# Founding Equipment 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/0mX5dLu-founding-equipment-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/discovered-materials-founding-equipment-engineer/

## About the role

Our models today are proposing new materials and synthesis recipes faster than any lab on earth can validate them. Many of these materials and recipes are dead ends, but a few are genuinely interesting and could lead to a novel breakthrough.

## What they're looking for

- Set up our deposition and characterization tools
- Design the customizable hardware that makes new synthesis approaches possible — sources, gas delivery, vacuum, thermal, motion
- Build synthesis equipment with in-situ characterization capabilities with the ability
- You've built or substantially modified vacuum and deposition hardware
- You've designed deposition and characterization tools from scratch for new materials
- You enjoy working with fast-paced, ambitious teams and on problems with no written playbook

Tags: Engineering