DMSE Job Opportunities
DMSE occasionally hires for a wide range of positions. Opportunities include faculty positions for people with a PhD in materials science and engineering; research scientists or postdoctoral fellows or associates for recent PhD graduates or experienced researchers who want to pursue advance research in the field; lecturers and technical instructors; and administrative and support staff positions.
Please note that the availability of these positions varies over time and depends on the department’s specific needs, ongoing projects, and funding opportunities. To browse all open positions at MIT, visit MIT Human Resources’ Careers page.
Tenure Track Faculty Position
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) together with the Schwarzman College of Computing (SCC) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, MA, seeks candidates at the level of tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin July 1, 2026 or on a mutually agreed date thereafter.
Materials engineering has always benefitted from theoretical and computational approaches to unveil relationships between structure, properties, processing, and performance. Recent advances in computing, including but not limited to artificial intelligence, are poised to dramatically advance the understanding and design of complex matter. DMSE and SCC jointly seek candidates with experience and interest in combining fundamental scientific principles with algorithmic innovations to empower discovery, understanding, and synthesis of materials with applications across critical societal domains – healthcare, manufacturing, energy, sustainability, climate, and next-generation computing. This search encompasses all materials classes and scales, and is open to candidates with industry and start-up experience. Candidates are expected to develop research programs that target innovation in computational approaches well-suited to materials science and engineering research.
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