Materials Science Jobs in Exeter

• Cambridge
• On-site
• Director
• Permanent

A professorial chair in Materials Science and Metallurgy focused on energy materials and materials discovery, with an endowed research fund to build a world-leading group. The role spans experimental, computational or integrated work in automation, computational materials discovery and low-power electronic devices, alongside teaching, supervision and administration. The postholder provides intellectual and strategic leadership and builds interdisciplinary collaborations across the University and with external partners.

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

Deliver and examine NDT training courses at a BINDT-approved school, covering methods such as ultrasonic, eddy current, penetrant, magnetic particle and radiographic testing. Also perform inspections at the Filton facility and customer sites, manage training equipment and materials, and support audits and course administration. Involves national and international travel and maintaining EN4179 Level 2 or 3 certification.

Google Workspace · Microsoft Office · Workday

• 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

• Blackburn
• Mid-level

Hands-on analytical role within a specialised spectroscopy function, acting as subject matter expert for SEM, SEM/EDX and FTIR instrumentation. Duties include preparing diverse sample matrices, instrument troubleshooting, data interpretation and writing reports for multinational clients across sectors. Requires independent working to tight deadlines and strong client communication.

Scanning Electron Microscope · SEM/EDX · FTIR +4

• Yeovil
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

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.

• Cambridge
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Define and architect test hardware for GaN power devices and ICs, covering fixtures, sockets, probing, switching and multi-site parallel setups for static, dynamic and mixed-signal measurements. Lead test hardware workstreams from concept to release, write specifications, review designs, mentor engineers and shape the equipment roadmap.

HTRB · HTOL

• Singapore
• Hybrid
• Lead

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.

Star-CCM+ · OpenFOAM · Fluent +5

• Singapore
• Hybrid
• Lead

Join a new Singapore research team building physical foundation models for industrial engineering, translating physics and simulation challenges into mathematical formulations. You will train deep learning and probabilistic models on large spatiotemporal, geometric and point-cloud datasets, run experiment pipelines, and publish and present results with customers and partners.

NumPy · SciPy · Pandas +2

• 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

• 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

• Abingdon
• On-site
• £57,117 pa
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Lead the development, testing and qualification of copper alloy heatsink and tungsten plasma-facing component materials for the STEP fusion programme. Combines hands-on experimental research with technical leadership of a small team, external collaboration and funding bids, providing performance data for next-generation in-vessel component design.

MS Office · Outlook · Word +2

• Huntingdon
• On-site
• Mid-level · manages people
• Permanent

Lead the commercial team to drive revenue growth across the UK and Europe for a graphene technology manufacturer, combining hands-on sales with technical expertise. Act as the bridge between applications, product and commercial teams, owning CRM processes, managing a technical sales team, and planning industry events, exhibitions and product launch campaigns.

CRM

• London
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Permanent

Owns the design of scientific data representations, schemas and ingestion pipelines that turn heterogeneous external materials data into ML-ready assets. Works with AI researchers and materials scientists to harmonise experimental and computational data from partners, defining quality, validation, lineage and provenance frameworks.

Pydantic · JSON Schema · pymatgen +7

• 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.

• 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