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 indepen

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