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

• London
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Mid-level
• Permanent

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.

NVIDIA · NCCL · Triton +7

• Singapore
• Hybrid
• Senior

Build physical foundation models for industrial engineering, scaling training to large datasets on multi-GPU cloud compute. Turn research prototypes into robust, optimised implementations, own research workstreams, and translate results into reusable libraries and tooling alongside scientists and customers.

PyTorch · JAX · NumPy +7

• New York, United States
• Hybrid
• US$150,000 – US$250,000 pa
• Senior

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.

FastAPI · Helm · Kubernetes +3

• Banbury
• On-site
• £35,000 – £40,000 pa

Carries out routine metallurgical examinations of aerospace-grade nickel and titanium alloys, including specimen preparation, polishing, etching and microscopy, with grain size and alpha case assessment. Compares findings against customer specifications and prepares technical reports within a controlled laboratory environment. Open to graduates as well as experienced candidates, with supervised training provided.

• Cambridge
• Mid-level

Drives standardisation and compliance of supply chain processes across European manufacturing sites, running adherence assessments, audits and corrective action plans. Supports system rollouts and delivers training to planners and materials teams, using Lean, Six Sigma and ERP tools to improve performance.

D365 · SAP · Oracle

• Cambridge
• Mid-level · manages people

Leads the Quality Control and Quality Assurance functions at a chemical manufacturing site, managing two direct reports and the wider QC/QA teams. Owns the ISO 9001 and AS/EN 9100 quality management system, product release governance, audits, customer complaints, non-conformance and root-cause/8D improvement work, sitting on the Site Leadership Team.

ISO 9001 · AS 9100

• London
• £23,805 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Builds physics-informed surrogate models and process simulations within a Bayesian-optimisation loop, jointly searching design and process parameters with active learning to minimise costly physical builds. Traces manufacturing process to defects to mechanical and electrochemical performance across hand lay-up, AFP and continuous-fibre 3D printing, starting on flat coupons before pushing into curved and cylindrical geometry.

AFP · 3D Printing

• 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++

• Cambridge

Delivers CAPEX and site improvement projects from planning through implementation at a chemical manufacturing facility, ensuring work meets EHS, process safety and regulatory standards. Supports preventive maintenance, reliability and continuous improvement using LEAN tools such as VSM, SMED and Kaizen, while maintaining site drawings and technical documentation. Works closely with the Process Safety & Engineering Manager and wider engineering, maintenance and project teams.

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

Lead and maintain a safe manufacturing environment while managing production operations to hit quality, cost, delivery and performance targets. Direct a team of 50+ employees including supervisors and technical staff, driving continuous improvement through Lean, Six Sigma and root cause analysis. Support new product introductions and technology transfers into manufacturing at a composites site.

Microsoft Office · Excel · Minitab

• 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

• Bath
• £38,784 – £46,049 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Postdoctoral role designing and investigating highly selective, robust catalysts for ring-opening, ring-expansion and polycondensation of renewable monomers to create sustainable plastics with controlled architectures. Involves anaerobic Schlenk line and glove box work plus polymer characterisation by spectroscopy, GPC, DSC, TGA and tensile testing, within the SCHEMA Hub's cross-university and industrial network.

GPC · DSC · TGA +3

• 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
• 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.