on 1…
Fixed-term postdoctoral appointment (12 months)Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, France
Assistant Professor - AI for Biology - Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences and Center for Computational Biology
University of California, Berkeley
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Develop new AI and machine-learning methods for biological research in a tenure-track appointment shared by UC Berkeley’s EECS department and Center for Computational Biology. Topics include predicting cellular responses to genetic, molecular and environmental perturbations, molecular interactions, genotype-to-phenotype relationships, genome and biomolecule…
Tenure-track Assistant ProfessorBerkeley, USA
Senior Research Scientist, Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher — BDR–RISE Program (26-750)
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
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The BDR–RISE programme offers one or two appointments for collaborative research spanning at least two participating RIKEN laboratories. Areas include development, cell systems, brain organoids, neural stem cells, regeneration, AI biology and quantitative biology. Candidates propose the collaboration and must first confirm participation with prospective…
Research Scientist / Postdoctoral ResearcherKobe, Japan
December 2026
Two positions with Yingda Cheng and Daniel Appelo connect numerical analysis and scientific machine learning with fusion plasmas, quantum devices and high-performance computing. Appointments in Burnaby last two years, potentially three, with a January–September 2027 start and up to one undergraduate course annually. Salary is CAD 65,000–70,000 plus…
PostdoctoralBurnaby, Canada
25 PhD Positions (m/f/d) | Max Planck School of Biomedical AI
Max Planck School of Biomedical Artificial Intelligence
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The Max Planck School of Biomedical Artificial Intelligence is recruiting its first cohort for 25 fully funded, structured three-year PhD positions at the interface of AI and the life sciences. Doctoral researchers will develop computational and AI methods for molecular and cellular systems, protein and molecule design, complex biological traits and neural…
PhDGermany
The Chemistry Department seeks a tenure-track faculty member whose research connects artificial intelligence and chemistry. Suggested directions include AI-guided catalysts, reaction conditions, polymers, biosynthetic pathways, semiconductor chemistry, process optimization, sensors and predictive spectroscopy. The appointee will establish an externally…
Tenure-track facultyDavis, USA
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Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-1239)
RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project
Deadline not stated
Join Yasuo Tabei’s Succinct Information Processing Team to research efficient AI systems. Topics include memory and knowledge management for language models and agents; reusable skills from agent execution histories; algorithms that reduce computing and memory requirements; and AI operating under device, edge and communication constraints. The researcher…
Postdoctoral / researchTokyo, Japan
Lead evaluation frameworks and data-collection protocols for robot capabilities. Define tasks, benchmarks and success criteria; stress-test policies against real-world cases; and turn observed failure modes into targeted training data. Build teleoperation workflows and operator interfaces, integrate logging and data pipelines with engineering teams, and…
Applied scientistNew York, USA
Lead machine-learning science in the Institute of Computing, combining hands-on technical guidance with strategic direction for programmes on cell rejuvenation and resilience. Develop teams and methods for biological foundation models, multimodal prediction and scientific hypothesis generation, working closely with experimental researchers. The role covers…
Director / Senior DirectorCalifornia, USA
Develop computational biology research that advances the scientific usefulness of AI systems. Work may span large-scale sequence analysis, structural biology, phylogenomics and screening datasets, with analysis pipelines that inform experimental hypotheses and AI-agent evaluation. The advertised annual salary is USD 300,000–320,000. Anthropic’s hybrid…
Research ScientistSan Francisco, USA
Build experimental biology programmes that help AI systems perform useful scientific research. Design molecular biology and biochemistry experiments, develop functional high-throughput screens and collaborate with computational researchers on AI-agent planning and evaluation. The role connects laboratory evidence with model capabilities. The advertised…
Research ScientistSan Francisco, USA
Research models that connect chemical structures, protein sequences and cellular transcriptomics to predict biological responses. Develop and test scientific hypotheses using large single-cell perturbation datasets, contributing new architectures and evaluations for drug discovery. The employer lists the role as on-site with at least three office days each…
South San Francisco, USA