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.

Safran · 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.

Rolls Royce · Inchinnan

Mechanical Integrity & Analysis Engineers provide analytical expertise underpinning safe, reliable aerospace products across design, development and certification. Day-to-day work spans structural and stress analysis, whole engine modelling, rotordynamics, vibration, lifing, durability and fatigue assessment, supporting Defence programmes in regulated engineering environments.

Rolls Royce · Solihull

Provides 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 for Defence programmes. Requires a mechanical or aerospace engineering background and operates in regulated engineering environments.

PhysicsX · New York, United States · US$240,000 – US$300,000 pa

Leads regional deployment engineering for a physics AI platform, owning end-to-end delivery into customer-owned infrastructure and acting as primary technical contact for CIOs and CTOs. Combines executive engagement with hands-on work on Kubernetes, cloud and infrastructure-as-code deployments, while hiring and scaling the regional team. Requires navigating regulated, high-security and on-prem/HPC environments.

PhysicsX · 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, 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.

Safran · Gloucester

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.

Advanced Resource Managers · Bedfordshire · £53,000 – £57,000 pa

Develops manufacturing processes, defining operation sequences, production layouts and tooling requirements for electro-mechanical and composite assemblies. Creates technical requirement specifications, process instructions and manufacturing BOMs/routings in SAP, supporting estimates, capital planning and continuous improvement within a defence and aerospace environment.

Rise Technical Recruitment · Honiton

Lead a small technical team of test engineers in a lab-based environment, overseeing the manufacturing, testing and evaluation of composite materials and adhesives for clients in aerospace, Formula One and defence. The role involves dictating lab procedures and processes while managing varied technical projects, with training and progression into management.

CuspAI · London

Early security hire building automated security pipelines and AI-specific guardrails to protect frontier models, training data and proprietary IP. The role spans securing the ML lifecycle against prompt injection and data poisoning, embedding DevSecOps checks into CI/CD, and hardening cloud and Kubernetes environments with least-privilege IAM.

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.