Crossing Hurdles
Computational Chemist | $60/hr Remote
United Kingdom
$40 – $60/hr
Posted about 16 hours ago
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Position: Computational Chemistry Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $40 - $60/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10-40 hrs/week
Role Responsibilities
- Design, evaluate, and critique advanced computational chemistry workflows to support AI benchmarking initiatives.
- Provide expert-level insights on molecular simulations, electronic structure methods, and cheminformatics pipelines.
- Assess and optimize simulation parameters and scientific software configurations for accuracy and reproducibility.
- Analyze data from molecular dynamics, quantum chemistry, and drug discovery projects, providing actionable recommendations.
- Leverage domain knowledge to guide the development and validation of chemistry-related AI models and tools.
- Communicate complex scientific concepts clearly, both in writing and verbally, to technical and non-technical collaborators.
- Document findings, methodologies, and best practices to ensure knowledge transfer across the customer's team.
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Requirements
- PhD in chemistry, computational chemistry, or closely related field, or equivalent industry/research experience.
- Deep expertise with computational chemistry methods and simulation-heavy environments is desirable.
- Proficiency with industry-standard tools such as Gaussian, ORCA, Psi4, NWChem, GROMACS, LAMMPS, AMBER, RDKit, or OpenBabel would be ideal.
- Strong scientific programming and analytical workflow experience, especially using Python.
- Excellent quantitative, analytical, and scientific reasoning skills.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication abilities, with the ability to clearly document and explain technical concepts.
- Track record of rigorous scientific problem-solving in complex chemistry domains.
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Skills
Computational Chemistry
Molecular Simulations
Electronic Structure Methods
Cheminformatics
Data Analysis
AI Models
Scientific Programming
Python
Gaussian
ORCA
Psi4
NWChem
GROMACS
LAMMPS
AMBER
RDKit
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