PhD Student in Electronic-Structure Machine Learning for Materials

PSI Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis (LEA)
📍 villigen, aargau, Switzerland 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 08, 2026

Job Description

The Paul Scherrer Institute PSI is Switzerland's largest research institute for natural and engineering sciences. We perform cutting‑edge research in the fields of future technologies, energy and climate, health innovation and fundamentals of nature. By performing fundamental and applied research, we work on sustainable solutions for major challenges facing society, science and economy. PSI is committed to the training of future generations, with about one quarter of our staff being post‑docs, post‑graduates or apprentices. Altogether, PSI employs 2300 people.

PhD Student in Electronic‑Structure Machine Learning for Materials (Index‑Nr. 7301‑28526).

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the co‑development of transferable e‑ML models, investigating the interplay between model design, training strategies, computational efficiency, transferability, and predictive accuracy across a broad range of materials systems.
  • Generate and curate high‑quality e...

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Job Details

  • Location villigen, aargau
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category IT & Technology
  • Posted Date June 08, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 18, 2026