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Semiconductor Material Science Research Scientist, DeepMind

Google • London, UK

Salary

£51k – £51k

Posted

27 September 2026

Sponsor match

high

Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist WorkerWorker (A (Premium))

Role overview

Google is hiring a Semiconductor Material Science Research Scientist, DeepMind in London, a scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £51k – £51k. Google holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Minimum qualifications: PhD in Computational Materials Science, Solid-State Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Technical experience in first-principles simulation methods (e.g., DFT and DFPT - Density Functional Perturbation Theory). Programming experience (e.g., Python) for workflow management, data analysis, and tool automation. Industry or experience using computational packages like VASP, Quantum ESPRESSO, or similar. Preferred qualific…

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Employer: Google — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker
Advertised salary: £51k – £51k
How this salary compares: about 25% above the £40,932 median across 1,086 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: London, UK
Similar roles nearby: 101 other live scientific & qa roles in London — browse them
Posted: 27 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.