Materials Startups Hiring in the Bay Area
19 startups working to shape the future of the materials industry in the Bay Area are actively hiring.
Advanced Materials and the Path to Net Zero
The world currently emits ~51 billion tons of greenhouse gases each year, and it is be one of the great challenges of our age to get this to zero by 2050 if we are to ensure an abundant future.
To achieve this objective, some of the core challenges that remain to be overcome include:
How do we decarbonize the manufacturing processes of industrial materials such as cement, chemicals, and fuels?
How do we convert more waste and captured carbon into useful outputs?
How do we store and deliver clean energy at scale?
How do we reduce the ecological footprint of agriculture and raw material extraction?
For each of the above questions, there is a common theme: we need new materials, or new methods of manipulating existing materials, if we are to reduce our emissions to acceptable levels.
Fortunately for us, much science has already been done here; and although we still need several key breakthroughs in basic research, companies today are rushing to market to scale solutions to each of the above questions.
Particularly in California’s Bay Area, where the density of research labs and universities is one of the highest in the world, there is a cluster of exciting young companies who are leading the way and actively looking to grow their teams. If you’re interested in shaping the next generation of the advanced materials industry, read on to learn about how you can play a role in this exciting future!
Who Is This Article For?
This article is for:
Students or professionals passionate about building the next great era of advanced materials companies.
Researchers working to understand what frontiers still remain to be tackled to unlock the materials we need to reach our net carbon objectives.
Materials science entrepreneurs and investors looking to better understand the market landscape.
General readers interested in learning more about the cutting-edge developments today across advanced materials!
Companies Hiring Today
In this section, we’ll go through a list of energy startups hiring in the Bay Area. For each company, we’ll provide key links and metadata so that, if you are interested, you can:
Apply to the roles most relevant to your skill sets.
Connect with current employees at these companies.
Read more about the company’s technology, culture, and mission.
Without further ado, let’s dive in!
Note that the companies below are ordered by hiring count, from greatest to least.
Sila Nanotechnologies
Mission: Transforming energy with science at scale.
What This Means: Produces lithium–silicon batteries using nanoengineered silicon particles.
Location: Alameda, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 12
Roles:
Accounting Manager
Accounts Director (Consumer)
Battery Integration Engineer
Director, Account Management (Automotive)
Director, Concept Development
Staff Network Engineer
Government Grants and Compliance Manager
Head of Project Management Office (PMO)
Process Safety Engineer
Project Controls Manager
Project Manager, Design
Staff Process Safety Engineer
Redwood Materials
Mission: Building a circular supply chain to power a sustainable world.
What This Means: Recycles lithium-ion batteries and produces battery materials for electromobility and electrical storage systems.
Location: San Francisco, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 12
Roles:
Abuse Test Engineer
Controls Engineer
Electrical Engineering Lead
Firmware Engineer
Head of Supply Chain
Mechanical Engineering Lead
Mechanical Engineer, Power Electronics
Power Electronics Engineer
Power Systems Engineer
Systems Engineer
Systems Software Engineer
Test Engineering Lead
Amprius Technologies
Mission: Make the highest energy density lithium-ion batteries in the world.
What This Means: Develop, design, and manufacture high-performance lithium-ion battery cells.
Location: Fremont, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 8
Roles:
Chemical Technician
Battery Technician, Assembly & Testing
Warehouse Associate (3-month temp work)
Battery Test Technician - Day Shift
Facilities Technician
Battery Assembly Technician (Day Shift)
Director, Strategic Accounts
Senior Battery Scientist
Brimstone
Mission: One rock, many products — a new era of heavy industry.
What This Means: Produces multiple industrial products, including cement, supplementary cementitious materials (SCM), and alumina, from one carbon-free rock.
Location: Oakland, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 7
Roles:
General Application
Senior Plant Engineer
Director of Procurement and Supply Chain Strategy
Materials Science Technician
Senior Technical Recruiter
Head of Hydrometallurgy
Head of Pyrometallurgy
Fortera
Mission: Paving the way to zero CO2 cement.
What This Means: Manufacturing low-carbon cement for mass production and global distribution.
Location: San Jose, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 4
Roles:
Automation and Controls Engineer
Chemical Engineer Intern
Senior Mechanical Engineer
R&D Process Lab Intern
Mitra Chem
Mission: Enable mass-market electrification in transportation and energy storage.
What This Means: Innovating and commercializing iron-based cathode materials.
Location: Mountain View, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 4
Roles:
Battery Cell Lab Technician
Cathode Process Engineer
Chemical Process Design Engineer
General Application
Visolis
Mission: Reinventing how the world manufactures chemicals and fuels.
What This Means: Integrates synthetic biology and chemical catalysis to manufacture a diverse portfolio of critical chemicals and fuels.
Location: Hayward, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 3
Roles:
Process Engineer, Downstream Processing
Research Associate, Bioprocessing
Scientist, Bioengineering
Huminly
Mission: Enable infinite recycling of textiles.
What This Means: Develop enzymes that can turn textile waste back into high-quality inputs for textile production in a repeatable manner.
Location: San Carlos, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 3
Roles:
Head of Strain Engineering and Fermentation
Head of Enzyme Engineering
Chemical Process Engineer
MycoWorks
Mission: Grow the future of materials.
What This Means: Create a new set of materials by engineering mycelium cells.
Location: Emeryville, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 3
Roles:
Senior Director, Technology Development
Materials Scientist - Characterization
Solid State Fermentation Scientist
NovoLoop
Mission: Create a waste-free world.
What This Means: Transform non-recyclable plastics, such as bags and packaging, into performance materials with a small carbon footprint.
Location: Menlo Park, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 2
Roles:
Sr. Controls Engineer
Head of Finance
FutureBio
Mission: Develop and deploy innovative solutions to combat climate change, reduce carbon emissions, and promote sustainability.
What This Means: Biomanufacture chemicals in microbial platforms from renewable biomass or waste feedstock.
Location: Berkeley, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 2
Roles:
Strain Engineering Scientist
Senior Research Associate
ZymoChem
Mission: Eliminate carbon emissions with drop-in, bio-based solutions.
What This Means: Use proprietary Carbon Conserving (C2) microbes to convert renewable feedstocks into high-value materials.
Location: San Leandro, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 2
Roles:
Chief Technology Officer
Director of Business Development
General Application
Nitricity
Mission: Creating a better, more sustainable way to produce fertilizer.
What This Means: Produce plant-based, climate-smart fertilizer.
Location: Fremont, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 2
Roles:
EHS Manager
Organic Regulatory Affairs Manager
Electrical Engineer - High Voltage & RF Systems
Oleo
Mission: Reduce the reliance on oil seed crops, such as palm oil.
What This Means: Develop a biomanufacturing platform for transforming biomass waste into sustainable oil products.
Location: Berkeley, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 1
Roles:
Deconstruction & Analytical Process Engineer
Limelight Steel
Mission: Eliminate emissions from iron and steelmaking.
What This Means: Use laser light to electrify the ironmaking process.
Location: Oakland, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 1
Roles:
General Application
Umaro Foods
Mission: Make seaweed the world's future protein source.
What This Means: Create traditionally protein-based foods such as bacon from seaweed.
Location: Berkeley, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 1
Roles:
Head of R&D
Mango Materials
Mission: Turn waste into eco-friendly, affordable plastics.
What This Means: Use waste methane to feed bacteria that can produce fully biodegradable bio-polyester fibers.
Location: Elmira, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 1
Roles:
General Application
Aether
Mission: Build the next Industrial Revolution.
What This Means: Rapidly engineer enzymes to enable customers to manufacture complex products at a fraction of the cost.
Location: Menlo Park, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 1
Roles:
Scientist - Protein Engineering
Continuum Powders
Mission: Drive a circular metal economy that reduces waste, lowers environmental impact, and delivers cost-effective solutions.
What This Means: Recycles waste metal into premium metal powder for advanced manufacturing.
Location: Cloverdale, CA
Number of Roles Open in the Bay Area: 1
Roles:
Manufacturing Engineer
Next Steps
See any companies you’re particularly interested in? We recommend you apply directly!
Notice any companies that are hiring but were excluded from our list, or just have additional questions for us? Please feel free to email us directly at jrobison@standarddata.com; or leave a comment below, and we will respond ASAP.
As always, thank you for reading! And until next time — Ad Astra Per Aspera.