Physics/AI Jobs

As a hub for the intersection of Physics and AI in the Boston area and beyond, we are happy to share job opportunities at this intersection as we become aware of them.

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IAIFI-Adjacent Jobs

The following positions are at IAIFI-affiliated universities and therefore have the potential for IAIFI involvement; they are not necessarily directly hired by IAIFI.

Faculty Opportunities

Postdoc Opportunities

Postdoctoral researchers at any of the partner institutions may collaborate with IAIFI researchers to become a Junior Investigator.

Graduate Student Opportunities

IAIFI does not have a dedicated PhD program, but PhD students at any of the partner institutions may collaborate with IAIFI researchers to become a Junior Investigator.

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Academic Opportunities

Faculty Opportunities

Lecturer (Assistant Professor)/ Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) / Reader (Associate Professor) in NLP, Reinforcement Learning or AI Security/Assurance/Verification

University of Bath, England
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Details The Department of Computer Science wishes to appoint a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) or Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) or Reader (Associate Professor) in AI, specifically Natural Language Processing, Reinforcement Learning and/or AI Security/Assurance/Verification, to join our strong and growing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research Group.

Machine Learning - Open Rank Faculty

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Deadline: 2026-08-31 | Apply

Details ​Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) is looking for passionate and highly motivated Faculty. The successful candidates will be responsible for delivering high-quality instruction, mentoring students, contributing to curriculum development, and actively engaging in interdisciplinary research. Faculty members will also have the opportunity to collaborate with leading AI researchers, work on cutting-edge projects, and contribute to the university's growth as a hub for AI excellence.

Statistics and Data Science - Associate/Full Professor Tenured

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Deadline: 2026-07-31 | Apply

Details ​Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) is looking for passionate and highly motivated Faculty. The Department of Statistics and Data Science invites applications for Associate / Full Professors for a faculty position in Statistics and Data Science. We seek researchers with strong potential in both theoretical and applied statistics. The successful candidate will contribute to high-quality instruction, mentor graduate students, shape curriculum development, and engage in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of statistics, data science, and artificial intelligence(AI).

Statistics and Data Science - Assistant Professor Tenure Track

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Deadline: 2026-07-31 | Apply

Details ​Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) is looking for passionate and highly motivated Faculty. The Department of Statistics and Data Science invites applications for an Assistant Professor tenure-track faculty position in Statistics and Data Science. We seek researchers with strong potential in both theoretical and applied statistics. The successful candidate will contribute to high-quality instruction, mentor graduate students, shape curriculum development, and engage in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of statistics, data science, and artificial intelligence(AI).

Postdoc Opportunities

Postdoctoral and Doctoral (PhD) Researchers in NLP & AI (m/f/d)

UKP Lab, TU Darmstadt, Germany
Deadline: 2026-07-24 | Apply

Details The UKP Lab, led by Prof. Dr. Iryna Gurevych, is one of Europe’s leading groups in Natural Language Processing and is recruiting postdoctoral researchers to join a highly international team at the frontier of trustworthy and applied AI. We combine fundamental research with open-source tools used worldwide (e.g., Sentence Transformers, AdapterHub), and are embedded in a rich ecosystem — ELLIS, Konrad Zuse School ELIZA, hessian.AI, and ATHENE. We are looking for outstanding researchers who want to shape how humans and AI systems work together — and ensure that they do so reliably, safely, and in the service of people.

Early Career Research Group Leader for Machine Learning in Science

The University of Tübingen, Germany
Deadline: 2026-07-15 | Apply

Details The early career group leader positions are especially suited for researchers, either directly after completing their PhD or with some postdoctoral experience. A finished PhD is mandatory to start (but not to apply). The positions run for 6 years (with an interim evaluation after 3 years), with a salary according to the German public sector (E14 TV-L). The positions come with a guaranteed fallback option to a permanent Staff Scientist position (E13; with a regular teaching load), following a positive final evaluation. Group leaders receive funding for one PhD student as well as start-up and running costs.

Research Assistant/Fellow in Computational Statistics and Machine Learning

The Department of Statistical Science at UCL, University College London, London, UK
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Postdoctoral Scholar — AI Researcher for Critical Mineral Discovery

Stanford Mineral-X, Stanford University, Paolo Alto, CA, United States
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Details Fully funded 3-year postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford Mineral-X, advised by Prof. Jef Caers, in collaboration with KoBold Metals, developing and deploying new methods for critical mineral exploration and resource definition. The scholar will develop and apply AI, muon tomography, seismic imaging, and geophysical inversion methods to discover and characterize copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, and rare earth deposits using real exploration data from active field programs. More information here: https://postdocs.stanford.edu/postdoc-admins/policy/funding-rates-and-guidelines.

Other Academic Opportunities

Lecturer Pool - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

The University of California, Berkeley
Deadline: 2027-02-01 | Apply

Details ​The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a pool of qualified temporary instructors to teach Electrical Engineering or Computer Science courses should an opening arise. These are not tenure‐track positions – selected candidates will hold the title of Lecturer. Screening of applicants is ongoing and will continue as needed. The number of positions varies from semester to semester, depending on the needs of the department. Due to budget restrictions, no funding is available for visa or relocation expenses.

Industry Opportunities

Research Engineer for VLMs

PerceptAI
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Details As a Research Engineer for VLM, you will be at the forefront of core architecture development, bridging the gap between language, vision, and 3D geometry. You will design, train, and scale large vision-language models optimized for spatial reasoning, semantic grounding, and situational awareness. Leveraging cutting-edge multi-modal AI, you will develop the foundational models that allow PerceptAI to not just see the world, but deeply comprehend its spatial layouts, 3D scenegraphs, and agentic possibilities at an unprecedented scale.