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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10 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Lila Sciences	Staff / Principal Research Engineer, AI Safety, Technical Mitigations	AI Frontier	9	L2
Lila Sciences	Senior / Engineer II, AI Lab Research Engineer	AI Frontier	9	L4
Lila Sciences	Machine Learning Engineer II / Senior Machine Learning Engineer I, Physical Sciences	AI Frontier	8	L3
Lila Sciences	Co-op, Machine Learning for Digital Twins	AI Frontier	7	L2
Lila Sciences	Co-Op, Data Extraction	AI Frontier	7	L2
Lila Sciences	Senior Software Engineer, App	AI Frontier	7	L4
Lila Sciences	Sr Principal/Principal Software Engineer, App	AI Frontier	7	L4
Lila Sciences	Vice President, Engineering	AI Frontier	7	L6
Lila Sciences	Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences (Level Flexible)	AI Frontier	7	L4
Lila Sciences	Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Life Sciences	AI Frontier	7	L4

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.