Cryo-EM Jobs & Careers
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76 open positions · 28 postdocs · 19 staff/research · 43 US-based · updated October 26, 2026 · salary guide
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Assistant, Associate, and/or Full Professor in Transformational Biological Technologies
The School of Biological Sciences (https://biology.ucsd.edu/), Departments of Cell and Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, and Neurobiology, hereby announ
Professorship (W2) of Cellular Structural Biology (6 years/tenure track)
The Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy at LMU Munich, in the Department of Biochemistry and Gene Center Munich, invites applications for a W2 tenure-track Profes
CryoEM Staff Scientist
The CryoEM Shared Resource at Janelia Research Campus (HHMI) seeks a Staff Scientist to operate and maintain cryoEM equipment serving the HHMI research communit
Assistant Professor in Structural Biology
Assistant Professor in Structural Biology Brown University, United States Application deadline: 01 Jan 2027 The Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology
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Bioinformatician – Structural Proteomics & Integrative Modelling
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Postdoctoral Research Associate - Structural Biology - Peng lab
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Field Service Engineer - Electron Microscopy (Ireland)
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PhD Candidate in (Un) Structural Biology of Wnt Signaling
PhD Candidate in (Un) Structural Biology of Wnt Signaling CEITEC - Masaryk University, Czech Republic Application deadline: 23 Dec 2026 The Tripsianes group
Sr Product Specialist TEM/XPS
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Postdoctoral position: Computational & experimental structural biology -- Keedy Lab, CUNY ASRC, New York City
Postdoctoral position: Computational & experimental structural biology -- Keedy Lab, CUNY ASRC, New York City City University of New York, New York, United Sta
Cryo-EM Scientist at the Dubochet Center for Imaging (DCI), Lausanne
Cryo-EM Scientist at the Dubochet Center for Imaging (DCI), Lausanne University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Application deadline: 09 Nov 2026 The Dubo
STAFF SCIENTIST - Mravic Lab
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POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE - Mravic Lab - Integrative Structural & Computational Biology
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- Assistant, Associate, and/or Full Professor in Transformational Biological Technologies · University of California, San Diego · La Jolla, California, US
- Professorship (W2) of Cellular Structural Biology (6 years/tenure track) · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) · Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- CryoEM Staff Scientist · Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) · Ashburn, Virginia, US
- Assistant Professor in Structural Biology · Brown University · Providence, Rhode Island, US
- Molecular Biology Expert, AI Training (Remote, Hourly Contract) · Mercor · Remote, US
- Bioinformatician – Structural Proteomics & Integrative Modelling · European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) · Hinxton, United Kingdom
- Postdoctoral Research Associate - Structural Biology - Peng lab · St Jude Children's Research Hospital · Memphis, Tennessee, US
- Field Service Engineer - Electron Microscopy (Ireland) · Thermo Fisher Scientific · Ireland (Remote)
- Life Sciences Image Expert, AI Training (Handshake Project Lumière, Remote) · Handshake AI · Remote, US
- PhD Candidate in (Un) Structural Biology of Wnt Signaling · CEITEC, Masaryk University · Brno, Czech Republic
- Sr Product Specialist TEM/XPS · Thermo Fisher Scientific · Singapore
- Postdoctoral position: Computational & experimental structural biology -- Keedy Lab, CUNY ASRC, New York City · CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (Keedy Lab) · New York, New York, US
- Cryo-EM Scientist at the Dubochet Center for Imaging (DCI), Lausanne · Dubochet Center for Imaging (DCI) / EPFL · Lausanne, Switzerland
- STAFF SCIENTIST - Mravic Lab · Scripps Research · La Jolla, California, US
- POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE - Mravic Lab - Integrative Structural & Computational Biology · Scripps Research · La Jolla, California, US
- Research Engineering/ Scientist Assistant – Deep Learning for Structural Biology · University of Texas at Austin (Oden Institute) · Austin, Texas, US
- Research Analyst · University of Chicago · Chicago, Illinois, US
- Phd position in organellar structural biology · Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences · Göttingen, Germany
- Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Cryo-EM at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center · UT MD Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, Texas, US
- Proteomics Specialist · Human Technopole · Milan, Italy
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Proteomics and Machine Learning · University of Southern Denmark (SDU) · Odense, Denmark
- Postdoc Position in Structural Biology (X-ray Crystallography and Cryo-EM) at UW-Madison, USA · University of Wisconsin–Madison · Madison, Wisconsin, US
- Computational/experimental structural biology job opening at Schrödinger · Schrödinger · Framingham, Massachusetts, US
- Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in RNA Structural Biology and Cryo-Electron Microscopy · King's College London · London, United Kingdom
- Co-Op, Protein Design · Moderna · Norwood, Massachusetts, US
- Scientist, Analytical Development · Moderna · Norwood, Massachusetts, US
- Sr. Technical Application Specialist - Cryo-EM Sample Prep · Thermo Fisher Scientific · Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Field Service Engineer (Electron Microscopy)(REMOTE) · Thermo Fisher Scientific · Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
- Intern - Research - Medicinal Chemistry/ Structural Biology & Chemistry - AI · Gilead · Foster City, California, US
- Postdoc Position in Structural Biology: Cryo-EM, X-ray Crystallography · University of Wisconsin Madison · Madison, Wisconsin, US
- Postdoc in Cryo-EM · Vecchio LAB at University at Buffalo · Buffalo, New York, US
- Director, X-Ray Crystallography Facility · University of Minnesota Chemistry Department · Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
- Director of Scientific Research, Single-molecule Imaging Center · St Jude Children's Research Hospital · Memphis, Tennessee, US
- Ph.D. students in Biophysics/Structural Biology (m/f/d) · Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) · Berlin, Germany
- Postdoctoral Researcher – Mass Spectrometry & LRRK2 Signalling in Parkinson's Disease · University of Dundee · Dundee, Scotland, UK
- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Faculty Position · Vanderbilt University (VU) · Nashville, Tennessee, US
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Structural Biology and Cytoskeletal Dynamics · Charles University · Vestec, Prague-West, Czech Republic
- Professor and Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics · Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics Texas A&M University · College Station, Texas, US
- Postdoctoral fellow in structural biology and NMR spectroscopy · Sanofi · Vitry-sur-Seine, France
- 2+1 year postdoc position in Computational Biophysics · Instruct-ERIC · Odense, Denmark
- PhD Position in Computational Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Spatial Metabolomics · Aarhus University (AU) · Roskilde, Region Sjælland, Denmark
- Scientist/Assistant Professor, Proteomics · BC Cancer Research Institute · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Scientist in Protein Technologies Center - Cell Engineering / Molecular Biology · St Jude Children's Research Hospital · Memphis, Tennessee, US
- Faculty position, Neuronal Cell Biology and Cryo-ET/vEM · St Jude Children's Research Hospital · Memphis, Tennessee, US
- Principal Scientist Mass Spectrometry Lab · Sanofi · Montpellier, France
- POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE · Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute · La Jolla, California, US
- Research Fellow in Computational Structural Biology · University of Birmingham · Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
- Research Fellow in Electron Microscopy · University of Birmingham · Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
- Cryo-EM Industrial Projects Scientist · University of Cambridge · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
- Field Service Engineer II (SDB) (Phoenix, AZ) · Thermo Fisher Scientific · Phoenix, Arizona, US
- Field Service Engineer II (TEM) Iowa- REMOTE · Thermo Fisher Scientific · Remote, Iowa, US
- PhD Position - In Situ cryoEM of ion channels of human sperm - Münster, Germany · Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU), 48149 Münster · Münster, Germany
- postdoc positions cryo-EM of amyloids · MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
- Assistant Professor in Biochemistry/Biophysics · University of Kansas · Lawrence, Kansas, US
- cryo-EM of ribosomal complexes involved in eukaryotic translation control · CEITEC, Masaryk University · Brno, Czechia
- Research Fellow (Electron Microscopy) – School of Biosciences – 95800 – Grade 7 · University of Birmingham · Birmingham, England, UK
- Postdoctoral Research Associate - Structural Biology - Scott Blanchard Lab · St Jude Children's Research Hospital · Memphis, Tennessee, US
- Research Fellow in Mass Spectrometry · UCL · London, England, UK
- Tenure-track Faculty Positions at Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan · Academia Sinica Institute of Biological Chemistry · Taipei, Taiwan
- Postdoctoral Research Associate - Gibson (Cell & Molecular Biology) and Skiniotis (Structural Biolog · St Jude Children's Research Hospital · Memphis, Tennessee, US
- Postdoctoral Scholar - Department of Physiology and Biophysics · Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) · Cleveland, Ohio, US
- Principal Scientist, Structural Biology · Genentech · South San Francisco, California, US
- Lead Scientist - Directing Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Tomography Center · St Jude Children's Research Hospital · Memphis, Tennessee, US
- Field Service Engineer (Electron Microscopy)(REMOTE) · Thermo Fisher Scientific · College Station, Texas, US
- Postdoctoral Fellow · University of Southern California, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences · Los Angeles, California, US
- Postdoctoral Fellow – Hill lab · Francis Crick Institute · London, England, UK
- POST Doc Position cryoEMFIB · AFMB, Marseille · Marseille, France
- Postdoc, Research Assistant, and PhD opportunities in computational cryo-EM/ET at Yale · Yale University, YALE · New Haven, Connecticut, US
- Postdoctoral Position in CryoEM/ET of Virus–Host Interactions – UW–Madison · Instruct-ERIC · Madison, Wisconsin, US
- Onsite Service Engineer (Electron Microscopy) - Hillsboro, OR · Thermo Fisher Scientific · Hillsboro, Oregon, US
- Cryo-ET Researcher and Coordinator opportunity at Vienna Biocenter · Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna · Vienna, Austria
- Sr. Research Analyst · University of Chicago · Chicago, Illinois, US
- POST Doc Position cryoEM/Biochemistry · AFMB, Marseille · Marseille, France
- Postdoctoral Research Associate - Computational biology/computational mass spectrometry · Ludwig Princeton Branch, Princeton University · Princeton, New Jersey, US
- Field Service Engineer (Electron Microscopy)(REMOTE) · Thermo Fisher Scientific · Denver, Colorado, US (Remote)
- Manager R&D · Thermo Fisher Scientific · Hyderabad, India
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About Cryo-EM Jobs & Careers in Structural Biology
The cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) job market is one of the fastest-growing areas in structural biology and life sciences. Since the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recognized cryo-EM's role in the “resolution revolution,” universities, pharmaceutical companies, and national laboratories have invested heavily in new cryo-EM facilities — each requiring trained staff scientists, facility managers, and postdoctoral researchers to operate instruments like the Titan Krios G4 and Glacios 2.
Cryo-EM postdoc positions are the most common entry point for PhD graduates in structural biology, biophysics, and biochemistry. NIH-scale postdoc salaries start at $56,484 (FY2026), with many institutions offering supplements that bring total compensation to $65,000–$80,000. Postdocs typically gain 2–4 years of intensive cryo-EM experience before transitioning to staff scientist or industry roles.
Staff scientist and facility manager roles at academic core facilities pay $75,000–$130,000, with senior directors at major centers earning $120,000–$160,000. These positions involve operating Titan Krios and Glacios instruments, training users, maintaining equipment, and assisting with data processing in cryoSPARC and RELION.
Industry positions in cryo-EM at pharmaceutical and biotech companies (Genentech, Regeneron, Novartis, Pfizer) offer the highest compensation: $110,000–$180,000+ base salary for research scientists, plus bonuses and equity. These roles focus on structure-based drug design using cryo-EM to solve drug-target complex structures for medicinal chemistry programs.
Mass spectrometry careers are equally in demand, with proteomics core facility positions available at most major research universities. The Orbitrap Astral and timsTOF Ultra have driven a surge in hiring for mass spectrometrists who can run DIA and DDA workflows.
Cryo-EM Job FAQ
What qualifications do I need for a cryo-EM job?
Most cryo-EM positions require a PhD in structural biology, biophysics, biochemistry, or a related field. Hands-on experience with data collection on Titan Krios or Glacios instruments and proficiency in cryoSPARC and/or RELION are typically required. Some technician roles accept a master's degree with strong microscopy experience.
How much do cryo-EM jobs pay?
Cryo-EM salaries vary by role: postdocs earn $56,000–$80,000, academic staff scientists earn $75,000–$130,000, and industry research scientists earn $110,000–$180,000+ at pharmaceutical companies. Facility directors at major centers can earn $120,000–$160,000.
Is there demand for cryo-EM professionals?
Yes. The number of cryo-EM structures deposited in the PDB grows 30–40% annually, and new facilities are being established at 10–20 US institutions per year. Pharmaceutical companies are building in-house cryo-EM labs, creating industry demand that exceeds the supply of trained scientists.
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