What is Materials Science and how common is it in AI job postings?

Materials Science is a skill in the "Applied ML Domains" category. It currently appears in 54 active AI roles across 17 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for Materials Science?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Materials Science are: Lila Sciences (17), Amazon (8), Meta (5), Deloitte (4), NVIDIA (3).

Is demand for Materials Science growing?

Over the last 12 weeks, 38 new AI postings mentioned Materials Science. Demand is rising — up 71% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is Materials Science used?

Roles requiring Materials Science are concentrated in: agents (50%), application (20%), post-training (20%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

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Materials Science

54 active AI roles across 17 companies mention Materials Science. Category: Applied ML Domains.

Top employers

Lila Sciences17AI Frontier Amazon8Big Tech Meta5Big Tech Deloitte4Consulting NVIDIA3Semiconductors Microsoft3Big Tech Google3Big Tech Samsara2Enterprise Salesforce1Enterprise OpenAI1AI Frontier JPMorgan Chase1Banking Iambic1Pharma Honeywell1Industrial Glean1Enterprise Capital One1Banking Boeing1Aerospace Anduril1Defense

Demand trend

New AI postings mentioning Materials Science per week — 38 total over 12 weeks.

Sector

All Big Tech · 20 AI Frontier · 18 Enterprise · 4 Consulting · 4 Semiconductors · 3 Pharma · 3 Banking · 2 Industrial · 1 Defense · 1 Aerospace · 1

Function

All Engineering · 37 Research · 14 Product · 6

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57 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Meta	AI Research Scientist —Generative AI for Materials Discovery	Big Tech	10	L2
Microsoft	AI for Science Residency - Machine Learning Resident	Big Tech	9	L2
Meta	AI Research Scientist — Agentic AI for Materials Discovery	Big Tech	9	L4
Lila Sciences	Staff / Principal Research Engineer, AI Safety, Technical Mitigations	AI Frontier	9	L2
Amazon	Senior Applied Scientist, New Initiatives	Big Tech	9	L4
Meta	AI Research Engineer, FAIR Chemistry	Big Tech	9	L1
Meta	AI Research Scientist, Robotics	Big Tech	9	L2
Lila Sciences	Machine Learning Scientist I/II, Multi-Modal Scientific Reasonings	AI Frontier	9	L2
Lila Sciences	ML Research Scientist I/II, Multimodal Data Extraction	AI Frontier	9	L2
Lila Sciences	Machine Learning Scientist I/II, Scientific Reasoning	AI Frontier	9	L4
Lila Sciences	Senior / Engineer II, AI Lab Research Engineer	AI Frontier	9	L4
Iambic	Machine Learning Scientist – Clinical Prediction	Pharma	8	L2
Google	Senior Product Manager, Science AI, Google Research	Big Tech	8	L6
Lila Sciences	Co-op, LLMs for Decision Making	AI Frontier	8	L4
Google	Applied AI and ML Engineer II	Big Tech	8	L4
Google	Applied AI and ML Engineer	Big Tech	8	L4
NVIDIA	Senior Systems Engineer, Neural Graphics	Semiconductors	8	L6
NVIDIA	Senior Perception Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles	Semiconductors	8	L6
NVIDIA	Senior Architect	Semiconductors	8	L6
Samsara	Senior Manager, Safety AI	Enterprise	8	L6
Samsara	Senior Manager, Safety AI	Enterprise	8	L6
Amazon	Sr Manager Research Science, Last Mile Science and Analytics	Big Tech	8	L4
Lila Sciences	Machine Learning Engineer II / Senior Machine Learning Engineer I, Physical Sciences	AI Frontier	8	L3
Lila Sciences	Research Scientist I/II, Statistical Mechanics and Dynamics	AI Frontier	8	L4
Lila Sciences	AI Residency Program, Material Science (2026 Cohort)	AI Frontier	8	L1
Glean	Machine Learning Engineer, Search Quality	Enterprise	8	L4
Boeing	AI Application Engineer	Aerospace	7	L3
Salesforce	Director of Product Management, Design Systems	Enterprise	7	L4
Lila Sciences	Co-op, Machine Learning for Digital Twins	AI Frontier	7	L2
Lila Sciences	Co-Op, Data Extraction	AI Frontier	7	L2

Frequently asked questions

What is Materials Science and how common is it in AI job postings?
Materials Science is a skill in the "Applied ML Domains" category. It currently appears in 54 active AI roles across 17 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for Materials Science?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Materials Science are: Lila Sciences (17), Amazon (8), Meta (5), Deloitte (4), NVIDIA (3).
Is demand for Materials Science growing?
Over the last 12 weeks, 38 new AI postings mentioned Materials Science. Demand is rising — up 71% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is Materials Science used?
Roles requiring Materials Science are concentrated in: agents (50%), application (20%), post-training (20%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.