Hiring pulse · domain briefing

Adv. Materials

Semiconductors, photonics, graphene, and AI-discovered materials.

Semiconductors, photonics, graphene, and AI-discovered materials. These are the companies and roles driving adv. materials forward in Europe right now.

Figure · Adv. Materials vs all tracked domains

Fusion42 active · +740%Quantum30 active · +131%AI132 active · +474%Biotech27 active · +350%Space147 active · +220%Robotics73 active · +462%Adv. Materials19 active · +171%

Domain briefing · Adv. Materials

Active roles19 · +171% / 26 wk

New this week2

Median days open44 (market: 41)

Track mix — research → engineering shift = lab-to-product transition

Engineering

47%

Research

37%

Operator

10%

Commercial

Salary bands · Adv. Materials · est. EUR

From market estimates across 19 roles. Estimated bands — not employer-posted.

Insufficient data for reliable bands (<5 estimates per level).

Signals · Adv. Materials

Jun 05

Black Semiconductor roles 12 → 31 in 90 days — steepest growth in the directory

Jun 10

Proxima Fusion opened 6 new roles this week (+18%) — largest weekly add in fusion since tracking began

Jun 09

First Staff-level quantum role in Munich since Nov 2025 (QC Design)

Jun 08

ICEYE crossed 100 open roles — 21% of all tracked European deep-tech hiring

Jun 06

Median AI comp estimate +9% this quarter; 92nd-percentile roles now above EUR 180k

Jun 03

ANYbotics raised €60M; robotics roles at the company +40% since

Open roles · 19

Role list renders here — sample data provides the overview stats above.