Type B - Tenured Position

Type B is a tenured position of research scientist normally offered to a candidate with significant research achievements and management experience.
 

• Type B - Tenured Position

Job Opportunities for the 2nd round of Open Recruitment 2024 - Closed at 23:59 on 10 October 2024 (JST)

Entry ID mc6-2-1	Title	Research on Mechanical Recycling Technology through Material Analysis and/or Process evaluation
	Job Summary and Essential/Desirable Skills and Experience	We are looking for researchers who can practice research and development through "material analysis and process evaluation" related to plastic material recycling and are willing to work with companies to implement the results in society. Specifically, we are looking for researchers with advanced expertise and experience in analytical techniques for organic materials (especially resin and rubber materials), materials and process informatics, molding and manufacturing processes, and process evaluation in order to develop material diagnostic techniques (quantitative quality evaluation techniques) necessary for grading recycled materials and new processes for mastering their use. We welcome those who do not have a doctoral degree but who are motivated to utilize their practical experience at a company for the social implementation of AIST's R&D.
	Start of Employment	April 1st, 2025
	Research Unit	Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry
	Work Location	AIST Chugoku, AIST Tsukuba
	URL	https://unit.aist.go.jp/ischem/index_en.html
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	Number of Position	1～2
	Key Words	Polymer Science／Recycling／Structure Analysis／Structure-Property Relationships／Manufacturing Process
	Related Research Areas	Nanotechnology/Materials／Manufacturing Technology／Environmental science
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Entry ID mc6-2-2	Title	Research on development of polymer materials through a data-driven approach
	Job Summary and Essential/Desirable Skills and Experience	Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry is advancing data-driven materials and process development with the aim of the enhancement and societal implementation of organic and biomaterial polymers, such as resins, rubber, and cellulose. For example, we are pushing forward the research and development of process informatics technologies that incorporate in-line analysis into development of cellulose/polymer composite materials. We are looking for researchers with experience and expertise in applying data science (such as multivariate analysis and machine learning as an example, including programming experience). We are particularly interested in researchers eager to apply these skills to the research and development of organic and polymer materials and also enthusiastic about collaborating with industry. We welcome those who do not have a doctoral degree but who are motivated to utilize their practical experience at a company for the social implementation of AIST's R&D.
	Start of Employment	April 1st, 2025
	Research Unit	Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry
	Work Location	AIST Chugoku
	URL	https://unit.aist.go.jp/ischem/index_en.html
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	Number of Position	1～2
	Key Words	Polymeric materials／Cellulosic materials／Polymer processing／In situ analysis／Data driven
	Related Research Areas	Manufacturing Technology／Nanotechnology/Materials／Environmantal science
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Entry ID mc6-2-3	Title	Research on material diagnosis, nanocellulose and bio-manufacturing for green and sustainable chemistry
	Job Summary and Essential/Desirable Skills and Experience	Toward the realization of a circular economy, we are seeking researchers who are motivated to conduct research and development on material diagnostic technology (quantitative evaluation of quality and deterioration), conversion to biomass raw materials such as cellulose, the use of polymer materials through process biotechnology, and social implementation through corporate collaboration. Therefore, we are seeking researchers with advanced expertise and experience in organic material analysis technology, informatics technology, and material development (including biomanufacturing). We welcome those who do not have a doctoral degree but who are motivated to utilize their practical experience at a company for the social implementation of AIST's R&D.
	Start of Employment	April 1st, 2025
	Research Unit	Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry
	Work Location	AIST Chugoku, AIST Tsukuba
	URL	https://unit.aist.go.jp/ischem/index_en.html
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	Number of Position	2～3
	Key Words	Polymeric Material／Structural Chemistry of Organic Compounds／Infomatics／Cellulose／Biomanufacturing
	Related Research Areas	Nanotechnology/Materials／Manufacturing Technology／Life Science
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Entry ID mc6-2-4	Title	Research and Development on Carbon Dioxide Capture Technology for Carbon-Recycling Society
	Job Summary and Essential/Desirable Skills and Experience	In this position, you will engage in research and development on carbon dixode capture material and technology that contributes to realization of carbon-recycling society. Applicants are expected to have expert knowledge and research experience in the fields of organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, catalytic chemistry, materials chemistry, chemical engineering, material and process informatics, process engineering, and related fields. We welcome those who do not have a doctoral degree but who are motivated to utilize their practical experience at a company for the social implementation of AIST's R&D.
	Start of Employment	April 1st, 2025
	Research Unit	Research Institute for Chemical Process Technology
	Work Location	AIST Tohoku
	URL	https://unit.aist.go.jp/cpt/index_en.html
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	Number of Position	1～2
	Key Words	CCUS／Resource Recycling／Porous Material／Polymer Material／Ionic Liquid
	Related Research Areas	Environmental science／Nanotechnology/Materials／Manufacturing Technology
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Entry ID mc6-2-5	Title	Research and Development on Carbon Resource Recycling Technology that Contributes to Sustainable Society
	Job Summary and Essential/Desirable Skills and Experience	In this position, you will engage in research and development on recycling technology of carbon resource such as carbon dioxide, plastic, and biomass. Applicants are expected to have expert knowledge and research experience in the fields of organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, catalytic chemistry, materials chemistry, chemical engineering, process engineering, and related fields. We welcome those who do not have a doctoral degree but who are motivated to utilize their practical experience at a company for the social implementation of AIST's R&D.
	Start of Employment	April 1st, 2025
	Research Unit	Research Institute for Chemical Process Technology
	Work Location	AIST Tohoku
	URL	https://unit.aist.go.jp/cpt/index_en.html
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	Number of Position	1～2
	Key Words	CCUS／Resource Recycling／Solid Catalyst／Organic Synthesis／Chemical Recycling
	Related Research Areas	Environmental science／Nanotechnology/Materials／Manufacturing Technology
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Entry ID mc6-2-6	Title	Research and Development of Energy-Saving and Efficient Chemical Process Technology
	Job Summary and Essential/Desirable Skills and Experience	In this position, you will engage in research and development on flow synthesis technology for energy-saving and efficient chemical process. Applicants are expected to have expert knowledge and research experience in the fields of organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, catalytic chemistry, materials chemistry, chemical engineering, process engineering, and related fields. We welcome those who do not have a doctoral degree but who are motivated to utilize their practical experience at a company for the social implementation of AIST's R&D.
	Start of Employment	April 1st, 2025
	Research Unit	Research Institute for Chemical Process Technology
	Work Location	AIST Tohoku
	URL	https://unit.aist.go.jp/cpt/index_en.html
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	Number of Position	1～2
	Key Words	Chemical Process／Solid Catalyst／Organic Synthesis／Continuous Manufacturing Process／Functional Chemicals
	Related Research Areas	Environmental science／Nanotechnology/Materials／Manufacturing Technology
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Entry ID mc6-2-7	Title	Research for the development and practical application of nanomaterials
	Job Summary and Essential/Desirable Skills and Experience	We are looking for researchers who will work on research and social implementation of nanomaterials, such as functional nanoparticles, nanothin film, nanocomposite materials, atomic and molecular scale analysis, material interface evaluation and so on. We welcome applications from researchers who have the basic knowledge of chemistry, physics, and material science required for R & D of nanomaterials, and who are motivated to tackle challenging issues toward the practical application of nanomaterials. We welcome those who do not have a doctoral degree but who are motivated to utilize their practical experience at a company for the social implementation of AIST's R&D.
	Start of Employment	April 1st, 2025
	Research Unit	Nanomaterials Research Institute
	Work Location	AIST Tsukuba, AIST Kansai
	URL	https://unit.aist.go.jp/nmri/index_en.html
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	Number of Position	2
	Key Words	Nanomaterials／Nano-space materials／Optical materials／Interface science／Machine learning
	Related Research Areas	Nanotechnology/Materials／Environmental science／Energy Engineering
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Entry ID mc6-2-8	Title	Research and development of innovative functional materials and the advanced processes
	Job Summary and Essential/Desirable Skills and Experience	We are looking for researchers who can contribute to solving social issues related to safety and security, carbon neutrality, material circulation, by researching and developing innovative functional materials, and the advanced processes for their realization. In particular, we recruit researchers who have basic foundations in applied chemistry, applied physics, and materials engineering such as electromagnetic materials ( 6G high-frequency band communications etc. ) , highly efficient energy and electrochemical conversion materials　（ CO2 reduction or chemical conversion technologies etc. ）, energy-saving processing technologies that highly control bulk, surface interfaces and nano-structures, the realization of next-generation magnetic materials （ EV motor efficiency improvment etc. ) and data driven materials-processes development. We welcome those who do not have a doctoral degree but who are motivated to utilize their practical experience at a company for the social implementation of AIST's R&D.
	Start of Employment	April 1st, 2025
	Research Unit	Innovative Functional Materials Research Institute
	Work Location	AIST Chubu
	URL	https://unit.aist.go.jp/ifm-ri/index_en.html
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	Number of Position	2
	Key Words	Fuel cell and electrolytic cell materials and all solid state battery materials／Photo-chromic and thermal control materials／Electroceramic materials／Next-generation magnetic materials／Innovative ｍanufacturing ｐrocess　and advanced recycling process
	Related Research Areas	Nanotechnology/Materials／Manufacturing Technology／Natural Science
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Entry ID mc6-2-9	Title	Research and Development of Multi-Materials Technology for Circular Economy Society
	Job Summary and Essential/Desirable Skills and Experience	In order to develop multi-materials components with high performance for realization of circular economy society, we recruit researchers who have basic knowledge on material science like ceramics/metal/composites or who have knowledge on powder technology and mechanical engineering. We welcome those who do not have a doctoral degree but who are motivated to utilize their practical experience at a company for the social implementation of AIST's R&D.
	Start of Employment	April 1st, 2025
	Research Unit	Multi-Material Research Institute
	Work Location	AIST Chubu
	URL	https://unit.aist.go.jp/mmri/index_en.html
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	Number of Position	2
	Key Words	Material Science／Ceramics／Metal／Polymer／Composites
	Related Research Areas	Nanotechnology/Materials／Environmental science／Manufacturing Technology
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Entry ID mc6-2-10	Title	Research and development of catalyst technology contributing to the carbon cycle
	Job Summary and Essential/Desirable Skills and Experience	We will conduct research and development that contributes to carbon recycling, including the recycling of carbon dioxide as a resource. Our research targets a wide range of regions, from the pursuit of the truth based on fundamental research to the development of innovative catalytic and chemical technologies, and further to the social implementation. For this purpose, we are seeking motivated researchers with advanced expertise and experimental techniques in the fields of catalytic chemistry or chemical engineering. Particularly, we welcome chemical researchers with research experience in the preparation and analysis of solid catalysts and kinetic analysis of catalytic reactions. We welcome those who do not have a doctoral degree but who are motivated to utilize their practical experience at a company for the social implementation of AIST's R&D.
	Start of Employment	April 1st, 2025
	Research Unit	Interdisciplinary Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry
	Work Location	AIST Tsukuba
	URL	https://irc3.aist.go.jp/english/
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	Number of Position	1
	Key Words	Solid catalyst／Catalytic reaction process／Carbon recycling／Carbon dioxide／Biomass
	Related Research Areas	Nanotechnology/Materials／Environmental science／Natural Science
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Entry ID mc6-2-11	Title	Development of interdisciplinary resource recycling technology based on catalyst and synthesis technology
	Job Summary and Essential/Desirable Skills and Experience	Driven by an actual mechanism-based understanding of reactions, the project will conduct R&D based on innovative catalyst and chemical technologies that contribute to resource recycling and circular economy, such as chemical recycling technology for plastics and chemical process technology oriented toward commercial and practical production. To conduct data-driven interdisciplinary research and development that also introduces AI and process informatics, we are seeking highly motivated researchers with advanced expertise and experimental techniques in the fields of catalytic chemistry, synthetic chemistry, chemical engineering, or information science, and who are willing to take on the challenges of different fields. We welcome those who do not have a doctoral degree but who are motivated to utilize their practical experience at a company for the social implementation of AIST's R&D.
	Start of Employment	April 1st, 2025
	Research Unit	Interdisciplinary Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry
	Work Location	AIST Tsukuba
	URL	https://irc3.aist.go.jp/english/
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	Number of Position	1
	Key Words	Molecular Catalysts／Solid catalysts／Organic Synthesis／Chemical Processes／Artificial Intelligence
	Related Research Areas	Nanotechnology/Materials／Environmental science／Manufacturing Technology
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Entry ID mc6-2-12	Title	Computational Science and Data Sciene based Generic Technology Development for Materials Design
	Job Summary and Essential/Desirable Skills and Experience	We open research position for computational science or data science based generic technology development for materials design. Applicants are expected to have expertise in physics, chemistry or materials science as well as experience of computational science based or data science based studies of materials. In addition, applicants are expected to be strongly motivated for designing high performance materials or material production process. We welcome those who do not have a doctoral degree but who are motivated to utilize their practical experience at a company for the social implementation of AIST's R&D.
	Start of Employment	April 1st, 2025
	Research Unit	Research Center for Computational Design of Advanced Functional Materials
	Work Location	AIST Tsukuba
	URL	https://unit.aist.go.jp/cd-fmat/index_en.html
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	Number of Position	1
	Key Words	Computational science／Data science／Artificial intelligence (AI)／Materials and process design
	Related Research Areas	Nanotechnology/Materials
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Entry ID mc6-2-13	Title	Artificial intelligence application research & development for data driven materials design
	Job Summary and Essential/Desirable Skills and Experience	We open job position for researchers with high level experiences on artificial intelligence (AI) research & development for data driven materials design. Applicants should have excellent scientific attainments on AI, data science and data security and are expected to be strongly motivated for materials design and process design. We welcome those who do not have a doctoral degree but who are motivated to utilize their practical experience at a company for the social implementation of AIST's R&D.
	Start of Employment	April 1st, 2025
	Research Unit	Research Center for Computational Design of Advanced Functional Materials
	Work Location	AIST Tsukuba
	URL	https://unit.aist.go.jp/cd-fmat/index_en.html
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	Number of Position	1
	Key Words	Materials informatics／Artificial intelligence (AI)／Data security／Materials and process design
	Related Research Areas	Nanotechnology/Materials
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Entry ID mc6-2-14	Title	Advanced Research of Data Driven Materials Design Using Quantum Computers
	Job Summary and Essential/Desirable Skills and Experience	We open research position for advanced research of data driven material design through quantum computer based dramatic acceleration of comuter simulation and data science calculation. Applicants should have excellent scientific attainments or research experiences on quantum computing and materials informatics and are expected to be strongly motivated for quantum computing for material and chemistry industry problems. We welcome those who do not have a doctoral degree but who are motivated to utilize their practical experience at a company for the social implementation of AIST's R&D.
	Start of Employment	April 1st, 2025
	Research Unit	Research Center for Computational Design of Advanced Functional Materials
	Work Location	AIST Tsukuba
	URL	https://unit.aist.go.jp/cd-fmat/index_en.html
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	Number of Position	1
	Key Words	Quantum computing／Computer simulation／Data science／Artificial intelligence (AI)／Materials and process design
	Related Research Areas	Nanotechnology/Materials
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Entry ID mc6-2-15	Title	Data-Driven Research to Accelerate Material Development
	Job Summary and Essential/Desirable Skills and Experience	We are widely seeking researchers eager to apply data-driven approaches for diverse materials research, including nanomaterials, through the development of advanced AI, robotic process automation, and autonomous experimental systems. We seek skilled researchers particularly with knowledge in fields, such as data science, materials, chemistry, physics, and engineering. Previous experience in nanomaterials or AI research is not required. We welcome those who do not have a doctoral degree but who are motivated to utilize their practical experience at a company for the social implementation of AIST's R&D.
	Start of Employment	April 1st, 2025
	Research Unit	Nano Carbon Device Research Center
	Work Location	AIST Tsukuba
	URL	https://unit.aist.go.jp/ncdrc/index_en.html
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	Number of Position	1
	Key Words	Data Science／Infomatics／Artificial intelligence／Materials Science／Robotics
	Related Research Areas	Nanotechnology/Materials／Manufacturing Technology／Natural Science
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