About the role#
Meta is seeking Research Interns for the FAIR Chemistry team. This group builds AI methods to model the world at the atomic level. Applications include energy sustainability, drug discovery, and new materials for display technologies. Internships last 12, 16, or 24 weeks with various start dates throughout the year.
What you'll do#
- Advance AI for generative atomic world models.
- Build datasets to train and test chemistry AI models.
- Develop, train, and scale chemistry models using PyTorch.
- Run large-scale chemistry simulations.
- Create processes to feed experimental results back into chemistry models.
- Optimize classic and machine learning based chemistry software.
- Write research papers and release associated open source data and code.
What you'll need#
- Current enrollment in or pursuit of a Ph.D. in Machine Learning, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Artificial Intelligence, or a related technical field.
- Experience applying AI to scientific domains like computational chemistry, photonics, or design.
- Knowledge of scalable machine learning systems, neural network architectures, or resource-efficient data scaling.
- Proficiency in Python, C++, C, or Julia.
- Experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, Jax, or TensorFlow.
- Ability to devise data-driven models and real-system experiments.
- Work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and throughout the internship.
- Intent to return to your degree program after the internship.
- A track record of results through grants, patents, fellowships, or first-authored publications at conferences like NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, ICCV, or ICLR.
- Experience solving analytical problems, managing complex data, and working cross-functionally.
- Demonstrated software engineering experience via internships, work, coding competitions, or open source contributions.
Location & details#
- Location: San Francisco, California.
- Work Modality: On-site.
- Employment: Full-time internship.
- Compensation: $7,650 to $12,667 per month.
About Meta
Meta develops software and social media applications. It operates platforms such as Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The company maintains headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Current work focuses on augmented and virtual reality alongside artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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