2026 PhD Residency - AI for Chemistry (Early Stage Project)
Mountain Viewonsite$109K – $157K
via Greenhouse
About this role
How you will make 10x impact:
Collaborating with the X Project team to applying AI and computational techniques to the project's mission
Understanding the project’s challenges
Suggesting a number of ways in which AI can apply to those challenges
Prototyping solutions
Work closely with team members implement solutions
Learning Moonshot thinking, attending colloquium and tech talks.
Engaging with the resident intern community during the program
Having fun!
This project aims to push the limits of science and modeling as we know them and to prove how ML can radically accelerate our understanding of the world
Location: X's headquarters in Mountain View, CA
Start Date(s): Year-round rolling basis
Duration: a flexible 4 mo.…
What we'd score you on
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Skills match
For this role: python, java, c++
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Level fit
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Domain experience
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Recency
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Location fit
This role is based in Mountain View. We weight your proximity and willingness to relocate.
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pythonjavac++
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