Materials Science Jobs

• New York, United States
• Hybrid
• US$200,000 – US$300,000 pa
• Lead

Partners with engineering teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines, lead threat modeling and secure design reviews for web apps, APIs and cloud services, and manage the product vulnerability lifecycle. Requires deep DevSecOps and application security expertise, with hands-on Python and Go development and SAST tooling.

GitHub · GitLab · Semgrep +6

• 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, RESTful APIs in Python (FastAPI), microservices and cloud deployment with Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform and AWS/Azure, plus 3-4 weeks of travel per quarter to customer sites.

FastAPI · Helm · Kubernetes +3

• 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

• Bristol
• On-site
• £50,000 – £55,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Hands-on role delivering structural tests across the test pyramid, from material coupons to large assemblies, including design and setup of control, data acquisition and hydraulic loading systems, equipment calibration and full-field measurement techniques such as digital image correlation. Involves advanced data analytics, supplier coordination and reporting to test leaders and customers, blending lab and office work within a transnational test technologies team.

Workday

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

Builds and runs a global partner ecosystem for an AI materials platform, hosting events and managing relationships with tech partners, enterprise clients and research institutions across Europe, the USA and APAC. Bridges external partners with internal AI research, chemistry and product teams, channelling feedback into the agentic platform's roadmap.

NVIDIA · Meta

• Sheffield
• On-site
• Permanent

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.

FAT/SAT · SOPs · PEM Electrolysers +1

• Bristol
• On-site
• Entry level
• Internship

A four-year apprenticeship in the Structures Test Team at Airbus's AIRTeC facility, supporting test campaigns on aircraft structures. Apprentices rotate through mechanical, electrical and instrumentation work — machining, assembly, sensor installation, metrology and data acquisition — with an option to specialise in calibration and metrology. Year one combines study at Weston College with two days a week on site.

Lathes · Mills · Surface Grinders +6

• London
• Hybrid
• Lead · manages people
• Permanent

Lead the Forward Deployed Engineering function, building and hiring a team while delivering complex CurieOS deployments hands-on. Write production code, design architectures and integrations across simulation, digital twins, lab instruments and CAD/PLM systems, embedding with customer R&D teams from discovery through production adoption.

CurieOS

• Redhill
• Director · manages people

Lead the company-wide Quality Management System across R&D, laboratories, pilot and volume manufacturing, supply chain and commercial partner activities. Focus on chemical and advanced materials processing, supplier quality, process capability and product release, supporting NPI, technology transfer and manufacturing scale-up while building a multi-disciplinary quality team.

Minitab · MES · ERP +1

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Designs, builds and operates the core backend systems powering CurieOS, an AI operating system for materials science and hardware engineering. Work spans APIs, data pipelines, graph databases, event-driven architectures and cloud infrastructure, with a focus on reliability, observability and clean abstractions. Collaborates closely with ML researchers and domain scientists, and helps shape platform architecture as the team grows.

Docker · Kubernetes · CI/CD

• 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.

• 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.

• High Wycombe
• Senior

Designs analogue, digital and low-noise circuitry for precision detectors and acquisition systems in electron microscopy instrumentation. Works in a multidisciplinary R&D team on simulation, prototyping, embedded code and FPGA (VHDL) development, plus complex multilayer PCB design and transfer to manufacturing.

FPGA · VHDL

• Harlow
• Entry level

Two-year graduate programme within the Research and Development function, rotating through four six-month placements covering synthesis, applications and analytical science. Involves designing and running laboratory experiments, analysing scientific and commercial data, and presenting recommendations to stakeholders while contributing to new products and intellectual property.

• 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.