Job Description
ARQUIMEA, we are a

technology company

operating globally and providing innovate solutions and products in highly demanding sectors.

Our areas of activity are

Aerospace, Defense & Security, Big Science, Biotechnology and Fintech.

Main function and scope

Launch and lead ARC’s research line in

Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs)

in Tenerife.

This is a hands-on postdoctoral position for an independent, energetic and adaptable researcher who connects advanced materials science with engineering applications and future space technologies.

Primary Functions

Define the SMA research roadmap, priorities, hypotheses and experimental plans.

Design, process and characterise SMA specimens, components and prototypes.

Investigate composition, processing, microstructure and functional performance relationships.

Study transformation behaviour, shape-memory effect, superelasticity, fatigue, hysteresis and environmental stability.

Establish experimental methods, test benches, instrumentation and data-analysis workflows.





Develop and validate application-oriented demonstrators.

Collaborate with mechanical, electronics, systems and manufacturing teams.

Identify funding opportunities, academic collaborations, industrial partnerships and technology-transfer opportunities.

Prepare technical reports, research proposals, scientific publications, presentations and IP disclosures where appropriate.

Contribute to laboratory organisation, documentation, configuration control and good laboratory and safety practices.

Mentor junior researchers and support the future growth of the research line.

Other reasonable duties as required.

Required experience and candidate profile

Ph.D. in Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering, Physics or a closely related scientific or engineering discipline.

Postdoctoral research experience, or equivalent evidence of independent research capability after the Ph.D.

Early- to mid-career postdoctoral profile with demonstrated in

📌 Principal Researcher In Materials Shape Memory Alloys (Madrid)
🏢 ARQUIMEA Space, Science and Defense
📍 Madrid