Materials Scientist for AI-Driven Lab & Scale-Up

C5R; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive equity package

Job summary

C5R is building a research facility in San Francisco to connect frontier AI with the physical world. We are seeking a materials scientist to design, run, and scale up material experiments while growing our in-house lab from the ground up.

You will synthesize and characterize ceramics, alloys, and batteries; set up instruments like XRD, SEM, and sputtering; draft protocols and work with AI collaborators to advance autonomous experimentation.

Qualifications

• Hands-on synthesis and characterization of materials in multiple areas.
• 2+ years of experience in materials R&D labs.
• BS in materials science/engineering or equivalent.
• Ability to draft reliable experimental protocols from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize and characterize ceramics, alloys, and batteries.
• Set up and integrate instrument stack (furnaces, sputtering, XRD, SEM) for manual and autonomous operation.
• Design experiments, troubleshoot, and iterate with AI to refine plans.
• Source equipment, install new instruments, and improve facility infrastructure and workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering and users to improve facility systems and robotic workflows.
• Take on evolving responsibilities as the facility scales.

Skills

Lab experience

Materials R&D

Experiment protocols

Attention to detail

AI collaboration

Onsite SF

Education

BS in materials science or engineering

Tools

XRD

SEM

Sputtering systems

Furnaces

Job description

C5R is building a research facility in San Francisco to connect frontier AI with the physical world. We are seeking a materials scientist to design, run, and scale up material experiments while growing our in-house lab from the ground up.

You will synthesize and characterize ceramics, alloys, and batteries; set up instruments like XRD, SEM, and sputtering; draft protocols and work with AI collaborators to advance autonomous experimentation.