Research Associate Agentic Workflows
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory conducting multidisciplinary research in computing, AI, energy, materials, nuclear science, neutron science, isotopes, and national security.
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About Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ORNL is a government-owned, contractor-operated U.S. Department of Energy research laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. UT-Battelle operates ORNL for DOE; the laboratory currently provides AI and high-performance-computing capabilities alongside science and engineering research infrastructure.
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About the Role
You will help build agentic workflows, provenance systems, and cross-facility integrations for scientific computing. You will contribute to open-source software, support platform designs, collaborate with researchers, provide user support, and publish research on workflow orchestration and data management.
Requirements
- Ph.D. in computer science, computer engineering, or a closely related field, or an MS or BS in a related field with commensurate relevant experience
- Experience designing or operating distributed systems, provenance frameworks, or workflow orchestration frameworks
- Familiarity with agentic workflows or AI agent frameworks
- At least one year of Python programming experience
- Working familiarity with Bash or a compiled language such as C or C++
- Experience with Linux-based HPC environments
- Familiarity with job scheduling systems such as SLURM or PBS
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to obtain and maintain a federal PIV card following a favorable background investigation
Responsibilities
- Develop runtime data integration and provenance-capture systems
- Implement workflow instrumentation, adapters, provenance data models, and telemetry layers
- Support cross-facility provenance and workflow-data initiatives
- Build services that track data lineage, model artifacts, and computational campaigns
- Support platform designs for orchestration, data management, storage, and security
- Implement agentic workflow components for autonomous scientific experimentation
- Integrate agentic frameworks with provenance and orchestration layers
- Contribute to open-source software through code review, CI/CD, testing, packaging, documentation, and release support
- Collaborate with domain scientists to develop workflow and data-capture solutions
- Provide documentation, training, and user support
- Conduct and publish research on provenance, workflow systems, orchestration, and data management
Benefits
- Flexible work environment
- Hybrid or onsite work arrangement
- Medical plan
- Retirement plans
- Flexible work hours
- On-site fitness facilities
- On-site banking facilities
- On-site cafeteria facilities
- Prescription drug plan
- Dental plan
- Vision plan
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Contributory pension plan
- Life insurance
- Disability benefits
- Vacation and holidays
- Parental leave
- Legal insurance with identity theft protection
- Employee assistance plan
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health savings accounts
- Wellness programs
- Educational assistance
- Relocation assistance
- Employee discounts