Materials Science Jobs

Johnson Matthey · Royston

Designs, maintains, and troubleshoots PLC and SCADA systems for industrial plant operations, with a focus on software development, control logic, and integration within live production environments. Supports process safety and reliability through alarm management, system upgrades, and participation in HAZOP studies. Works on both new installations and modifications to existing control infrastructure using platforms like Omron, Allen-Bradley, Wonderware, and Ignition.

ITM Power · Sheffield

Supports the industrialisation, optimisation and continuous improvement of Catalyst Coated Membrane manufacturing processes, including equipment specification, supplier engagement, FAT/SAT and commissioning. Works with the Principal Engineer and production teams on yield, throughput and cost improvements using Lean, PFMEA and Kaizen methods, maintaining SOPs and process documentation.

ITM Power · Sheffield

Supports the industrialisation, ramp-up and continuous improvement of final assembly processes, including commissioning new equipment and defining assembly methods and SOPs. Works with automation, quality and supplier teams on FAT/SAT, process validation and data-driven stabilisation for high-volume PEM electrolyser manufacturing.

PhysicsX · New York, United States · US$150,000 – US$250,000 pa

Builds and deploys customer-facing applications that put physics AI models into production, working directly with customers, data scientists and ML engineers. Involves rapid prototyping, backend development of FastAPI microservices in Python, and cloud deployment with Kubernetes, Terraform and AWS/Azure. Requires travel to customer sites for 3-4 weeks per quarter.

PhysicsX · London

Build the simulation side of Large Physics Models, generating training data across fidelity levels and developing solvers in differentiable or GPU-native frameworks like JAX or Warp. Work in a research team alongside ML researchers, using commercial and open-source CFD tools to produce reference data and shape data-generation strategy.

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority · Retford

Lead an integrated team of internal staff and external specialists as Technical Authority for the STEP tokamak's jointed REBCO high-temperature superconducting magnets, driving design convergence, remountable joints and technology demonstration. The role spans risk mitigation, cross-functional working with plasma, power and project teams, supply chain development and team growth as the programme moves toward construction.

Ceres Power · Horsham

Systems Engineers define requirements and verification plans for solid oxide fuel cell and electrolyser stacks and systems, working from component level through to complete system design. The role involves system architecture, FMEA risk tracking, test planning and data analysis, HAZOP studies and mass/energy balance work, collaborating with global partners and providing technical leadership across work packages.

Ceres Power · Horsham

Serves as technical authority for electrochemistry and Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy across button cells, short stacks and full stack systems. Leads experimental design, equivalent-circuit and physics-based interpretation, degradation investigations and method development, mentoring scientists and shaping technical strategy. Bridges cutting-edge science with engineering to inform product direction.

Cambridge GaN Devices · Cambridge

Define and architect test hardware for GaN power devices and ICs, covering fixtures, sockets, probing, switching and multi-site parallel setups for static, dynamic and mixed-signal measurements. Lead test hardware workstreams from concept to release, write specifications, review designs, mentor engineers and shape the equipment roadmap.

Paragraf · Huntingdon

Lead the commercial team to drive revenue growth across the UK and Europe for a graphene technology manufacturer, combining hands-on sales with technical expertise. Act as the bridge between applications, product and commercial teams, owning CRM processes, managing a technical sales team, and planning industry events, exhibitions and product launch campaigns.

CuspAI · London

Builds and maintains a cloud-native ML infrastructure platform on Kubernetes, owning CI/CD pipelines, model registries, experiment tracking and deployment automation. Scales distributed GPU training for JAX and PyTorch workloads, manages multi-environment configs with Kapitan and Terraform, and drives platform reliability and cloud cost optimisation for research teams.

CuspAI · London

Bridges frontier AI models and high-performance computing infrastructure by profiling large-scale training runs to improve Model FLOP Utilization and remove bottlenecks. Builds observability dashboards, optimizes NVIDIA GPU kernels and NCCL communication, and applies quantization, pruning and distillation to cut inference latency. Works closely with AI researchers and the infrastructure team on future cluster design.

Ionetic · Brackley · £500,000 pa

Develops and optimises battery pack assembly and test processes, designing jigs, fixtures, gauges and tooling, and integrating automation such as cobots, industrial robots and laser welding. Works with internal and external design teams and suppliers to procure, commission and validate production facilities, leading manufacturing deliverables on time and to cost.

Ionetic · Brackley

Lead electrical design for battery modules and packs, covering HV distribution, LV electronics, fusing, contactors, sensing and interconnects. Own requirements, DFMEA, verification and validation, and fault analysis while integrating hardware and protection circuitry with BMS engineers. Works closely with mechanical, software and manufacturing teams on safe, scalable architectures for low-volume production.

University of Oxford · Oxford · £21,805 pa

Develops a mesoscale modelling framework to predict time-dependent deformation and failure of polymer networks, using coarse-grained discrete-network models and statistical mechanics. Focuses on viscoelasticity and chain scission, validated against experimental data and molecular simulations within the Brassart Group.