Hybrid Research Engineer

at Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford

• Job title: Research Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Tech skills: PyTorch
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Oxford, United Kingdom

About the role

• Research Engineers at Ellison Institute of Technology focusing on large scale datasets and ML architectures. Collaborating with scientists to develop advanced machine learning workflows and models.

Responsibilities

• Job summary: **We are looking for Research Engineers who will work with large scale datasets from different modalities, including biomolecular data, such as proteins and DNA, 2D and 3D images or graph-structured data. You will design and implement advanced ML architectures and workflows encompassing multimodal generative models and physics-based modelling.
• Responsibilities
• Design and implement advanced ML architectures
• Develop robust model evaluation pipelines.
• Optimize model architectures for performance and reliability.
• Drive best practices in code quality, reproducibility, and collaboration.
• Build and maintain large-scale ML systems that process biomolecule datasets.
• Work with domain specialists to incorporate wet lab data and HPC simulations.
• Help to build and maintain large-scale generative models of molecular data.

Requirements

• Qualifications
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, or Materials Science with a strong ML focus.
• Hands-on experience in GPU-based computing, HPC integrations, and distributed system architectures.
• Proficiency with deep learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch) and scientific software (e.g., molecular simulation).
• Strong understanding of data modeling and pipeline optimization for large-scale experiments.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams and communicate complex concepts clearly.

Benefits

• **We offer the following salary and benefits:**
• Enhanced holiday pay
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance
• Hospital Cash Plan
• Therapy Services
• Perk Box
• Electric Car Scheme
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• **Why work for EIT:**
• At the Ellison Institute, we believe a collaborative, inclusive team is key to our success. We are building a supportive environment where creative risks are encouraged, and everyone feels heard. Valuing emotional intelligence, empathy, respect, and resilience, we encourage people to be curious and to have a shared commitment to excellence. Join us and make an impact!