Date Posted: 05/05/2025 Req ID: 41598 Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts and Science Department: Acceleration Consortium Campus:St. George (Downtown Toronto) Position Number: 57738 Description: About us: The Faculty of Arts and Science is the heart of Canada's leading university and one of the most comprehensive and diverse academic divisions in the world. The strength of Arts and Science derives from our combined teaching and research excellence in the humanities, sciences and social sciences across 29 departments, seven colleges and 46 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs. We can only realize our mission with the dedication and excellence of engaged staff and faculty. The diversity of opportunities and perspectives within the Faculty reflect the local and global landscape and the need for curiosity, innovative thinking and collaboration. At Arts and Science, we take pride in our legacy of innovation and discovery that has changed the way we think about the world. The Acceleration Consortium (AC) at the University of Toronto (U of T) is leading a transformative shift in scientific discovery that will accelerate technology development and commercialization. The AC is a global community of academia, industry, and government that leverages the power of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, materials sciences, and high:throughput chemistry to create self:driving laboratories (SDLs), also called materials acceleration platforms (MAPs). These autonomous labs rapidly design materials and molecules needed for a sustainable, healthy, and resilient future, with applications ranging from renewable energy and consumer electronics to drugs. AC Staff Scientists will advance the infield of AI:driven autonomous discovery and develop the materials and molecules required to address society's largest challenges, such as climate change, water pollution, and future pandemics. The Acceleration Consortium received a 200M Canadian First Research Excellence Grant for seven years to develop self:driving labs for chemistry and materials, the largest ever grant to a Canadian University. Your opportunity: The AC is developing seven advanced SDLs. These include: 1. Inorganic solid:state materials, 2. Organic small molecules for advanced materials, 3. Drug discovery with chemical probes, 4. Polymers for materials science and biological applications, 5. Formulations for pharmaceuticals, consumer products, and coatings, 6. Biocompatibility (organ:on:a:chip), and 7. Synthetic scale:up of materials and molecules. As a Software Engineer at the AC, you will play a pivotal role in managing and optimizing our software infrastructure to support these high:impact research projects. Your daily tasks will include designing, implementing, deploying and maintaining robust software systems required for SDL operations and ensuring the seamless orchestration of hardware and software components. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams, troubleshoot and resolve system issues and contribute to the continuous improvement of our self:driving laboratory platforms to ultimately de:risk and democratize the SDL concept for the global research community. This is a two:year term position with the possibility of renewal. Your responsibilities will include: :Analyzing, recommending, and designing highly complex software architecture :Analyzing and writing program scripts to extract, reformat and analyze data :Designing, testing, and modifying programming code :Evaluating programming code to ensure it has validity, compatibility, and that it meets appropriate standards :Developing technical application implementation plans :Analyzing, recommending and designing technical solutions for highly complex IT problems :Leading and planning IT projects :Serving as a resource on specific issues to a group of specialists Essential Qualifications: :Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Sof