Build the Future of Matter
If you have read Blake and Nietzsche and also publish in Physical Review Letters, you may be our kind of person.
The Campus & Culture
The Atumics Research Campus sits on the Danish coast — a former naval research facility transformed into a modernist complex of green-roofed laboratories, workshop halls, and residential quarters. The architecture is deliberately Scandinavian: clean lines, natural materials, and an intimate relationship with the landscape. The sea is visible from every building.
We chose this location because great research requires both concentration and serenity. The campus is isolated enough to focus and beautiful enough to inspire. Researchers live and work in close proximity — the molecular physicist and the nuclear engineer eat lunch together, because at Atumics the distinction between their disciplines is a historical accident, not a fundamental boundary.
The culture is one of intellectual ambition tempered by institutional accountability. We publish. We file patents. We submit to regulatory review. We collaborate with universities and national laboratories. We are not a secretive startup — we are a research institution that happens to also be a company.


Who We Seek
Atumics does not hire for narrow specialization. We hire people who are technically excellent in at least one domain but intellectually curious about all of them. The ideal Atumics researcher has a deep expertise — quantum physics, organic chemistry, electromagnetic theory, machine learning, nuclear engineering — and a refusal to accept that their field's boundaries are real.
We look for people who:
- • Have published original research or hold patents in their domain
- • Can explain their work to an intelligent non-specialist without dumbing it down
- • Are frustrated by the gap between what science knows and what engineering delivers
- • Believe that expanding human capability is a moral obligation, not merely a commercial opportunity
- • Are willing to relocate to Denmark and commit to a multi-year research programme
Open Positions
Senior Quantum Sensor Physicist
Omniscience / SpectraLens
Lead NV-diamond sensor array development. Design and characterize plasmonic nanoantenna structures for Heisenberg-limit EM sensing. Interface with APF for metamaterial sensor design.
NLOS Algorithm Researcher
Omniscience / AEGIS
Develop next-generation non-line-of-sight reconstruction algorithms. Multi-bounce inversion, multipath exploitation, and real-time environment mapping from wideband radar returns.
Molecular Design Engineer
Omnipotence / APF
Design and simulate atomic-scale functional structures in the APF environment. DNA origami scaffolding, plasmonic nanoantennas, and molecular oscillators. Bridge wet and dry science at the convergence.
Nuclear Engineer — HEARTH Programme
Omnipresence / HEARTH
Subcritical reactor design and neutron economy optimization. Metamaterial shielding development. Regulatory coordination with Danish NRA and IAEA. Gamma-photovoltaic conversion research.
EHD Propulsion Engineer
Omnipresence / ZEPHYR
Design and test electro-hydrodynamic thruster geometries. Structured ionization field optimization. System integration with HEARTH-derived nuclear-electric power.
AI Research Scientist — Atum Scientist
AI & Infrastructure
Develop representation-less modeling architectures for autonomous scientific discovery. Build systems that learn physics from raw experimental data and generate testable hypotheses.
Generative Design ML Engineer
AI & Infrastructure / Atum Engineer
Build neural surrogate architectures for multi-physics simulation. Cross-domain transfer learning for materials science, electromagnetics, and quantum chemistry.
Autonomous Robotics Engineer — VULCAN
Omnipresence / VULCAN
Autonomous underground navigation, robotic boring systems, and in-situ chemical processing. Work at the intersection of sensing, robotics, and resource extraction.
Manufacturing Integration Engineer
Programmable Matter / Gluino
Connect APF design outputs to physical manufacturing systems. Develop standardized APIs for additive manufacturing, chemical synthesis, and e-beam lithography platforms.
Patent & IP Counsel
Legal / Technology Transfer
Manage patent family prosecution across 28 jurisdictions. Export control compliance. Technology licensing negotiation. Background in physics or engineering strongly preferred.
Don’t see your role? Atumics accepts unsolicited applications from exceptional candidates at any career stage.
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