Materials Scientist

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Bay Area on site Until 8/21/2026 First posted July 25, 2025 Last posted July 25, 2025
Job description
About The Role
Cradle is a moonshot company building a pause button for biology. We believe this will unlock medical hibernation, deep space exploration, and fundamentally change humanity's relationship with the future.

We’re building an elite team of applied physicists, engineers, and materials scientists for true full stack engineering, from electrons to operating systems. Projects will require high degree of autonomy and breadth of skill across electrical, mechanical, and materials design, with a strong emphasis on first principles thinking.

About You

  • Strong fundamentals in a scientific (physics, chemistry, biology, materials) discipline, excited to build the future
  • Experience with phase change materials, polymers, nano materials, or magnetic materials
  • Demonstrations of exceptional ability and autonomy in past work

Preferred Qualifications

  • 3+ years experience/graduate level in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or equivalent
  • Experience with fluorinated fluids and fluorine chemistry

Benefits

  • Opportunity for outsized impact creating the future as an early team member
  • Generous medical, dental and vision insurance coverage for employees and their dependents
  • Flexible time off and paid holidays
  • Competitive compensation package, including salary and equity
  • Access to a 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • FSA and commuter benefits
  • Subsidized lunch daily
About this role

Summary

Develop materials for innovative projects in biology and engineering.

Job title

Materials Scientist

Experience level

3+ years

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Bay Area, remote work not mentioned

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

scientific fundamentalsphase change materialspolymersnano materialsmagnetic materials

Preferred skills

electrical engineeringmechanical engineeringfluorinated fluidsfluorine chemistry

Specializations

materialsphysicschemistryengineeringdesign
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

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On-site