Anthropic's Discovery team expands hiring in bid to build an AI scientist
simonbatzner · x · 2026-11-14
Anthropic's Discovery team, whose north-star goal is building an AI scientist capable of pushing the frontier of science and technology, is expanding hiring in engineering and applied sciences.
Open roles include:
- Applied Scientist (Engineering) and domain scientists across manufacturing, materials, devices, instruments, and energy systems
- ML researchers designing evals, realistic tasks, training environments, and simulation tools to measure and improve Claude's performance on complex engineering and scientific tasks
- A science strategy role working across Anthropic and with scientific communities
The team aims to train Claude to reliably and safely invent, design, and engineer across disciplines, validating its designs against real-world feedback.
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