Junior AI Scientist for Materials

Covestro • Shanghai, Shanghai, China • Posted June 12, 2026

Location Shanghai, Shanghai
Job Type Full time
Category Physical Scientists
Posted June 12, 2026

We are Covestro. We are curious. We are courageous. We are colorful. We refine chemical material solutions with game-changing products. Let us empower you to push boundaries. Join us and our 18.000 colleagues now and together we will make the world a brighter place.

MAJOR TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Design, build and deploy LLM/RAG applications addressing specific materials R&D workflows: polymer literature analysis and synthesis route discovery, formulation design assistant, experimental data extraction and structuring, technical documentation generation, and property-structure relationship exploration

  • Work embedded with polymer chemists and formulation scientists to understand polymerization processes, coating/adhesive formulations, and material characterization workflows; identify pain points and translate them into structured AI use cases with clear problem statements and success metrics

  • Implement production-grade AI solutions us...

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