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Experimental Material Scientist

Diffractive Labs • London, UK

Salary
£52k – £52k
Posted
10 September 2026
Work mode
Full-time
Sponsor match
high
Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)
Role overview

Diffractive Labs is hiring a Experimental Material Scientist in London, a full-time scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £52k – £52k. Diffractive Labs holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

What We're Looking For We are hiring an experienced synthesis and characterisation material scientist to join the team. You will run exploratory and targeted material synthesis, characterise structure and properties, and feed clean, well-documented data back into the AI-driven discovery loop. The role spans from the first synthesis of a novel composition through to the characterisation that tells us whether it is worth pursuing. This brief is deliberately broad. We are interested in people from…
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  • Employer: Diffractive Labs — confirmed licensed sponsor
  • Visa route: Skilled Worker
  • Advertised salary: £52k – £52k
  • How this salary compares: about 28% above the £40,524 median across 946 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
  • Location: London, UK · Full-time
  • Similar roles nearby: 82 other live scientific & qa roles in London — browse them
  • Posted: 10 September 2026
  • How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.
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Scientific and quality assurance roles span pharmaceutical, biotech, clinical research, and laboratory sectors. The UK life sciences industry actively recruits internationally for research scientists, QA managers, regulatory affairs specialists, and clinical trial coordinators, with many employers maintaining well-established sponsor licence operations.

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