Materials Science Jobs

• Cambridge
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Permanent

Owns scientific delivery of partner projects from scoping to results, acting as a key technical contact alongside programme managers. Applies simulation, machine learning, data-driven optimisation or experiments to design and steer discovery campaigns, and translates between experimental, computational and ML teams. Also builds cross-cutting capabilities such as validated workflows, harmonised data pipelines and agentic design campaigns.

Git

• Abingdon
• On-site
• £57,117 pa
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Lead materials research for in-vessel plasma-facing components, focusing on Cu-alloy heatsink materials and their mechanical and thermophysical testing to support STEP PFC development. Coordinate projects over £100k, manage specimen procurement and testing, and supervise a small team of scientists or PhD students while building external collaborations.

MS Office · Outlook · Word +2

• Yeovil
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Materials engineering role supporting design and manufacturing teams across aerospace products, acting as site focal for environmental regulations including REACh and TSCA. Involves materials selection, specification evolution, supplier technical support, audits, root cause investigation and manufacturability improvement.

• 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

• London
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

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.

Kubernetes · AWS · GCP +7

• Stockton-on-Tees
• On-site
• £34,500 – £46,500 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Lead technical delivery of small to medium process chemistry projects, designing and scaling polymerisation reactions from lab to pilot scale. Act as a technical specialist in acrylic and vinyl monomer chemistry, running hazard reviews and process safety work while mentoring junior scientists in a collaborative R&D team.

• 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

• 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

• Huntingdon
• On-site
• Entry level
• Permanent

Undergraduate placement supporting research, production or electronics engineering, with hands-on work on graphene and 2D material devices. Tasks span AFM and Raman characterisation, Hall measurements, device manufacture, test system design, prototyping and debugging, plus lab upkeep and documentation. Based at a Cambridgeshire manufacturer with R&D and production sites.

Graphene · 2D Materials · Semiconductor Processes

• Abingdon
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £48,290 pa
• Permanent

Develops advanced HPC models to predict deformation and irradiation effects in metallic and ceramic materials for future fusion energy systems. Applies density functional theory, atomistic force fields and finite element simulations on national and international supercomputers, working within the EPSRC/EUROfusion programme and collaborating internationally.

• Birmingham
• £35,000 – £40,000 pa
• Permanent

Support forging and heat treatment processes, investigate mechanical test failures and produce rework plans, and provide metallurgical guidance to production, quality, estimating and customer teams. The role also involves metallographic preparation and analysis, technical contract reviews, procedure development and support for quality investigations, R&D and customer audits at a specialist heavy engineering forger.

• 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.

• London
• £52,790 – £73,271 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Deliver undergraduate materials and polymer science education for a joint UK-China engineering school, with a focus on curriculum development, novel pedagogies and inclusive teaching. The post is based in London but involves extensive travel to Xi'an, China for substantial periods, supporting transnational education programmes.

• Swansea
• £21,805 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Develops next-generation microporous membranes for low-cost, long-duration iron–sulfur redox flow batteries, designing and synthesising functional polymers of intrinsic microporosity with tailored sub-nanometre pores. Involves membrane characterisation, electrochemical testing and structure–ion transport–performance studies, with an industrial placement at Leaf-Tech Ltd on scale-up and manufacturing.

Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity

• 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.