Postdoc Opportunities in Optimisation in United States

Susquehanna International Group is hiring a quantitative systematic trader within its Quantitative Research team for the New York/Philadelphia area. The role sits close to live markets and focuses on building and refining fully automated trading strategies that combine quantitative research with trading intuition. The work spans signal generation, execution, market microstructure, portfolio construction, risk management, simulation, and large-scale data analysis. The position is designed for som...

The Intelligent Design Optimization (IDOpt) lab and the Multidisciplinary Analysis and Design Center for Advanced Vehicles at Virginia Tech’s Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering are seeking a postdoctoral associate to work on advanced aircraft design research. The project focuses on computational methods for aircraft conceptual design, multidisciplinary design analysis and optimization (MDAO), and model-based systems engineering (MBSE). The appointee will develop and i...

California Institute of Technology’s Computing + Mathematical Sciences (CMS) Department offers an interdisciplinary postdoctoral environment spanning Computer Science , Applied Mathematics , Communication & Networks , and Control & Systems . The program typically hosts more than 20 postdoctoral scholars and is supported through individual faculty, research groups, and cross-cutting research centers. The posting brings together applications for several CMS postdoctoral fellowship programs, includ...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Center for Advanced Mathematics for Energy Research Applications (CAMERA) is seeking a postdoctoral scholar in its Applied Mathematics and Computational Research division. The position focuses on developing new mathematics, algorithms, and software for analyzing complex data from Department of Energy experimental facilities. The research spans optimization, Fourier analysis, numerical linear algebra, statistics, machine learning, and high-performance compu...

IBM Research’s Algorithms and Applications group is inviting applications for the 2027–2028 Herman Goldstine Memorial Fellowship , a postdoctoral fellowship based in the Math Sciences Council at IBM Research. The fellowship is hosted within the group’s research environment at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, with close connections to IBM Research activities in Westchester County. The fellowship is centered on research in the theory of algorithms and algorit...

Todd Levin, Group Lead of the Energy Economics and Policy Analysis Group at Argonne National Laboratory, is recruiting current Ph.D. students for Graduate Research Aide roles and applicants for a full-time postdoctoral position in power markets and modeling. The work focuses on electricity markets, power system modeling, optimization tools, foundation models, large-scale data management and analysis, and applications of Argonne’s Large-scale Electricity Analysis Framework to power systems and wh...

Caltech’s Computing + Mathematical Sciences (CMS) Department is accepting applications for Postdoctoral Positions in Computing + Mathematical Sciences (CMS) . The department is a multidisciplinary research environment spanning Computer Science, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Communication & Networks, and Control & Systems . These postdoctoral appointments are sponsored by individual faculty, research groups, and cross-cutting research centers, and many of the associated fellowship programs re...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is advertising 2–3 postdoctoral scholar openings in Energy Technologies Area for research on thermal energy systems , with emphasis on HVAC equipment , central heating and cooling plants , and data center cooling systems . The role is centered on modeling, design, optimization, and control of thermal energy systems. The posting highlights candidates with strong training in thermal-fluid systems and experience in modeling , experimental research , and field d...

Postdoctoral Scholar in Biostatistics: Novel Adaptive Clinical Trial Design Methodology at Penn State University College of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics. This is a full-time postdoctoral opening focused on the development of next-generation statistical methods and software for adaptive clinical trial designs , with an emphasis on early-phase oncology trials . The scholar will work under the mentorship of Dr. Shouhao Zhou at Penn Sta...