Materials Science Jobs

• 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

• 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

• Cambridge
• Mid-level · manages people

Leads a standalone Process Development function at a chemical manufacturing site, owning scale-up from lab and pilot plant through to commercial production. Manages a team of engineers and chemists, drives technology transfers and continuous improvement, and sits on the site and global leadership teams.

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

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.

MATLAB · Python · C/C++

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• Shildon
• £47,000 – £59,000 pa
• Senior

Hands-on formulation role developing, testing and optimising chemical formulations for advanced materials and surface technologies, then scaling them from lab batches through pilot trials to full production. Involves lab experimentation, physical and performance testing, root cause analysis and close work with production and engineering teams on scale-up, raw material selection and new product introduction.

• 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.

• Abingdon
• Hybrid
• Lead · manages people
• Permanent

Lead the HTS magnet technology development programme for STEP, delivering small test coil, short cable and magnet materials workstreams to tight timescales. You will design and run bench-scale and sub-scale test campaigns with a fail-fast approach, acting as the interface between the power plant design team and the model coil programme while leading a multi-disciplinary team.

• Halesowen
• On-site
• £35,000 – £40,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Responsible for process control of forge and heat treatment, investigating mechanical test failures and producing rework plans, and monitoring failure trends to implement corrective actions. Also performs metallography, technical contract reviews, material selection and heat treatment procedure creation, while providing customer technical support and training to cross-functional departments.

• Harlow
• On-site
• Senior

Lead technical workstreams in R&D, designing and interpreting experimental programmes to develop polymer products, formulations and applications. Oversee laboratory, pilot plant and manufacturing trials, supporting scale-up, technology transfer and new product launches while troubleshooting production runs alongside manufacturing, commercial and regulatory teams.

• Bristol
• £50,000 – £55,000 pa
• Lead
• Permanent

Lead highly critical structural tests and business-critical projects, covering test definition, equipment calibration, physical data acquisition and reporting. Manage test budgets, resource allocation, subcontracting and stakeholder meetings while ensuring adherence to quality and H&S processes. Requires aeronautical structures and project management experience, with materials testing and supplier management advantageous.

Workday

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

Four-year PhD studentship developing chemically defined amphiphilic polymers to extract and stabilise membrane proteins, especially ion channels, into native-like nanodiscs. The student will synthesise polymer libraries using automated synthesis, characterise them by NMR and size-exclusion chromatography, and screen for membrane interaction and nanodisc formation to build structure–activity relationships.

Automated Polymer Synthesis · NMR Spectroscopy · Size-Exclusion Chromatography