Principal Scientist / Associate Director, Agentic AI Research for Materials Science

Lead the technical roadmap for agentic AI systems that accelerate materials science through autonomous planning, execution, and interpretation of experiments. Own end-to-end agent architecture using retrieval-augmented generation and multi-modal understanding, while driving scientific rigor and engineering quality as a player-coach. Hire, mentor, and grow a small cross-functional team, partner with experimental-infrastructure teams, and translate state-of-the-art research into shippable systems and publications.