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Metamaterials Engineer
Designs engineered materials with properties that don't exist in nature
£48k–£100k Deep tech
What it involves
Develops materials with precisely engineered microstructures that bend light, sound or radio waves in ways natural materials can't — enabling cloaking, superlenses and novel antennas.
Skills & knowledge needed
Materials scienceElectromagnetic theorySimulation (COMSOL)NanofabricationPhysics
Why it's emerging now
Metamaterials are moving from lab curiosity to real applications in telecoms, defence and optics.
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