# Founding Computational Materials Engineer at Discovered Materials

- Company: Discovered Materials (YC P26)
- What the company does: AI scientists to discover materials for the semiconductor industry. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://discoveredmaterials.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Mountain View, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/discovered-materials/jobs/qpNVS3c-founding-computational-materials-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/discovered-materials-founding-computational-materials-engineer/

## About the role

As a Founding Computational Materials Engineer at Discovered Materials, you will:

## What they're looking for

- Model the effect of surfaces, interfaces, grain boundaries, defects on material properties
- Build finite element simulations to predict the impact of material properties on overall device performance
- Develop computational methods that that guide and validate synthesis recipes
- You've built models of complex systems and validated them against real data
- You’re comfortable with simulations across length scales, atomistic to continuum finite element models
- You enjoy working with fast-paced, ambitious teams and on problems with no written playbook

Tags: Engineering