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title: 'AI Software Engineer - Self-driving Laboratory at LG AI Research'
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# AI Software Engineer - Self-driving Laboratory at LG AI Research

- **Company:** LG AI Research
- **Location:** Gangseo-Gu Seoul South, South Korea
- **Posted:** 2026-08-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/lgairesearch/jobs/4724188005

## Job description

팀 소개

Materials Intelligence Lab은 AI가 실험을 설계하고, 로봇이 실험을 수행하여 화학/소재 분야의 연구개발을 최적화하는 AI 자율주행실험실(Self-driving Laboratory)을 구축하고 있으며, 연구자, AI 엔지니어, 자동화 엔지니어와 협업하여 실험 워크플로우를 소프트웨어로 구현할 풀스택 엔지니어를 채용합니다.

사용자가 실험을 설계하고 진행 상황과 결과를 확인할 수 있는 웹 애플리케이션부터, AI 모델·실험 장비·데이터 시스템을 연결하는 백엔드 플랫폼까지 제품 전반을 담당하며, 단순한 연구용 프로토타입을 넘어, 실제 연구 현장에서 안정적으로 사용할 수 있는 시스템을 함께 만들어갈 분을 찾습니다.

수행 업무

- 실험 설계, 실행, 모니터링 및 결과 분석을 위한 시스템 개발
- 실험 프로토콜과 워크플로우를 정의하고 실행하는 백엔드 서비스 및 API 설계
- AI 에이전트, 물성 예측 모델, 최적화 알고리즘 등 다양한 AI 시스템 연동
- 로봇, 센서, 분석 장비 및 장비 제어 소프트웨어와의 인터페이스 개발
- 실험 데이터와 메타데이터의 수집·저장·검색·시각화 파이프라인 구축

채용형태

- 1년 계약직

지원자격

- 관련 분야 석사 또는 박사 학위 소지
- Python, TypeScript, Java, Go 중 하나 이상을 활용한 백엔드 및 API 개발 경험
- 관계형 데이터베이스 설계와 Git 기반 협업·테스트·배포 과정에 대한 이해
- 복잡한 요구사항을 구조화하고 다양한 직군과 협업하여 제품으로 구현할 수 있는 역량

우대사항

- 실험실 자동화, 로보틱스, IoT 또는 산업용 장비 연동 경험
- AI 모델, LLM 에이전트 또는 과학·실험 데이터 파이프라인 구축 경험
- 클라우드·온프레미스 환경에서의 서비스 운영 경험
- 과학·공학 연구 환경에 대한 이해 또는 관련 소프트웨어 개발 경험

*실제 소프트웨어 개발 역량과 프로젝트 경험을 우선적으로 평가합니다*

## About LG AI Research

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: LG AI Research is the corporate AI research lab of the LG Group, dedicated to solving complex real-world problems across LG’s diverse businesses through cutting-edge AI research in vision, language, data intelligence, and materials science.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Subsidiary of LG Group, a publicly traded conglomerate; LG Corp ticker: 003550 on KOSPI)
- **Headquarters**: Seoul, South Korea (multiple offices: Yeouido LG Twin Tower, Magok LG Science Park, Magok D&O)
- **Founded**: December 2020
- **Founders**: Established by LG Group; Chief Scientist: Honglak Lee (also Professor at University of Michigan)

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: AI Research & Development, Research Services
- Target customers: Primarily internal – LG Group affiliates (LG Electronics, LG Chem, LG Display, LG U+, etc.); also collaborates externally with academic institutions and publishes research.
- Mission or purpose statement: "Advancing AI for a better life" by solving the LG Group’s most challenging problems and conducting fundamental research for future breakthroughs.

## Products & Services
LG AI Research does not sell commercial products; it operates specialized research labs that deliver models, platforms, and intelligence capabilities to LG businesses and the broader AI community.

- **[EXAONE Lab]**: Large Language Model (LLM) research and development, including the EXAONE series of models.
- **[Vision Lab]**: Computer vision research for applications in manufacturing, quality inspection, autonomous systems, etc.
- **[Language Lab]**: Natural language processing, conversational AI, multilingual understanding.
- **[Data Intelligence Lab]**: Data-driven decision-making, predictive analytics, and business optimization.
- **[Materials Intelligence Lab]**: AI for new material discovery, chemistry, and energy research.
- **[Bio Intelligence Lab]**: AI applications in drug discovery, life sciences, and protein design.
- **[Advanced Agent Lab]**: Agentic AI, autonomous systems, and robotics evaluation & benchmarking.
- **[Physical Intelligence Lab]**: Embodied AI, robotics, and physical world interaction.
- **[Superintelligence Lab]**: Long-term fundamental research toward general intelligence.
- **[Platform & Infra Team]**: MLOps, LLM inference infrastructure, and internal AI platforms.
- **[AI Market Insights Team]**: Business intelligence and market analysis for AI strategy.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (wholly owned by LG Group)
- **Key Metric**: Total headcount of 255 employees (as of mid-2025), with +23.7% YoY growth
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: LG Group affiliates (LG Electronics, LG Chem, LG Display, LG U+, etc.); academic partners including University of Michigan, KAIST, Seoul National University, Yonsei University.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount growth of 23.7% YoY; expansion to global offices in Ann Arbor (USA), Poland, and Canada; active hiring across multiple research and engineering roles; hosting events like "LG AI Tech CONNECT" in New York; regular publications at top global conferences.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Real-world data & problems**: Unparalleled access to diverse, large-scale industrial data from LG’s electronics, chemical, telecom, battery, and life science businesses.
- **End-to-end impact**: Researchers see their work directly applied to actual business outcomes within LG affiliates.
- **Top-tier infrastructure**: State-of-the-art compute resources, extensive datasets, and latest equipment.
- **World-class talent**: Collaboration with leading academic institutions and a team of highly cited researchers.
- **Autonomous culture**: Culture 3.0 emphasizes researcher autonomy, flextime without core hours, self-approval PTO, and remote work options.

## Strategic Focus
- **Fundamental research**: Continued investment in foundational AI areas (LLMs, agentic AI, scientific foundation models, materials intelligence).
- **Global expansion**: Growing research presence in North America (Ann Arbor) and Europe.
- **Industry-specific AI**: Deepening AI capabilities for LG’s key sectors (chemicals, displays, batteries, new drugs).
- **Talent attraction**: Actively recruiting top AI researchers and engineers through internships, residencies/postdocs, and full-time positions.

## Why Work Here
- **Autonomous work environment**: Flextime with no core hours, self-approval for paid time off, remote work options, and commuter shuttle service.
- **Health & wellness**: Comprehensive medical expense coverage (self & family), annual physical exams, psychological counseling (6 sessions/year), health management allowance.
- **Personal growth**: Generous self-development budget, book allowance, latest work equipment (laptop, monitors), access to vast data and infrastructure.
- **Life support**: Welfare points, family event support, childcare expenses, admission gifts, resort/villa support, separate summer vacation days.
- **Culture**: "Culture 3.0" – a continuously evolving, researcher-centric culture with unlimited snack bars, subsidized meals, and a focus on work-life balance.
- **Global opportunities**: Offices in Seoul, Ann Arbor (USA), Poland, and Canada, with potential for international collaboration and relocation.

## Sources
1. [lgresearch.ai](https://www.lgresearch.ai/)
2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lgairesearch/)
3. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/lgairesearch)
4. [careers.lgresearch.ai](https://careers.lgresearch.ai/c5a2b8bd-6129-4482-a68e-a7dc0d300676)

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