PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Physics in Japan

Technical Transfer Service Co., Ltd. is recruiting patent searchers for its Registered Search Organization Division in Tokyo. The work supports the Japan Patent Office’s examination of patent applications in thermal and cooling equipment. Searchers work closely with patent examiners to understand the outline of an invention, identify relevant prior art, explain the invention and search findings, report results, and propose possible directions for examination. The role combines technical analysis...

Technical Transfer Service Co., Ltd. is recruiting patent searchers in Tokyo for its Registered Search Organization Division, supporting prior-art searches commissioned by the Japan Patent Office. The role involves working closely with Japan Patent Office examiners to support patent examination decisions. Patent searchers interpret the outline of an invention, investigate relevant prior art, explain the invention and search findings, report results, and propose possible directions for examinatio...

Kumamoto University is recruiting three fixed-term Project Assistant Professors or Special Project Faculty Members for its Department of Physical Sciences in the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology. The appointments support the university’s new Space Information Science Course , which integrates space science with data science, artificial intelligence and advanced computational science. Successful candidates will conduct cutting-edge research in space information science and relat...

RIKEN’s Center for Computational Science is recruiting a researcher or postdoctoral-equivalent special researcher for the AI for Science Foundational Model Research Team. The position contributes to a JST Advanced AI Science Research Promotion Program project developing a general-purpose materials science platform model. The project focuses on multimodal foundation models that can support scientific research activities such as research proposal generation, experimental design, program developmen...

RIKEN’s Center for Computational Science is recruiting a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher for the Materials Science Application Interface Platform Development Unit within the AI for Science Platform Division. The work is based at the RIKEN Kobe Campus in Japan and is supported by the JST ARiSE project, “Development of Materials-AI Platform for ‘AI for Materials.’” The project focuses on developing molecular software and theory through foundation models. The researcher will contribut...

The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, part of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences, is seeking an ALMA Project Special Research Fellow to contribute to the ALMA 2 Project and technology research and development for future next-generation receivers. The researcher will work on the design and performance evaluation of 385–500 GHz receivers, with particular emphasis on the design, verification, and improvement of onboard waveguide circuit components. The project also includes const...

WPI-QUP and KEK are seeking theory postdoctoral researchers in Japan. The openings are intended for researchers working in theoretical physics who are interested in connecting theoretical ideas with experiments and observations. The positions offer an opportunity to pursue theory-driven research in an environment linked to the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe Quantum Universe (WPI-QUP) and the Theory Center at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Spin Photonics Materials at the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology in Hyogo, Japan. The researcher will join the Advanced Spectroscopy Research Group in the Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, concurrently working with the Spin Photonics Quantum Properties and Functions Group. The project investigates ultra-high-speed non-volatile photoelectric conversion memory for next-generation optoelectronic fusion under the Acquisition, Technology & Logisti...

Osaka University’s Protein Research Institute is recruiting a full-time fixed-term researcher at postdoctoral-equivalent level in the Functional Structure Measurement Group. The position is based in Suita, Osaka, Japan, within a research environment focused on advanced experimental studies of proteins, biomaterials, and material interfaces. The group uses an independently developed and maintained high-field spin-hyperpolarized solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer to investig...