Staff Scientist - Agents for Science

Job overview

The Staff Scientist - Agents for Science is a hybrid role based in Lemont, IL, with a salary range of $94,486 - $147,398.94 per year. This position supports the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF). The role exists to pioneer AI systems that can reason, plan, act, and collaborate in support of scientific discovery. The scientist develops novel methods for AI agents to interact with scientific data, simulations, and instruments.

What you'll do

• Design and develop agentic AI systems for scientific discovery, including systems that can reason, plan, retrieve information, invoke tools, and execute multi-step scientific tasks.
• Develop agents that can interact with simulation workflows, data pipelines, scientific software, instruments, knowledge bases, and computational tools.
• Build methods for tool use, workflow orchestration, memory, planning, adaptation, and decision-making in scientific environments.
• Evaluate agent performance in terms of scientific usefulness, reliability, robustness, efficiency, and safety.

What we're looking for

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, computational science, applied mathematics, or a related field

Experience

RD2: Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience, or Master's degree and 3+ years of experience, or PhD and 0+ years of experience, or equivalent

Skills & competencies

full-time

hybrid

lemont il

argonne national laboratory

ai

agentic ai

scientific discovery

research

machine learning

hpc

$94k-$147k

About the employer

Argonne National Laboratory is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Sector: 54.