Materials Science Jobs

• Cambridge
• On-site
• Director · manages people
• Permanent

Lead the packaging function for GaN power semiconductors, shaping strategy while remaining hands-on with wirebond, flip chip and embedded package design. The role involves multiphysics simulation, supplier development, qualification testing and cross-functional collaboration with chip design, applications and operations teams, plus international travel to subcontractors.

GaN

• Cambridge
• On-site
• Director
• Permanent

A professorial chair in Materials Science and Metallurgy focused on energy materials and materials discovery, with an endowed research fund to build a world-leading group. The role spans experimental, computational or integrated work in automation, computational materials discovery and low-power electronic devices, alongside teaching, supervision and administration. The postholder provides intellectual and strategic leadership and builds interdisciplinary collaborations across the University and with external partners.

• Enfield
• Hybrid
• Entry level

Analyst role in a platinum group metals laboratory, analysing samples using approved methods while meeting quality and turnaround targets. You'll follow EHS procedures, maintain equipment and housekeeping, and support continuous improvement through Lean and 5S. Involves collaboration with colleagues and internal customers plus ongoing training in analytical techniques.

Microsoft Office

• Enfield
• Hybrid
• Entry level

Supports safe, reliable smelting operations through process engineering, leading improvement initiatives in process safety, automation and throughput. Develops process models, runs lab, pilot and plant-scale trials, and uses plant data and statistical analysis to reduce variability and resolve constraints. Collaborates with Operations, Engineering, EHS, Supply Chain and R&D teams.

• Derby
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Mid-level

You will analyse mechanical test data to generate and validate material design data, and manage and develop Rolls-Royce's GRANTA MI material databases and specifications. Acting as subject matter expert, you will work with managed service providers, lead knowledge capture and champion continuous improvement in data publishing.

GRANTA MI · Microsoft SharePoint · Siemens Teamcenter +1

• London
• Hybrid
• Director · manages people

Owns chemistry capabilities end to end, setting technical direction and leading a team across capability-building and customer delivery. Couples atomistic and molecular insight into continuum and systems-scale models, spanning DFT, machine learning interatomic potentials and process simulation for industrial materials problems.

• New York, United States
• Hybrid
• US$200,000 – US$300,000 pa
• Director · manages people

Owns chemistry capabilities end to end, setting technical direction and leading a team across capability-building and customer delivery. Couples atomistic and molecular insight into continuum and systems-scale models, spanning DFT, machine learning interatomic potentials, and multiscale simulation for industrial materials and process problems.

DFT

• Gloucester
• Hybrid

Join the Materials & Processes Laboratory team supporting the supply chain for landing gear parts, monitoring raw material suppliers, forgers and foundries. You will review metallic supplier performance, implement improvement plans for steel, aluminium and titanium, conduct technical audits and support new supplier qualification, with scope for hands-on mechanical testing and forensic investigation.

• Inchinnan
• Mid-level

Mechanical Integrity & Analysis Engineers provide analytical expertise underpinning safe, reliable aerospace products across design, development and certification. Work spans structural and stress analysis, whole engine modelling, rotordynamics, vibration, lifing, durability and fatigue assessment within the Defence business. Requires a mechanical or aerospace engineering background and knowledge of fatigue, fracture mechanics or structural assessment.

• Lincoln
• £28,000 – £32,000 pa
• Permanent

Operating heat treatment furnaces and associated equipment to detailed engineering specifications, monitoring temperatures, cycles and quality standards, and recording production data accurately. The role supports continuous improvement and process efficiency within a specialist manufacturing environment, with a structured training programme for developing specialist engineering skills.

Heat Treatment Furnaces · Forklift · Overhead Crane

• Staverton Bridge

Ensures supplier capability, compliance and performance across a global aerospace supply chain, conducting product, process and system audits and supporting NPI and part transfers. Drives improvement using APQP, PFMEA, PPAP and Lean, working with raw material suppliers of titanium, high-strength steels and aerospace aluminium. Regular UK and international travel is required.

AS9100 · AS9102 · APQP +3

• Sheffield
• Hybrid
• £39,560 – £41,885 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Develops explainable machine learning models such as symbolic regression, Bayesian optimisation and genetic algorithms to decode polymer-solvent thermodynamics and soft-matter physics. Involves featurizing complex polymer architectures, analysing multi-modal experimental datasets, and building open-source cheminformatics tools in Python/Julia for sustainable inverse formulation design.

Python · Julia · C++ +1

• London
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Builds and operates the software layer connecting an AI materials-discovery platform to partner laboratories worldwide. Designs APIs and data models for lab-to-cloud exchange, integrates instruments, robotic platforms and LIMS/ELN systems, and hardens integrations with retries, queueing and monitoring. Works in a small multidisciplinary team of materials scientists, ML and software engineers.

FastAPI · Pydantic · LIMS +5

• Huntingdon
• On-site
• Entry level
• Permanent

Undergraduate placement supporting research, production or electronics engineering teams, with hands-on work such as AFM and Raman characterisation, Hall measurements, device manufacture, and building electro-mechanical test systems. Interns design experiments, analyse process data, run environmental and EMC testing, and present findings at technology meetings. The programme is integrated with university requirements and based at a Cambridgeshire graphene electronics manufacturer.

AFM · Raman Spectroscopy