PostDoc – Machine Learning (AI)

Location: Fully onsite at hirify.global in Upton, New York, United States

Salary: $74,050–$122,550 per year

Company

hirify.global is a multidisciplinary U.S. Department of Energy laboratory focused on discovery science and transformative technology.

What you will do

• Conduct basic and applied machine learning research for scientific and security problems.
• Develop novel machine learning models and adapt existing approaches for scientific applications.
• Research multimodal foundation models, continuous learning, and agentic AI systems for autonomous discovery, planning, and decision-making.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts on scientific data generation, processing, and method evaluation.
• Formulate research directions with mentors and communicate progress, challenges, and results.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in computer science or a related field, received by the employment start date.
• Strong theoretical and practical experience in machine learning, multimodal foundation models, continuous learning, and agentic AI.
• Demonstrated publication record in machine learning.
• Excellent programming and computer science skills.
• Ability to work fully onsite at the BNL facility in Upton, New York.
• Relevant postdoctoral and R&D experience after the Ph.D. must not exceed five combined years, subject to stated exclusions.

Nice to have

• Experience developing novel machine learning, multimodal foundation model, continuous learning, or agentic AI systems.
• Experience with state-of-the-art multimodal foundation models and agentic AI frameworks.
• Experience with large-scale deep learning, foundation model training or fine-tuning, and continuous learning pipelines.
• Experience analyzing image, video, and text data.
• Experience in multidisciplinary collaborations.

Culture & Benefits

• Access to the BNL Institutional Cluster and DOE leadership computing facilities for large-scale computation.
• Access to unique scientific data sources and interdisciplinary research programs.
• Initial two-year appointment, renewable based on performance and funding.
• Comprehensive employee benefits program.
• REAL-ID-compliant identification is required for access to the federal laboratory site, including interviews.