Research Scientist/Research Engineer, Materials Data
Periodic Labs · Menlo Park, CA
CHECKED 21H AGO
Bio & Science AIonsiteSenior$250k–$350k
At a glance
Highlights
- Automate materials discovery by fixing where research agents and data fail.
- Restructure lab and computation databases around how LLM agents reason.
- Partner with lab, computational and automation teams on active research.
What they offer
- Equity
Ideal candidate
A detail-obsessed materials scientist who loves getting into the weeds of data and wants to make AI agents actually work in the lab, staying close to real research problems.
Requirements
- 4+ years of research or industry experience in experimental or computational materials science and working with data at scale
- PhD in Materials Science, Chemistry, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience
- visa sponsorship
- Yes, we sponsor visas
Lab profile
About Periodic Labs
AI and physical sciences company building state-of-the-art models to accelerate breakthroughs in materials and energy.
What they build
- State-of-the-art AI models for scientific discovery
Known for
- Materials science
- Energy
- Semiconductors
- Lab automation
Key facts
- Backed by world-class investors