Materials Science Jobs

CureAge Therapeutics · London

Lead the computationally guided design of a lipid nanoparticle delivery platform, applying chemical and biophysical principles to optimise LNP composition and formulation. Use AI-enabled chemistry, cheminformatics, predictive models and molecular modelling to prioritise formulation components, working closely with the experimental team and founding team in a small start-up.

Hexcel · Cambridge

Supports quality excellence across large-scale composite manufacturing, leading non-conformance investigations, root cause analysis and corrective actions while working with production, engineering, customers and suppliers. Handles audits, PPAP documentation, quality data and KPIs, and supplier quality activities, with scope to strengthen the QMS and drive continuous improvement.

Airbus · Bristol

Operates Electroimpact 5-axis CNC wing drilling equipment at the Airbus Filton plant, executing high-precision drilling, countersinking and temporary bolt insertion on A400M wing boxes. Involves multi-display HMI program control, sensor calibration with Renishaw probes and optical cameras, tool changes, and aerospace quality documentation under strict EHS rules.

Russell Taylor Group · Ellesmere Port

Lead a team of technical specialists, engineers and scientists while providing hands-on metallurgical support to manufacturing operations. Drive process development, scale-up, root cause investigations and continuous improvement across yield, quality and throughput, working closely with Production, Engineering, Quality and R&D on equipment upgrades and new product introduction.

Hexcel · Cambridge

Lead manufacturing operations at a Duxford composites site, ensuring safe, compliant production while driving Lean, Six Sigma and continuous improvement across quality, cost and delivery. Provide strategic leadership to Manufacturing, Quality, Training and Continuous Improvement teams, owning operational budgets, KPIs and the Quality Management System.

Honeywell Aerospace · Yeovil

This role involves supporting aerospace product design and manufacturing through advanced materials engineering expertise. The engineer will evaluate materials for compliance with environmental regulations like REACh and TSCA, qualify new materials, and ensure supply chain performance and process compliance. Key responsibilities include driving specification standardization, supporting supplier transitions, and leading root cause analysis for product or process issues in a regulated aerospace environment.

synthomer · Harlow

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.

Oxford Instruments · High Wycombe

Supports production of benchtop NMR systems, providing hands-on engineering support and driving process improvements using Lean and Six Sigma to boost yield and reliability. Leads NPI activities, develops work instructions and inspection criteria, and collaborates with engineering, supply chain and production teams on shop floor layout and tooling design.

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.

University of Warwick · Coventry · £21,805 pa

Predominantly experimental PhD developing acoustic methods to organise filler particles and control crystallisation in polymer composites, progressing from room-temperature low-viscosity polymers to melts at up to 200°C. Involves designing an acoustic patterning system with ultrasonic transducers and waveguides, multiphysics modelling in COMSOL, and advanced microscopy and property characterisation within an interdisciplinary team.

Huntsman Corporation · Cambridge

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.

Orbital Materials, Inc. · London

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.

Orbital Materials, Inc. · London

Embed with customer teams to deploy CurieOS, an AI operating system for industrial R&D, writing production code, designing architectures and building integrations across simulation, digital twins, lab instruments and CAD/PLM systems. Own engagements from technical discovery through production deployment and adoption, tracking KPIs and feeding field signal back to platform engineering.

PhysicsX · New York, United States

Lead the ML approach to manufacturing and MRO data, from modelling through deployment in customer production environments across cloud, on-prem and edge. Build production ML on sparse, drifting sensor and process data, set uncertainty quantification and validation standards, and mentor engineers while travelling to customer sites worldwide.

PhysicsX · Singapore

Develops high-fidelity multiphase CFD and DEM models for industrial bioprocess and chemical engineering applications, covering gas-liquid, solid-liquid, VOF and Euler-Euler/Euler-Lagrange approaches. Owns the full simulation pipeline from geometry clean-up and meshing through solver setup, HPC runs and experimental validation, while building parametric CAD and Python automation for design optimisation and AI surrogate workflows.