Menlo Park, CA · On-site
$250 - $350/hr
PhD in Materials Science, Chemistry, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience. * Location : Menlo Park, CA (Soon: San Francisco, too) * Compensation: $250,000-350,000 + equity * Visa ...
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Menlo Park, CA · On-site
$250 - $350/hr
PhD in Materials Science, Chemistry, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience. * Location : Menlo Park, CA (Soon: San Francisco, too) * Compensation: $250,000-350,000 + equity * Visa ...
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Menlo Park, CA · On-site
$250K - $350K/yr
PhD in Materials Science, Chemistry, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience. * Location : Menlo Park, CA (Soon: San Francisco, too) * Compensation: $250,000-350,000 + equity * Visa ...
Menlo Park, CA · On-site
$250K - $350K/yr
PhD in Materials Science, Chemistry, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience. * Location : Menlo Park, CA (Soon: San Francisco, too) * Compensation: $250,000-350,000 + equity * Visa ...
... Material Science and Engineering experience with Masters; 1 Year with a PhD Engineering experience in aerospace, defense, or high-reliability manufacturing environments Practical knowledge of ...
... Material Science and Engineering experience with Masters; 1 Year with a PhD Engineering experience in aerospace, defense, or high-reliability manufacturing environments Practical knowledge of ...
Menlo Park, CA · On-site
$225 - $325/hr
PhD in Physics, Materials Science, or related field, with 5+ years of hands‑on experience in physical property characterization * Deep, demonstrated expertise in electronic and magnetic property ...
Menlo Park, CA · On-site
$225 - $325/hr
PhD in Physics, Materials Science, or related field, with 5+ years of hands‑on experience in physical property characterization * Deep, demonstrated expertise in electronic and magnetic property ...
MS or PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering or a related field * Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience with Atom Probe Tomography * Experience preparing samples using FIB for APT or TEM
MS or PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering or a related field * Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience with Atom Probe Tomography * Experience preparing samples using FIB for APT or TEM
Sunnyvale, CA · On-site
PhD in Physics, Chemistry, Material Science, or Engineering with experience in materials characterization and surface analysis techniques. Skills and Abilities: * Must have experience with materials ...
Sunnyvale, CA · On-site
PhD in Physics, Chemistry, Material Science, or Engineering with experience in materials characterization and surface analysis techniques. Skills and Abilities: * Must have experience with materials ...
Master's or PhD in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Polymer Engineering. * Expert knowledge of metallurgy and ...
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Master's or PhD in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Polymer Engineering. * Expert knowledge of metallurgy and ...
Master's or PhD in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Polymer Engineering. * Expert knowledge of metallurgy and ...
Master's or PhD in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Polymer Engineering. * Expert knowledge of metallurgy and ...
Cupertino, CA · On-site
$180 - $280/hr
PhD in (Applied) Physics, Electrical Engineering, Material Science or similar and a minimum of 3 years relevant experience or Master's Degree with 7 years of industry experience * Experience with ...
Cupertino, CA · On-site
$180 - $280/hr
PhD in (Applied) Physics, Electrical Engineering, Material Science or similar and a minimum of 3 years relevant experience or Master's Degree with 7 years of industry experience * Experience with ...
Cupertino, CA · On-site
Preferred Qualifications PhD in (Applied) Physics, Electrical Engineering, Material Science or similar and a minimum of 3 years relevant experience or Master's Degree with 7 years of industry ...
Cupertino, CA · On-site
Preferred Qualifications PhD in (Applied) Physics, Electrical Engineering, Material Science or similar and a minimum of 3 years relevant experience or Master's Degree with 7 years of industry ...
Cupertino, CA · On-site
Preferred Qualifications PhD in (Applied) Physics, Electrical Engineering, Material Science or similar experience or Master's Degree Experience with SPICE software packages such as Cadence, Synopsis ...
Cupertino, CA · On-site
Preferred Qualifications PhD in (Applied) Physics, Electrical Engineering, Material Science or similar experience or Master's Degree Experience with SPICE software packages such as Cadence, Synopsis ...
PhD, or MS + 4 Years of experience in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Material Science Engineering, or related field. * Proven expertise in organic and polymer chemistry * Hands-on experience with ...
PhD, or MS + 4 Years of experience in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Material Science Engineering, or related field. * Proven expertise in organic and polymer chemistry * Hands-on experience with ...
PhD, or MS + 4 Years of experience in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Material Science Engineering, or related field. * Proven expertise in organic and polymer chemistry * Hands-on experience with ...
PhD, or MS + 4 Years of experience in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Material Science Engineering, or related field. * Proven expertise in organic and polymer chemistry * Hands-on experience with ...
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$170K - $234K/yr
MS/PhD in Materials Science, Computational Materials Science, Physics, Chemical Engineering, or related field. * 2-5 years of experience in Computational Materials Science, Materials Informatics ...
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$170K - $234K/yr
MS/PhD in Materials Science, Computational Materials Science, Physics, Chemical Engineering, or related field. * 2-5 years of experience in Computational Materials Science, Materials Informatics ...
Santa Clara, CA · On-site +1
$170K - $234K/yr
Required Qualifications MS/PhD in Materials Science, Computational Materials Science, Physics, Chemical Engineering, or related field. 2-5 years of experience in Computational Materials Science ...
Santa Clara, CA · On-site +1
$170K - $234K/yr
Required Qualifications MS/PhD in Materials Science, Computational Materials Science, Physics, Chemical Engineering, or related field. 2-5 years of experience in Computational Materials Science ...
Mountain View, CA · On-site
$120K - $152K/yr
PhD Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Material Science, or Physics * 15 years of experience, as a manager, directing the reliability program at CMs, ODMs or international ...
Mountain View, CA · On-site
$120K - $152K/yr
PhD Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Material Science, or Physics * 15 years of experience, as a manager, directing the reliability program at CMs, ODMs or international ...
... PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mechanics, Material Science, or similar discipline Experience in material testing and failure analysis Background in solid mechanics and materials science ...
... PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mechanics, Material Science, or similar discipline Experience in material testing and failure analysis Background in solid mechanics and materials science ...
... or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mechanics, Material Science, or similar discipline Background in solid mechanics and materials science Experience with explicit dynamics and thermal ...
... or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mechanics, Material Science, or similar discipline Background in solid mechanics and materials science Experience with explicit dynamics and thermal ...
Menlo Park, CA · On-site
$225K - $325K/yr
PhD in Physics, Materials Science, or related field, with 5+ years of hands-on experience in physical property characterization * Deep, demonstrated expertise in electronic and magnetic property ...
Menlo Park, CA · On-site
$225K - $325K/yr
PhD in Physics, Materials Science, or related field, with 5+ years of hands-on experience in physical property characterization * Deep, demonstrated expertise in electronic and magnetic property ...
MS or PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering or a related field * Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience with Atom Probe Tomography * Experience preparing samples using FIB for APT or TEM
MS or PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering or a related field * Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience with Atom Probe Tomography * Experience preparing samples using FIB for APT or TEM
| Aspect | Phd Material Science | Materials Engineer |
|---|---|---|
| Required Credentials | PhD in Material Science or related field | Bachelor's or Master's in Materials Engineering or related field |
| Work Environment | Research labs, academia, R&D departments | Manufacturing, product development, industry labs |
| Industry Usage | Research, academia, advanced R&D | Product design, process improvement, manufacturing |
Phd Material Science professionals focus on advanced research, developing new materials, and academic roles, often working in labs or universities. Materials Engineers typically work in industry settings, applying existing knowledge to develop and improve products and manufacturing processes. While both roles require knowledge of materials, the PhD is more research-oriented, whereas Materials Engineers focus on practical application and product development.
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We're an AI and physical sciences company building state-of-the-art models to accelerate breakthroughs across materials, energy, and beyond. Backed by world-class investors and growing rapidly, we operate at the pace the frontier requires. Our team brings deep expertise, genuine ownership, and an insatiable drive to push the boundaries of what's scientifically possible.
About the RoleAt Periodic Labs, we are automating scientific research in materials discovery; the data we collect, and how we represent it, is what makes this possible. We are hiring a materials scientist to work across the entire process: to find where our agents and data fail, and to fix those failures at the source. This is a hybrid research and infrastructure role. Roughly half your time will be spent working directly with our experimental and computational scientists, building agents and tools that solve active research problems. The other half will be spent improving the data those agents depend on.
This role requires domain depth, not just data engineering skill. You need to know, for example, what metadata actually matters for a given characterization technique. The research half of the role keeps you grounded in the problems we are actually using LLMs to solve, so the schemas you build serve real research rather than an abstraction of it. The work demands attention to detail and a willingness to get into the weeds: to meticulously read, understand, and improve our data. You'll be as much a materials scientist doing research as the person who makes our agentic harness actually work.
What You'll DoWork directly with lab scientists and the computational team on active research problems, staying close to the actual bottlenecks LLM agents are meant to solve.
Investigate agent traces to identify data errors and agentic failure modes, and eliminate them at the source.
Restructure and re-architect our materials databases (lab experiments, characterization data, computations) around how LLM agents actually reason and fail, not just around human readability. Draw on domain expertise about how to represent the data and what metadata matters.
Work with the hardware and automation teams to make data collection more robust.
Build research software for lab environments, translating scientific requirements into working tools.
Distill what you learn into evaluations that measure agent performance.
Minimum experience: 4+ years of research or industry experience in experimental or computational materials science and working with data at scale.
Minimum education: PhD in Materials Science, Chemistry, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
Location: Menlo Park, CA (Soon: San Francisco, too)
Compensation: $250,000-350,000 + equity
Visa sponsorship: Yes, we sponsor visas.
