Computational Scientist

Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

Joining Thermo Fisher Scientific means embarking on an exceptionally exciting journey where your contributions are highly valued within an impactful team!

Equivalent experience accepted for Materials and Structural Analysis Division. Deliver microscopy solutions through advanced imaging and analysis software.

Apply your software development and computational physics expertise in Hillsboro's Advanced Technology Group.

Responsibilities include:

• Design, develop, validate, and maintain advanced in-house scientific software that integrates physics-based modeling with data-driven insights to support next-generation instrumentation.
• Build computational models to simulate complex interactions involving charged particle beams, materials behavior, and beam-sample dynamics.
• Lead key computational initiatives aligned with the group's 5-year technology roadmap, managing core projects or specialized components from concept through deployment.
• Contribute to the innovation pipeline by developing novel technical solutions and supporting the creation of invention disclosures and patent applications.
• Stay updated on emerging computational techniques, modeling strategies, and standard methodologies relevant to the field.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers to align modeling efforts with experimental goals.

Qualifications:

• MSc or PhD degree in Physics, Computer Science, or related fields.
• Proven experience with software engineering for scientific applications.
• Extensive experience with one or more of the following programming languages: Python, Julia, C++, or C#.
• Familiarity with numerical methods for ordinary and partial differential equations and computational electromagnetism, like FEM, MoM/BEM, and level-set methods.
• Solid grasp of fundamental concepts and methodologies in software development.
• Experience with machine learning and/or numerical optimization and relevant high-level libraries such as JAX, PyTorch, or TensorFlow.
• Experience with version control (e.g., GitHub/GitLab).
• Experience working effectively in both independent and collaborative team settings, including cross-functional teamwork.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in high-performance computing (HPC) environments and parallel computing frameworks (e.g., OpenMP, MPI).
• Experience with computer vision and image processing.
• Experience with GPU acceleration (e.g., CUDA).
• Experience with data processing and analysis.
• Experience writing software for hardware control.
• Hands-on experience with using FIB-SEM systems is a plus.

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