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Research Intern in Science (Atomistic Modelling)

InstaDeep

InstaDeep

Paris, France
EUR 1,800-2k / month
Posted on Feb 10, 2026
InstaDeep, founded in 2014, is a pioneering AI company at the forefront of innovation. With strategic offices in major cities worldwide, including London, Paris, Berlin, Tunis, Kigali, Cape Town, New York, and San Francisco, InstaDeep collaborates with giants like Google DeepMind and prestigious educational institutions like MIT, Stanford, Oxford, UCL, and Imperial College London. We are a Google Cloud Partner and a select NVIDIA Elite Service Delivery Partner. We have been listed among notable players in AI, fast-growing companies, and Europe's 1000 fastest-growing companies in 2022 by Statista and the Financial Times. Our recent acquisition by BioNTech has further solidified our commitment to leading the industry.
Join us to be a part of the AI revolution!
InstaDeep is seeking a Research Intern to join our Research Team in London and Paris, working on the intersection of quantum chemistry (QC) and machine learning (ML). As an intern, you will be contributing to research projects in collaboration with InstaDeep’s research team and industry partners. Potential topics include the development of machine learning methods for quantum chemistry and their integration within downstream quantum chemistry workflows. Interns in the Research Team regularly publish at top conferences and journals.

Role Responsibilities

  • Support the efforts of the Atomistic Modelling team through the development of novel methods and applications under the guidance of our Research Team.
  • Design and implement experiments from proof of concept to benchmarking.
  • Contribute to team research and publications.
  • Report and present experimental results and research findings, both internally and externally, verbally and in writing.
  • Upon request, collaborate with other groups’ activities, including but not limited to presenting the company to new prospective clients, participating in calls and meetings, and representing Instadeep in conferences/events.

Requirements

  • Currently enrolled in a PhD programme (or recent graduate) in a STEM discipline.
  • Programming experience with Python is required, with further experience in packages such as qiskit, jax, pyscf desirable.
  • Work permit for France or UK for the duration of the internship.

At least one of the following required, more than one is a plus:

  • Experience in developing and benchmarking quantum chemistry algorithms
  • Demonstrated understanding of quantum mechanics, and quantum information theory
  • Experience in running quantum chemistry computations
  • Research experience in quantum chemistry, computational chemistry, fundamental physics or mathematics
  • Experience in graph neural networks, or extensive experience in machine learning
  • One or more publications (or arXiv pre-prints) related to the research topics listed above
Our commitment to our people:
We empower individuals to celebrate their uniqueness here at InstaDeep. Our team comes from all walks of life, and we’re proud to continue encouraging and supporting applicants from underrepresented groups across the globe. Our commitment to creating an authentic environment comes from our ability to learn and grow from our diversity, and how better to experience this than by joining our team? We operate on a hybrid work model with guidance to work at the office 3 days per week to encourage close collaboration and innovation. We are continuing to review the situation with the well-being of InstaDeepers at the forefront of our minds.
Right to work:
Please note that you will require the legal right to work without visa sponsorship in the location you are applying for. We do not sponsor work visas.

1800 - 2000 EUR a month