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Materials Science Expert

Handshake
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 11/5/2025 CLOSED ON 12/2/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Materials Science Expert position at Handshake?

Overview

Handshake is recruiting exceptional master's students and graduates in Materials Science to join our AI research community. This program brings subject-matter experts together to enhance the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) within specialized domains and subdomains. The Handshake AI Fellowship program runs year-round, though project availability will vary by domain.

Details

  • This is a fully remote, asynchronous position - work independently from anywhere, on your own schedule.
  • Learn new skills while contributing to the changing world of AI across various disciplines.
  • Get paid competitively to apply your domain expertise in materials science or engineering.
  • Project work includes designing and solving advanced material science problems that require multi-step reasoning, and testing them with AI models to ensure they are appropriately challenging.

Qualifications

  • Master's students or graduates in materials science with experience in polymers, metals and ceramics, energy materials, or nanomaterials.
  • Able to participate in primarily asynchronous work in partnership with leading AI labs.
  • Believe your expertise can outmatch current AI systems in understanding and explaining key concepts in your field.

This program is open to U.S.-based doctoral students, candidates, and recent graduates with valid work or training authorization (e.g., F-1/OPT, J-1, H-1B).* Participants are responsible for ensuring compliance with their visa conditions and confirming eligibility with their program or visa sponsor prior to applying.

  • At this time, we are unable to accommodate candidates on STEM OPT who require an i-983. Fellows with already approved i-983s, as well as those on pre-grad OPT, CPT, J-1, or H-1B, are not impacted. This position may be subject to change in the future.

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