About Materiom
What is Materiom?
Materiom is an innovation platform for bio-based materials. It publishes open recipes and data for materials made from abundant, locally sourced biomass — algae, agricultural residues, food waste — and builds the AI and data tooling that helps designers, researchers and manufacturers formulate and test them.
The goal is straightforward: make it as easy to design a compostable, locally produced material as it is to specify a fossil-derived plastic. Materiom works with designers, universities, brands and manufacturers, and runs as a not-for-profit.
Where will I work?
London, with flexible hybrid working.
What is the Materiom team like?
A small, research-led team of around a dozen people spanning materials science, data and AI engineering, and design — the kind of place where a Research Scientist in natural polymers sits next to an AI Engineer.
Work-Life Balance
Every Materiom listing carries the same line: "Generous Paid Time Off: 30 days of paid holiday per year for full-time positions, in addition to all UK bank holidays." That is 38 days off a year once the UK's eight bank holidays are counted — well clear of the UK statutory floor of 28 days inclusive.
Perks and Benefits
- 30 days' paid holiday a year, plus all UK bank holidays (38 days total)
- Performance-based bonuses
- Pro-rata leave for part-time roles
- Mission-led materials research with open, publicly available outputs