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12,929 H-1B & PERM records for "MATERIALS SCIENTIST", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.

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Employer Role Location Salary Program Filing Date
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Materials Staff Scientist / Engineer Berkeley, CA $194040 H-1B Dec 8, 2021
Contemporary Amperex Technology USA Inc. Advanced Material Develop Researcher La Jolla, CA $192000 H-1B Apr 30, 2025
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Electronic Faculty Scientist/Engineer in Material… Berkeley, CA $191984 H-1B Mar 10, 2025
Slalom, Inc. Principal Consultant, Data Science El Segundo, CA $190054 - $210054 H-1B May 20, 2024
Applied Materials, Inc Physicist/Scientist Santa Clara, CA $190000 - $210000 H-1B Dec 15, 2025
PROMICOM, INC. VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT THE WOODLANDS, TX $190000 H-1B Mar 14, 2019
PROMICOM, INC. VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT THE WOODLANDS, TX $190000 H-1B Mar 9, 2018
Shell International Exploration and Pro… Researcher, Computational Chemistry and Materials… Houston, TX $188400 H-1B Jun 10, 2025
Flexsys America, LP Group Leader – Antidegradants & Crystex Akron, OH $188000 H-1B May 5, 2026
CARBON3D, INC. MANAGER, RESEARCH SCIENTIST (MATERIALS) REDWOOD CITY, CA $188000 H-1B Sep 21, 2018
BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC SENIOR MANAGER, MATERIALS SCIENCE IDAHO FALLS, ID $187428 H-1B Jun 25, 2025
Ascend Performance Materials Operations… PRINCIPAL APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY ENGINEER ROYAL OAK, MI $187182 Green Card May 31, 2023
Elastium, Inc. Head of Materials Science Los Angeles, CA $187000 H-1B Jun 15, 2026
Accenture LLP Technology R&D Principal $186670 Green Card May 28, 2024
Lawrence Livermore National Security, L… Research Scientist (Materials Scientist) Livermore, CA $186058 H-1B Jun 11, 2025
Toyota Research Institute (TRI) Research Scientist LOS ALTOS, CA $185000 H-1B Aug 3, 2022
Lawrence Livermore National Security, L… Research Scientist (Materials Scientist) Livermore, CA $183489 H-1B Apr 1, 2026
NTESS LLC R&D S&E MATERIALS SCIENTIST SE EMERYVILLE, CA $183200 H-1B Apr 14, 2025
Applied Materials, Inc Physicist/Scientist Santa Clara, CA $183023 - $203023 H-1B May 15, 2025
Natron Energy Inc. Manager, R&D Santa Clara, CA $182333 - $183500 H-1B Mar 11, 2025
Apple Inc. Hardware Development Engineer Santa Clara, CA $182333 - $248700 E-3 Apr 10, 2025
UT-BATTELLE, LLC (OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LA… Group Leader, Functional Atomic Force Microscopy Oak Ridge, TN $182106 H-1B Jul 10, 2024
The Solaria Corporation Principal Materials Scientist Fremont, CA $181908 H-1B Jun 13, 2022
Meta Platforms, Inc. Materials Scientist Redmond, WA $181000 H-1B Dec 21, 2021
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Materials Sciences Faculty Scientist/Engineer Berkeley, CA $180918 H-1B Jul 7, 2025
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Materials Faculty Scientist / Engineer Berkeley, CA $180918 H-1B Jun 24, 2025
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Principal Materials Engineer Bastrop, TX $180000 - $260000 H-1B Jun 2, 2026
Mitra Future Technologies, Inc. Senior Materials Scientist Mountain View, CA $180000 H-1B May 12, 2025
HELIOGEN, INC. Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Systems Design Spe… Pasadena, CA $180000 Green Card Oct 19, 2022
10x Genomics, Inc. Senior Computational Biologist Pleasanton, CA $180000 - $210000 H-1B Jan 12, 2023
UT-BATTELLE, LLC (OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LA… Senior R&D Staff, Nuclear Fuel Synthesis & Charac… Oak Ridge, TN $180000 H-1B Aug 21, 2023
Apple Inc. Product Quality Engineer CUPERTINO, CA $180000 H-1B May 26, 2022
CARBON3D, INC. MANAGER, RESEARCH SCIENTIST (MATERIALS) REDWOOD CITY, CA $180000 H-1B Jul 27, 2017
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, L… MATERIALS SCIENTIST LIVERMORE, CA $180000 H-1B May 22, 2012
Applied Materials, Inc Physicist/Scientist Santa Clara, CA $179860 - $199860 H-1B Apr 30, 2026
Battelle Memorial Institute Materials Scientist (Chemist) Richland, WA $179338 H-1B Aug 26, 2025
INTELLECTT, INC. SR. BIOCOMPATIBILITY SCIENTIST SHERMAN, TX $178880 H-1B Apr 28, 2023
Applied Materials, Inc. Materials Scientist (Physicist/Scientist) Santa Clara, CA $178283 - $198283 H-1B Jun 11, 2026
Apple Inc. Hardware Development Engineer Santa Clara, CA $178110 - $258600 H-1B Aug 28, 2025
Apple Inc. Reliability Engineer Cupertino, CA $177777 H-1B Mar 3, 2022
Infineum USA, Inc. Team Leader / Technologist Linden, NJ $177600 H-1B May 7, 2025
Infineum USA, Inc. Team Leader / Technologist Linden, NJ $177600 E-3 May 6, 2024
Amazon.com Services LLC Research Scientist II Sunnyvale, CA $177356 H-1B May 16, 2024
Amazon.com Services LLC Research Scientist II Sunnyvale, CA $177356 H-1B Apr 15, 2024
Divergent Technologies, Inc. Lead Materials Scientist Torrance, CA $176700 H-1B Jun 11, 2025
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER II SUNNYVALE, CA $176000 H-1B Oct 23, 2024
Freenome Holdings, Inc. Senior Research Scientist I Brisbane, CA $175900 - $185606 H-1B Apr 18, 2025
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC RESEARCH SCIENTIST II SUNNYVALE, CA $175800 H-1B Jul 21, 2022
Efficient Power Conversion Corporation Reliability and Failure Analysis Engineer El Segundo, CA $175000 H-1B Mar 18, 2026
Ampera, Inc. Materials Scientist Palm Beach Gardens, FL $175000 H-1B Feb 10, 2026
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