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 indep

📌 Principal Researcher in Materials (San Cristóbal de La Laguna)
🏢 Arquimea
📍 San Cristóbal de La Laguna