# Lead Carbon Nanomaterials Engineer

Lead Nanomaterials Engineer Los Angeles, CA (in-person) About Arcturus Arcturus is creating a new wire technology stack that uses carbon nanomaterials to overcome the materials limitations of metals where performance breaks down, at real operating temperatures. Our technology is designed to significantly improve the performance of electric motors for drones and robotics, heat sinks, and ultimately the entire energy grid. At its core, Arcturus is developing a new class of carbon nanomaterial-infused metal matrix composites for high-performance conductor applications. Why you should join us This is a ground-floor opportunity to help build something that has never been done before. You would join as a founding engineer and become Arcturus’ first nanomaterials engineer, with the chance to define the company’s carbon nanomaterials strategy from the beginning. As the founding nanomaterials engineer, you will work directly with the founder and CEO to shape the technical direction of the company, translate scientific insight into real product performance, and help build a category-defining materials platform from scratch. Purpose We are seeking a lead nanomaterials engineer who can set the

- **Id**: 560818
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/arcturus-lead-carbon-nanomaterials-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Los Angeles, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-04-29T21:16:46Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-04-29
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T19:16:41Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 198
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- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Advanced Materials, Materials Science & Nanotechnology

## Company

- **Id**: 456162
- **Name**: Arcturus
- **Domain**: arcturus.io
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/arcturus>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 8
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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- **Min usd**: 109000
- **Max usd**: 221000
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## Trust

- **Level**: stale
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- **Days open**: 198

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-09T04:24:10Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 7
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
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- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 198
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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