About Materiom

Materiom's mission is to create a world where materials regenerate nature and support human health. We pursue it by building data and AI tools that help discover natural alternatives for packaging, textiles, and the built environment. We support innovators around the world to bring these new materials to market.

We're an interdisciplinary team bringing together materials engineering, computational materials science, AI/ML engineering, and business innovation. In 2026, we're at an inflection point: with advanced AI and a self-driving lab, we are accelerating the discovery of natural materials and supporting innovators across the sector.

The role

This is a high-impact role with the potential to apply leading AI/ML to one of the world's greatest challenges. We're looking for a mid-level AI Engineer to work at the intersection of applied ML and applied AI; someone equally comfortable developing predictive models on structured scientific data as they are with building LLM-powered tools and agentic workflows.

What you'll do

• ML modeling: Design, build, and deploy structure-property prediction ML models of bio-based formulations from experimental, in-silico and literature-mined data.
• Agents for materials discovery: Contribute to Materiom’s agentic stack for scientific discovery, ranging from hypothesis generation to closing the loop with Materiom’s SDL and simulation engine.
• MLOps: Develop, operate and maintain workflows for data extraction, model training & evaluation, and orchestration workflows against lab equipment/partners.
• Internal & external-facing collaboration: Effectively communicate complex technical concepts and findings to multidisciplinary audiences.

What we're looking for

You'll need:

• Genuine excitement about the potential of transforming the materials sector through AI-enabled materials discovery of breakthrough bio-based alternatives.
• Solid grounding in ML fundamentals: statistical learning, neural networks, optimisation, model selection and validation, uncertainty estimation, and working with small, noisy or imbalanced datasets.
• Practical experience developing ML-powered systems end to end.
• Master’s degree in a technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning), plus 2 to 4 years of professional experience in an AI start up environment.

What We Offer

Materiom is an impact-focused startup offering a supportive and flexible environment where you can drive the acceleration of net-positive materials using cutting-edge technology. Our benefits include:

• Competitive Salary: An annual salary range of £70K+, commensurate with your experience and expertise.
• Generous Paid Time Off: 30 days of paid holiday per year for full-time positions.
• Flexible Hybrid Working: A highly flexible scheme that includes weekly days at the office (London) and at home.