Physics AI / MI Data Scientist (AmSC)

Come join our team at Jefferson Lab, where great minds matter.

1-Year Term Position

Posting Date: 11/05/2025
Salary Range: $78,600 - $139,200 (SS-I)
Work Location Type: Flexible On-site (Working more than 60% on-site)

What your job will be like:

As part of the American Science Cloud initiative, the candidate will use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for the execution and analysis of experiments and act as a bridge between physics division and the broader Jefferson Lab AI community to identify needs and promote the use of AI. Recommends various AI and ML technology options or approaches for systems, processes, facility or program improvements in terms of performance, efficiency or costs.

In this role you will:

• Interact with the Jefferson Lab physics staff, computer staff, and the user community to provide support and guidance on AI/ML software and hardware development with the goal of transforming the traditional nuclear physics workflow to make use of these disruptive new tools
• Directly support deployment and integration of AI/ML anomaly detection software
• Support the containerization and distributed AI/ML computing efforts across the Experimental Halls and EIC groups
• Coordinate the ongoing and future streaming readout activities with the Experimental Halls and EIC groups
• Actively participate in software and hardware development, both personally and in an advisory role, to support the above objectives
• Directly support research activities for experiments in the Halls in the areas of data analysis and HPC/Farm computing interoperability
• Help develop and oversee the offline analysis workflow for selected experiments.
• Investigate integration of SIMD processing (CPU/GPU) into existing analysis code and getting it deployed to production

Qualifications We Require:

Education

• Ph.D. Experimental Nuclear Physics

Experience

• No experience required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated knowledge of AI/ML computational infrastructure and applications applicable to large scale experimental facilities
• Strong proficiency in Linux/unix command-line environments required
• Knowledge of nuclear physics detector systems, experimental physics analysis conventions and processes
  

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Operational experience with software like PODD, hcana, SWIF, Hydra
• Experience with Nuclear Physics Computing environments and software toolkits: slurm, ROOT, Rucio, XRootD, Singularity/Apptainer/Docker containers, Kubernetes, OKD, OpenShift, etc.


• 2 or more years Postdoctoral experience in nuclear physics and/or AI/ML

ABOUT JEFFERSON LAB

Join a community with a common purpose of solving the most challenging scientific and engineering problems of our time. The Jefferson Lab campus is located in southeastern Virginia amidst a vibrant and growing technology community.

A career at Jefferson Lab is more than a job. You will be part of "big science" and work alongside top scientists and engineers from around the world unlocking the secrets of our visible universe. Managed by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC; Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is entering an exciting period of mission growth and is seeking new team members ready to apply their skills and passion to have an impact. You could call it work, or you could call it a mission. We call it a challenge. We do things that will change the world.

Total Rewards at Jefferson Lab

At Jefferson Lab, we believe that a comprehensive employee benefits program is an important and meaningful part of the compensation employees receive. Our benefits program includes, but is not limited to:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Care Plans
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time-off and Leave Programs (vacation, holidays, sick leave)
• 401(k) Plan - 9% Lab Contribution; 100% vested
• Flexible Work Arrangements (Hybrid & Alternate Work Schedules available)
• Tuition Assistance, Training and Professional Development Programs
• Live near the waterways of the Chesapeake Bay region with access to nearby beaches, mountains, and all major metropolitan centers on the East Coast

Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA) manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). JSA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

JSA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities (unless doing so will result in an undue hardship). If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to recruiting @jlab.org or contact Human Resources by calling (757) 269-7100 and selecting option 1 between 8 am - 5 pm EST to provide the nature of your request.

Employment with JSA is conditional upon DOE approval if at any time during your employment you are participating in a Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Program or Affiliated activity. Generally, such programs/activities include any foreign-state-sponsored attempt to acquire U.S.-funded scientific research through programs run or funded by the government that target scientists, engineers, students, academics, researchers, and entrepreneurs of all nationalities working or educated in the United States. This includes positions or appointments, both domestic and foreign, titled academic, professional, or institutional appointments whether or not remuneration is received and whether full-time, part-time or voluntary.