Scientific Quantum Development Lead

at  CAPGEMINI ENGINEERING

REQUIRED SKILLS

• PhD in quantum chemistry or equivalent research experience.
• Experience in a range of computational methods, such as semi-empirical methods, density functional theory, molecular dynamics and QM/MM methods, quantum algorithms and machine learning methods.
• Experience applying computational methods to a range of real-world challenges.
• Ability to pick up new technical areas and tackle novel problems.
• Professional development experience in one or more programming languages.

DESIRABLE SKILLS

• Experience with machine learning concepts, methods and applications to scientific challenges
• Knowledge and experience of cheminformatics techniques.
• Experience in quantum algorithms and an interest in quantum computational techniques.
• Experience studying complex systems with multireference character.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Engage client and partner organisations on business challenges relating to chemistry and materials and identify technical approaches.
• Lead the development of technical solutions in collaboration within multidisciplinary teams.
• Contribute to technical proposals at the intersection of modelling and simulation, AI, and quantum sciences.
• Proactively keep up-to-date at the cutting edge of emerging technologies related to solutions in chemistry, AI, quantum computing.
• Provide technical leadership to more junior staff within project teams.
• Analyse and interpret computational results, communicate through discussions, reports and presentations to a range of different audiences.