Materials science jobs
Open materials science positions — postdoc to industry — with employers that recently closed federal science awards listed first. Currently 92 live across 49 employers.
Tooling Engineer
HERMEUS CORP · Los Angeles, CA, USA
Staff Design Engineer - Solid Missile Systems
Ursa Major Technologies, Inc. · Berthoud, Colorado, USA
Sr Photonics Engineer (PIC)
ANELLO PHOTONICS INC · Santa Clara, CA, United States
Senior Systems Engineer
ANELLO PHOTONICS INC · Santa Clara, California, United States
Senior Opto-Mechanical Design Engineer
ANELLO PHOTONICS INC · Santa Clara, California, United States
Senior FPGA Design Engineer
ANELLO PHOTONICS INC · Santa Clara, California, United States
Senior Electrical Engineer (HW Systems)
ANELLO PHOTONICS INC · Santa Clara, California, United States
Field Application Engineer, Autonomous/Navigation
ANELLO PHOTONICS INC · Santa Clara, CA, USA
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) R&D Technician
MORSECORP, INC · Cambridge, MA, USA
Senior/Staff Mechanical Engineer, Factory Automation
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, CA, USA
Sr. Controls Engineer
Vulcan Elements Inc. · Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Staff Manufacturing Engineer
Vulcan Elements Inc. · Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Staff Software Engineer, Robotics
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, CA, USA
Staff Process Engineer
Vulcan Elements Inc. · Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Staff Opto-Mechanical Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, CA, USA
Sr. SCADA/HMI Platform Engineer
Vulcan Elements Inc. · Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Staff C++ Software Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, CA, USA
Sr. Manufacturing Engineer
Vulcan Elements Inc. · Research Triangle Park, NC, USA (Hybrid)
Senior Product Reliability Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, CA, USA
Senior Photovoltaics / Solar Array Engineer - Solar & Deployables
MUON SPACE INC · San Jose, CA, USA
Senior C++ Software Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, CA, USA
Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, California, United States
Senior Machine Control Software Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, California, United States
Senior Machining Process Engineer – R&D
Vulcan Elements Inc. · Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
Senior Materials & Process Engineer - Powder Metallurgy
Vulcan Elements Inc. · Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
Senior Materials & Process Engineer (Metallurgy)
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, California, United States
Senior Mechanical Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, California, United States
Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, CA, USA
Senior Materials Scientist
Vulcan Elements Inc. · Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
Senior Materials Analysis Engineer – Testing & Characterization
Vulcan Elements Inc. · Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
Quality Engineer
Vulcan Elements Inc. · Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Systems Engineer
TECHNERGETICS, LLC · Remote, United States
R&D Materials & Process Engineer
Vulcan Elements Inc. · Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
Quality Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, California, United States
Senior AM Equipment Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, California, United States
Senior Additive Manufacturing Process Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, California, United States
Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Researcher
TECHNERGETICS, LLC · Remote, United States
Process Engineer - Pilot Ops
Vulcan Elements Inc. · Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
Integrated Photonics Engineer I
TECHNERGETICS, LLC · Rome, New York, United States
Upcoming PhD Positions at the International Max Planck Research School for Functional Material Desig
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces · Potsdam, Germany
Senior FPGA Engineer
ESRF · Grenoble, France
Scientific Director — Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy
FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA · Genoa, Italy
Postdoctoral Research Associate — Biochar Composite Materials
BioBuilt Technologies · Madison, Wisconsin
Tenure-track Assistant Professors
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) · Okinawa, Japan
Emerging Scholars Forum 2027 | 19-20 January 2027 | Singapore
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore · Singapore (SG)
Faculty Position in Applied Mathematics
Northwestern University · Evanston, Illinois
Faculty Positions at Institute of Physics (IOP), Chinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences · Beijing (CN)
Global Faculty Recruitment 2026 – Tenured/Tenure-Track Positions at All Ranks
Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School · located in Shenzhen, a vibrant innovation hub in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Postdoc within the engineering and production of catalytic bacterial amyloids in bacterial biofilm
iNANO, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University · Aarhus C, Aarhus (DK)
ICYS Principal Investigator and ICYS Research Fellow, NIMS, Japan
National Institute for Materials Science - International Center for Young Scientists · Tsukuba, Ibaraki (JP)
Faculty Positions (Physical Science and Technology) in ShanghaiTech University
ShanghaiTech University · Shanghai (CN)
Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Assistant/Asso
Brown University - School of Engineering · Providence, Rhode Island (US)
World-Class Leaders for Research in Materials Science [S26-01]
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) · Tsukuba, Ibaraki (JP)
CUHK-Shenzhen Long Feng Science Forum 2026 Global Young Scholars' Forum August 28-30, 2026
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · Shenzhen, Guangdong (CN)
Chair Professors, Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, and Assistant Professors
City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan) - Faculty · Guangdong (CN)
Young and Senior Faculty Positions
Institute of Low-Dimensional Quantum Materials, Hubei University of Technology · Institute of Low-Dimensional Quantum Materials, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) Global Faculty Recruitment
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) · Beijing (CN)
Beamline scientist at ID09
ESRF · Grenoble (FR)
Assistant Professor
Princeton Quantum Initiative, Princeton University · Princeton, New Jersey
Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School
Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School · Tsinghua SIGS is located in Shenzhen, a vibrant innovation hub in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Professor / Associate Professor Positions at City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan)
City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan) · Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Professorship (W3) in Hybrid Microelectronics
Universität Stuttgart · Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg (DE)
Scientific Director (m/f/d) IFW Dresden
IFW Dresden · Dresden, Sachsen (DE)
Research Technician (BTA/MTA/CTA) (f/m/x) - RNA Quality Control Lab
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres · Germany
Scientist / Researcher for Table-top Soft X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Part-time 65 %
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres · Darmstadt
Seeking Global Talents at All Levels - SIAT
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences（CAS) · 1068 Xueyuan Avenue, Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China
State Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology Global Talent Wanted
The State Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology · Shenzhen, Guangdong (CN)
Three multidisciplinary postdoctoral scholarships (2 years)
Umeå University · Umeå, Sweden
Tenure-track Assistant Professor in School of Engineering, Westlake University
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, WESTLAKE UNIVERSITY · Hangzhou, Zhejiang (CN)
Tenure-track Assistant Professors
OIST Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University · Japan (JP)
SD-26128 HEAD OF UNIT – FUNCTIONAL POLYMERIC AND PARTICULATE MATERIALS (FPPM)
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) · Luxembourg
Postdoc position within the engineering and production of catalytic bacterial amyloids in bacteri...
Aarhus University (AU) · Aarhus, Midtjylland (DK)
Postdoctoral Associate: DNA Origami Charge Amplifiers for Biomolecular Sensing
Biophysical and Biomedical Measurement Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology · Gaithersburg, Maryland
Postdoctoral Associate: Nanopore Spectroscopy for Single-Molecule Biodosimetry
Biophysical and Biomedical Measurement Group - NIST · Gaithersburg, Maryland
Postdoctoral Fellow – Protein Nanowire Electronics for Wearable Sensors
Northeastern University · Shenyang, China
Postdoctoral Fellows — Immunology and Bioengineering
Johns Hopkins Medicine - Laboratory of Human Biomimetics · Saint Petersburg, Florida
Postdoctoral Research Scientists - Materials & Devices for Life Sciences
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire (GB)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Semiconductor Devices at NIMS
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) · Tsukuba, Japan (JP)
Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d) Mechanical engineering or materials science
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres · Karlsruhe
Permanent Researcher in Next-Generation Semiconductor Devices at NIMS
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) · Tsukuba, Japan (JP)
Leaders Conducting Research in Materials Science (Female candidates only) [G26-02]
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) · Tsukuba, Ibaraki (JP)
Faculty Positions Available at Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology
Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology · Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Global Recruitment for Faculty and Researchers at Anhui Normal University
Anhui Normal University · Wuhu, Anhui (CN)
Lead researcher position in Nano-imaging for Patho-physiological processes
French National Institute for Health Research (INSERM) · Paris, Ile-de-France (FR)
Leaders Conducting Research in Materials Science [G26-01]
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) · Tsukuba, Ibaraki (JP)
Open Rank Faculty Position (Tenure/Teaching/Research Stream) - School of Science and Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen - School of Science and Engineering · Shenzhen, China
Post Doctoral Fellow - Generative Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire
Post-doctoral scientist in the fields of nanotoxicology and nanomedicine
VSB-Technical University of Ostrava · Ostrava (CZ)
Faculty Positions in School of Al for Science / School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, PKUSZ
Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School · University Town of Shenzhen, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, P.R.China
Materials Science Specialized LLM & AI Agent Development [A26-02]
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) · Tsukuba, Ibaraki (JP)
Materials Science Specialized AI and Robotics
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) · Tsukuba, Ibaraki (JP)
NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) · Tsukuba, Ibaraki (JP)
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The money behind materials science
15 open federal and foundation funding opportunities currently pay for work in this area — browse them. Funded fields hire; that is why this board exists.
Recently funded employers hiring here now
- MUON SPACE INC — $5.1M in recent awards · 1 open role
- TECHNERGETICS, LLC — $3.7M in recent awards · 3 open roles
- DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC — $3.6M in recent awards · 14 open roles
Counts measured live from our funding corpus and the SBIR award record — not estimates.