AI Scientist Physics Models
Mistral AIVisit Mistral AI website
Paris-based AI company building frontier models, AI applications, developer tools, and compute infrastructure for enterprise and public-sector deployments.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
Paris, France
About Mistral AI
Mistral AI develops open-weight and commercial language models and provides a full-stack AI platform spanning agents, application development, custom-model training, APIs, and AI cloud infrastructure.
Skills
About the Role
You will research and train foundation models for physics simulation. You will design large-scale simulation campaigns and datasets, investigate model architectures and training strategies, evaluate model accuracy and robustness against industry standards, and diagnose model failure modes.
Requirements
- PhD or Master's in computer science, AI, or an engineering science
- Hands-on machine learning expertise in model architectures, training dynamics, and evaluation methodology
- Experience developing ML methods for simulation or surrogate modelling
- Python programming
- Comfort working in Linux and HPC environments
- Fluent English and excellent communication skills
- Demonstrated success through industrial, academic, or personal projects
Responsibilities
- Research and train foundation models for physics simulation
- Design and run large-scale simulation campaigns
- Build high-fidelity simulation datasets
- Investigate model architectures and training strategies
- Evaluate model coverage, accuracy, and robustness against industry standards
- Diagnose failure modes caused by data gaps or architecture limitations
- Track scientific developments in AI-for-engineering research
Benefits
- Healthcare coverage
- Parental leave
- Retirement plans
- Relocation support
- Wellness programs
- Meal allowances
- Transportation allowances