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Posted:
March 02, 2026
Location:
Onna, Okinawa, Japan

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Conduct atomistic (MD) and/or first-principles (DFT) simulations to study structural, mechanical, and chemical processes in crystalline and complex materials.
  • Develop, train, and validate machine-learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) using DFT reference data, with attention to accuracy, transferability, and uncertainty.
  • Perform energy landscape exploration, free-energy calculations, and thermodynamic/kinetic analyses (, NEB, umbrella sampling, transition state theory).
  • Design and implement robust computational workflows combining DFT, MD, and ML models for large-scale simulations on high-performance computing platforms.
  • Analyze defect mechanics, phase/interface evolution, and model chemo-transport-mechanical coupling across length and time scales.
  • Collaborate closely with experimental researchers to interpret experimental observations via mechanism-based models and to guide experimental design for ...

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    Job Overview

    Job Type: Full-time
    Location: Onna, Japan
    Posted: March 02, 2026
    Deadline: April 11, 2026