Recruitment Information

NIMS strives to be a leading research institute for materials science across the world, and we are searching for people to work with.

We are looking for researchers who aspire to become world leaders in materials research, ambitious engineers who are willing to take on the challenge of developing cutting-edge technologies as well as enthusiastic administrators who will support them and engage in the management of NIMS as professionals.

We Find recruitment information

About NIMS

Employment types

NIMS employs permanent staff with no fixed term of employment (up to retirement age), and fixed-term staff who are employed for a certain fixed period.

Permanent positions

No fixed term of employment (up to retirement age)

Public recruitment for permanent research and engineering positions typically occurs twice a year, from March to May and from September to October*. For administrative positions, recruitment is from March to June. Details vary by type of position, so please check the individual pages for each position.

* Please also see the Special Public Recruitment (for permanent research positions equivalent to group leaders) which is open throughout the year.

Permanent positions

Fixed-term positions

Employment for a fixed term

Public recruitment for fixed-term positions, which are categorized as research, engineering, technical support (technical assistance), and administrative positions, takes place periodically. The job description varies by position, so please check the individual pages for each position.

Articles
  • 2024.07.12

    #Terminable #Researcher
    NIMS Postdoctral Researcher

    Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) ,Soft Chemistry Group

    Synthesis of novel nanosheets by delamination of layered compounds via soft chemical process and functional development

  • 2024.07.11

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials ,Solid State Battery Ionics Group

    Computational science research on the development of Solid-state battery materials and ion dynamics analysis. Specifically, analysis of electronic properties and ion transport at battery materials and...

  • 2024.07.11

    #Terminable #Researcher
    NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher (Fixed Term)

    Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials ,Spintronics Group

    Postdoctoral position in the development on novel magnetic tunnel junctions for MRAM applications

  • 2024.07.09

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher (Fixed Term)

    Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials ,Molecular Mechatronics Group

    This project funded from NIMS focuses on the development of soft actuators using ionic liquid-crystalline polymers, amphiphilic block polymers, and redox-active conjugated polymers and their applicati...

  • 2024.07.05

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher (Fixed Term)

    Center for Basic Research on Materials ,Nanoprobe group

    The postdoctoral researcher is expected to mainly contribute to design and development of functional organic materials (molecules, polymers, and two-dimensional organic nanomaterials) based on organic...

  • 2024.07.03

    #Terminable #Researcher
    NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Electronic and Optical Materials ,Ultra-wide Bandgap Semiconductors Group

    Development and characterization of wide-bandgap semiconductors MEMS or Electronics or optical devices. (Duties are subject to change within the scope of the Employee's position)

  • 2024.07.03

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics ,Nanoparticle Group

    Synthesis of colloidal nanostructuresDuties are subject to change within the scope of the Employee’s position.

  • 2024.07.02

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) ,Functional Nanomaterials Group

    Development of functional inorganic nanosheets Duties are subject to change within the scope of the Employee’s position.

  • 2024.06.24

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Post Doctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials ,Mechanobiology Group

    Development and applications of liquid culture scaffoldsDuties are subject to change within the scope of the Employee’s position.

  • 2024.06.22

    #Terminable #Engineer
    NIMS Engineer (Fixed Term)

    Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials ,Mechanobiology Group

    Design and synthesis of organic and polymeric compounds. Preparation of their assemblies and analyses on the resultant structures and propertie...

  • 2024.06.14

    #Terminable #Researcher
    NIMS Postdoctral Reseacher

    Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN) ,Hydrogen Ion Materials Group

    The successful candidate will work on the design and exploration, characterization of new electrocatalyst for CO2 reduction reaction by experiment and DFT calculations.Duties ar...

  • 2024.06.11

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials ,Magnetic Recording Materials Group

     A post-doc position on magnetic recording material research. A successful candidate is expected to pursue research works on the development of advanced magnetic storage media. For example, fabri...

  • 2024.06.11

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials ,Magnetic Recording Materials Group

     A post doc position on the thin film fabrication for 3-dimentional magnetic recording media and/or permanent magnet with less rare earth element and their magnetic and microstructure characteriz...

  • 2024.06.07

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials ,Electrochemical Energy Conversion Team

    *Artificial Intelligence assisted experiment for ultra-accelerated discovery of  novel electrocatalysts for water electrolysers*Data-driven characterization of water-splitting electroc...

  • 2024.06.04

    #Terminable #Technical Staff
    Technical staff

    Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials , Smart Polymers Group 

    Polymer synthesis, cell experiments, some animals experiemnts. Analysis of experimental data. Other necessary research-related work.Duties are subject to change within the scope of the Em...

  • 2024.05.21

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics ,2D Quantum Materials Group

    Exploring quantum properties of two-dimensional materials through 1. Preparation of two-dimensional materials and heterostructures / 2. Optical properties characterization / 3. device fabrications

  • 2024.05.05

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher (Fixed Term)

    Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials ,Data-driven polymer Design Group

    The postdoctoral researcher is expected to mainly contribute to design and development of new polymer materials.He/she will develop functional polymer materials related to circular economy.

  • 2024.04.16

    #Permanent #Researcher #Special Call for Proposals
    【Special Open Call】G24-02 Leaders Conducting Research in Materials Science /
    Researcher (permanent position) / Female candidates only / Group Leader /

    will be affiliated to one of existing research centers in NIMS

    NIMS calls for international applications for female researchers (group leaders) to lead research groups in order to promote women’s active participation and advancement. The successful candidat...

  • 2024.04.16

    #Permanent #Researcher #Special Call for Proposals
    【Special Open Call】G24-01 Leaders Promoting Research in Materials Science,
    Researcher (permanent position), Group Leader, A few positions are available

    will be affiliated to one of existing research centers in NIMS

    National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS, Tsukuba, Japan) calls for outstanding researchers to create new research groups in various fields of Materials Science. The successful candidate will re...

  • 2024.04.16

    #Permanent #Researcher #Special Call for Proposals
    【Special Open Call】S24-01 World-Class Leaders for Research in Materials Science,
    Fellow or Distinguished Group Leader (permanent researcher position), A few positions are available

    affiliated to one of the existing research centers in NIMS.

    National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) is launching an international open call for outstanding researchers who can drive world-class research in materials science, to further strengthen th...

  • 2024.04.12

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Structural Materials ,Materials Evaluation Field, Structural Thermodynamics Group

    Develop a program utilizing the phase-field method to replicate the nanostructure formation process in FePt-based magnetic recording media, supporting the research and development of novel magnetic re...

  • 2024.04.12

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Structural Materials ,Materials Evaluation Field, Structural Thermodynamics Group

    Construction of a machine learning model for the nano-scale structure of FePt-based magnetic recording media.Duties are subject to change within the scope of the Employee’s position....

  • 2024.04.11

    #Terminable #Researcher
    NIMS Postdoctral Reseacher

    Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN) ,Interface Electrochemistry Group

    The successful candidate will work on the design and analysis of all-solid-state battery materials by high-throughput density functional theory calculations and machine learning methods. For more info...

  • 2024.04.09

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics ,Neuromorphic Devices Group

    Fabrication and evaluation of spintronics-based neuromorphic devices.Duties are subject to change within the scope of the Employee’s position.

  • 2024.04.08

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctral Researcher

    Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials ,Electrochemical Nano-Bio Group

    Elucidation of bioelectron transfer mechanisms through electrochemical experiments using microorganismsDuties are subject to change within the scope of the Employee’s position.

  • 2024.04.02

    #Terminable #Researcher
    NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) ,Quantum Solid State Materials Group

    Elucidation of the coercivity mechanism by employing statistical physical approaches. The coercivity mechanism, closely related to the relaxation process from metastable states at finite temperatures,...

  • 2024.02.21

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) ,Functional Nanomaterials Group

    Development of carbon nanotube (CNT) based nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) and sensors, such as: growth and fabrication of CNT NEMS devices.

  • 2024.02.08

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials ,Interface Electrochemistry Group

    Data-driven approach for synthesis of water-splitting electrocatalysts or data-driven characterization of water-splitting electrode processes by using in-situ electrochemical techniquesDut...

  • 2024.01.31

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) ,Thermal Energy Materials Group

    Experimental research on thermoelectric properties of inorganic compounds and/or TEG module developmentDuties are subject to change within the scope of the Employee’s position.

  • 2024.01.31

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) ,Thermal Energy Materials Group

    Development of thermal conductivity measurements and analysisDuties are subject to change within the scope of the Employee’s position.

  • 2023.12.19

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Structural Materials (RCSM) ,Materials Manufacturing Field, High Temperature Materials Group

    “Synthesis Process and Thermal Property Evaluation of Silica Insulation Material”This project aims at development of refined material and process for the next-generation insulation p...

  • 2023.12.11

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) ,Frontier Molecules Group

    The postdoctoral researcher is expected to mainly contribute to design and synthesis of new NIR-light responsive compounds. He/she will develop...

  • 2023.12.01

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral position

    Center for Basic Research on Materials ,Data-driven Materials Research Field, Data-driven Materials Design Group

    The postdoctoral researcher is expected to study material science by using machine learning and ab-initio simulation.

  • 2023.11.30

    #Terminable #Researcher
    NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher

    Center for Basic Research on Materials ,Materials Modeling Group

    The plastic deformation behavior of metals has not yet been fully clarified. In particular, the interaction between slip systems has yet to be quantitatively determined, and techniques for predicting ...

  • 2023.10.12

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN) ,Rechargeable Battery Materials Group

    Characterization of Na-ion battery Development of Na-ion full cell Characterization of thermal stability of Na-ion battery material...

  • 2023.10.03

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Energy and Environmental materials (GREEN) ,Rechargeable Battery Materials Group

    Research and development of advanced Li batteries. Li metal negative electrode Si-based negative electrode

  • 2023.09.26

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Energy and Environmental materials (GREEN), Devision of Battery Materials ,Rechargeable Battery Materials Group

    Development and characterization of novel electrolyte and electrode materials for multivalent-metal based batteries.

  • 2023.09.13

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN) ,Photovoltaic Materials Group

    Fabrication of highly efficient perovskite solar cells Develop high-band-gap perovskite materials and improve performance

  • 2023.09.04

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials

    R&D for JST-START (Program for Creating STart-ups from Advanced Research and Technology) "CO2 recovery from methane/CO2 mixtures containing high-concentration CO2 using polymer sorbents&...

  • 2023.08.21

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) ,Functional Chromophores Group

    The Yamauchi Materials Space Tectonics JST-ERATO project invite applications for one postdoctoral researcher in the fields of Additive Manufacturing, Supra...

  • 2023.07.21

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) ,Functional Chromophores Group

     JST-ERATO Yamauchi’s Materials Space-Tectonics Project In this ERATO, we will create novel “inorganic nanosolids” containing internal nanospaces, as unprec...

  • 2023.07.11

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) ,Quantum Materials Simulation Group

    Theoretical study of complex nano-scale materials (Si, Ge, GaN, ..)  using large-scale DFT and machine-learning techniques

  • 2023.07.03

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN) ,Rechargeable Battery Materials Group

    Characterization of Zn-ion battery Study of metal deposition/dissolution

  • 2023.06.23

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Special Researcher

    Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials ,Molecular Design and Function Group

    Organic synthesis and preparation of organic thin films Organic single crystal growth Other necessary research-related work and wor...

  • 2023.05.31

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN) ,Battery Interface Control Group

    Synthesis and development of solid-state battery materials. Liquid-phase processes for developing solid-state batteries. Development of operando techniques for solid-state battery characterization.

  • 2023.05.17

    #Terminable #Researcher
    NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher

    Center for Basic Research on Materials ,Nanoprobe Group

    The successful candidate will work on on-surface chemistry with high-resolution atomic force microscope/scanning tunneling microscope system, operating in ultra-high vacuum at low temperature.

  • 2023.04.18

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials

     Solid-state battery materials and ion dynamics analysis using NMR and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). Development of an operando analysis method using SIMS.

  • 2023.04.07

    #Terminable #Researcher
    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Center for Basic Research on Materials, Advanced Materials Characterization Field ,Quantum Beam Diffraction Group

    Materials informatics for fuel cell catalysts and/or Surface measurements under vac & spectroscopy for electrocatalysts 

Mid-career recruitment ratio presented according to the Comprehensive Promotion of Labor Policies Act

2020 2021 2022
Mid-career recruitment ratio of regular employees 95% 89% 81%