Careers

Physical and Life Sciences (PLS) team members deliver innovation and scientific leadership that is at the heart of LLNL’s “Science on a Mission.” We offer our employees competitive salaries and benefits and commitment to work-life balance.

Explore open positions in PLS on this page or learn more about specific programs by visiting our postdoctoral research and student internship programs pages.

For more information about job opportunities across the Lab, including a full list of open positions at LLNL, please visit the LLNL Careers page.

Current openings

Experimental Physicist Apply Now

Mid-Senior Level | Full-time
Physical Life Sciences | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-17T00:20:42.795Z

Deputy Associate Program Leader for Nuclear Materials Chemical Operations - Active security clearance required Apply Now

Mid-Senior Level | Full-time
Physical Life Sciences | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-15T03:09:31.684Z

Deputy Associate Program Leader for Nuclear Materials Metallurgy - Active security clearance required Apply Now

Mid-Senior Level | Full-time
Physical Life Sciences | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-15T00:20:20.990Z

Deputy Associate Program Leader for Nuclear Materials Baseline Operations Active security clearance required Apply Now

Mid-Senior Level | Full-time
Physical Life Sciences | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-14T22:53:48.647Z

Actinide Chemistry and Materials Science Postdoctoral Researcher Apply Now

Entry Level | Full-time
Physical Life Sciences | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-14T22:48:19.033Z

Laser-Based Mass Spectrometry - Postdoctoral Researcher Apply Now

Entry Level | Full-time
Physical Life Sciences | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-14T21:23:37.871Z

Ab Initio Nuclear Theory - Postdoctoral Researcher Apply Now

Entry Level | Full-time
Postdoctoral/Fellowship | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-14T21:22:21.042Z

Synthetic Biology - Postdoctoral Researcher Apply Now

Entry Level | Full-time
Physical Life Sciences | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-14T21:21:04.217Z

Experimental Dynamic Materials - Postdoctoral Researcher Apply Now

Entry Level | Full-time
Postdoctoral/Fellowship | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-14T21:17:56.763Z

Structural Vaccinology - Postdoctoral Researcher Apply Now

Entry Level | Full-time
Physical Life Sciences | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-14T19:10:52.317Z

Quantum Computing for Nuclear Reaction Theory - Postdoctoral Researcher Apply Now

Entry Level | Full-time
Physical Life Sciences | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-14T19:09:12.314Z

Noble Gas Analysis - Postdoctoral Researcher Apply Now

Entry Level | Full-time
Postdoctoral/Fellowship | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-14T19:07:25.806Z

Mesoscale Modeling of Interface Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Materials Postdoctoral Researcher Apply Now

Entry Level | Full-time
Postdoctoral/Fellowship | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-14T19:03:55.896Z

Particle and Relativistic Heavy-Ion Physics - Postdoctoral Researcher Apply Now

Entry Level | Full-time
Postdoctoral/Fellowship | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-14T18:57:39.844Z

Materials Science - Machine Learning - Postdoctoral Researcher Apply Now

Entry Level | Full-time
Postdoctoral/Fellowship | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-14T18:56:26.313Z

Seismology - Research Staff Member Apply Now

Mid-Senior Level | Full-time
Physical Life Sciences | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-13T16:38:35.602Z

Atmospheric, Earth & Energy Graduate Student Intern - Summer 2025 Apply Now

Internship | Intern
Students | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-10T00:43:52.568Z

Seaborg Institute Nuclear Science and Security Graduate Intern - Summer 2025 Apply Now

Internship | Intern
Students | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-10T00:41:40.927Z

High Energy Density Science (HEDS) Center Graduate Student Intern - Summer 2025 Apply Now

Internship | Full-time
Students | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-10T00:39:02.074Z

Materials Science Division - Graduate Student Intern - Summer 2025 Apply Now

Entry Level | Intern
Students | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-10T00:37:51.832Z

Physics Division Graduate Student - Winter/Spring 2025 Apply Now

Internship | Full-time
Students | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-10T00:35:38.701Z

Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division Graduate Intern - Summer 2025 Apply Now

Internship | Full-time
Students | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-10T00:34:34.363Z

Machine Learning Physics Graduate Student - Winter/Spring 2025 Apply Now

Internship | Full-time
Students | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-10T00:33:26.049Z

Computational Chemistry Materials Science Graduate Intern - Summer 2025 Apply Now

Entry Level | Intern
Physical Life Sciences | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-10T00:31:20.238Z

Physics Division Graduate Student - Summer 2025 Apply Now

Internship | Full-time
Students | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-10T00:22:43.907Z

Materials Science Division - Undergraduate Student Intern - Summer 2025 Apply Now

Entry Level | Intern
Physical Life Sciences | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-10T00:03:08.104Z

Physics Division Undergraduate Student - Winter/Spring 2025 Apply Now

Internship | Full-time
Students | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-10T00:01:58.633Z

Physics Division Undergraduate Student - Summer 2025 Apply Now

Internship | Full-time
Students | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-09T23:58:04.215Z

Seaborg Institute Nuclear Science and Security Undergraduate Intern - Summer 2025 Apply Now

Internship | Intern
Students | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-09T23:43:39.384Z

Space Science Institute Undergraduate Student Intern - Summer 2025 Apply Now

Internship | Intern
Students | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-09T23:40:15.027Z

Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division Undergraduate Intern - Summer 2025 Apply Now

Internship | Full-time
Students | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-09T23:37:59.650Z

High Energy Density Science (HEDS) Center Undergraduate Student Intern - Summer 2025 Apply Now

Internship | Full-time
Students | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-09T23:33:49.164Z

Atmospheric, Earth & Energy Undergraduate Student Intern - Summer 2025 Apply Now

Internship | Intern
Physical Life Sciences | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-09T23:26:26.822Z

Biosciences and Biotechnology Division Graduate Student Intern - Summer 2025 Apply Now

Internship | Intern
Students | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-08T01:31:30.844Z

Biosciences and Biotechnology Division Undergraduate Student Intern - Summer 2025 Apply Now

Internship | Intern
Students | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-08T01:28:22.203Z

Space Science Institute Graduate Student Intern - Summer 2025 Apply Now

Internship | Intern
Students | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-07T17:17:20.876Z

Biosciences Technician - Neurobiology Apply Now

Associate | Full-time
Physical Life Sciences | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-07T00:37:39.310Z

Senior Antibody MCM Development Lead Apply Now

Mid-Senior Level | Full-time
Physical Life Sciences | Livermore, CA | 2025-01-07T00:28:32.483Z