Physics AI Scientist

About the role

Applied Materials is the global leader in materials science and engineering solutions for semiconductor chips and advanced displays. As a Physics AI Scientist in Bangalore, India, you will develop next-generation AI models for semiconductor engineering by combining scientific domain knowledge with modern machine learning. Day-to-day work includes building physics-aware surrogate models, foundation models, and optimization workflows that accelerate simulation and engineering design, collaborating with domain experts, and publishing technical innovations.

What you’ll do

• Develop Scientific AI models that bridge scientific computing, physics-based simulation and machine learning for physics and chemistry-based engineering problems.
• Design and train surrogate models, operator-learning models, and foundation models for scientific simulations.
• Collaborate with domain experts to formulate AI solutions for complex engineering challenges.
• Develop scalable data generation, training, validation and deployment workflows for Scientific AI models.
• Publish technical innovations and drive adoption of Scientific AI across engineering applications.

What you’ll bring

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Strong background in scientific machine learning and numerical simulation.
• Experience with surrogate modeling, PINNs, operator learning (e.g., FNO), or foundation models.
• Proficiency in Python and PyTorch.
• Experience with HPC, distributed training, large-scale scientific datasets or scalable ML workflows.

Skills

Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field.