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Explore RIKEN Institute Research & Postdoc Jobs. Find postdoc fellowships, principal investigator roles, and lab positions across Japan's top laboratories.
Are you looking for a chance to join one of the world's most famous and diverse scientific communities? The RIKEN Institute in Japan is currently offering a wide range of research and academic positions for the current cycle. Furthermore, RIKEN is known for its high-quality research across many fields, from physics and biology to artificial intelligence and brain science.
Because RIKEN has campuses in several cities like Wako, Kobe, and Yokohama, you can choose a location that fits your lifestyle. In addition to world-class laboratory equipment, the institute provides a collaborative atmosphere where experts from different fields work together. Consequently, if you want to push the boundaries of science in a supportive environment, RIKEN is a wonderful place to grow your career.
RIKEN Institute Research & Postdoc Jobs
| Laboratory | Position | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| RIKEN | Call for Applications for FY 2027 RIKEN Research Engineer FellowNEW | October 30, 2026 |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Nanophotonic Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics Research Team |
Seeking a few Technical Staff I (26-1215)NEW | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team |
Seeking a Research Scientist (26-1150) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Research Instruments Group |
Seeking a Research Scientist, a Senior Research Scientist, a Technical Scientist or a Senior Technical Scientist (Indefinite-term) (26-1116) | Oct. 05, 2026 |
| RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Accelerator Group |
Seeking a few Research Scientists, Senior Research Scientists, Technical Scientists or Senior Technical Scientists (Indefinite-term) (26-1115) | Oct. 5, 2026 |
| RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Nuclear Structure Research Group |
Seeking a Research Scientist or a Senior Research Scientist (Indefinite-term) (26-1114) | Oct. 5, 2026 |
| RIKEN Center for Brain Science Laboratory for Neurodiversity |
Seeking a Research Part-time Worker I (26-1105) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research Laboratory for Developmental Dynamics |
Seeking a Research Scientist, Postdoctoral Researcher, or Technical Scientist (26-1065) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Brain Science Laboratory for Neurodiversity |
Seeking a Research Associate (26-1070) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Astro-Glaciology Laboratory |
Seeking a Senior Research Scientist (Indefinite-term) (26-1022) | Sep. 24, 2026 |
| TRIP Headquarters High-Energy QCD Theory Research Team, Fundamental Quantum Science Program (Installed on September 1, 2026) |
Seeking a Research Scientist or a Senior Research Scientist (Indefinite-term) (26-1024) | Sep. 30, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research Laboratory for multimodal AI framework |
Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (26-996) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research | Seeking a Senior Research Scientist, Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (26-750) | Nov. 30, 2026 |
| RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Cambial Stem Cell System RIKEN ECL Research Unit |
Seeking Research Part-time Worker II (26-990) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Accelerator Group |
Seeking Postdoctoral Researcher or Research & Development Scientist (26-941) | Oct. 30, 2026 |
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project Dynamical Systems Learning Team |
Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-938) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Learning Optimization Platform Development Unit |
Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (26-796) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science High Performance Artificial Intelligence Systems Research Team |
Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (26-795) | Open until filled |
| Computational Science Promotion Division | Seeking a few Part-time workers (26-797) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Brain Science Laboratory for Protein Conformation Diseases |
Seeking a Technical Staff II (26-961) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Superconducting Quantum Electronics Research Team |
Seeking a Senior Research Scientist, Research Scientist, or Postdoctoral Researcher (26-932) | Open until filled |
|---|---|---|
| RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Accelerator Group |
Seeking Postdoctoral Researcher or Research & Development Scientist (26-897) | Oct. 30, 2026 |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Superconducting Quantum Electronics Research Team |
Seeking a few Senior Technical Staff or Technical Staff I (26-341) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute Nonequilibrium Physics of Living Matter Laboratory |
Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (26-740) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Nuclear Dynamics Research Group |
Seeking Postdoctoral Researcher or Research Scientist (26-809) | Sep. 30, 2026 |
| RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Research Instruments Group |
Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-808) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Nuclear Transmutation Technology Group |
Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-753) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Brain Science Brain Image Analysis Unit |
Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-823) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Division of Fundamental Mathematical Science |
Seeking a few of Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (26-714) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science AI for Science Platform Division, Advanced AI Device Development Unit |
Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (26-759) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Cold-Atom Quantum System Research Team |
Seeking a few Research Part-time Workers I or II (26-565) | Open until filled |
|---|---|---|
| RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Biomacromolecules Research Team |
Seeking Postdoctoral Researchers (26-721) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Emergent Functional Magnetic Materials Research Unit |
Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-717) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Floating-Electron-Based Quantum Information RIKEN Hakubi Research Team |
Seeking a Research Part-time Worker I (26-631) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science AI for Science Platform Division, Materials Science Application Interface Platform Development Unit |
Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (26-661) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Supercomputing Performance Research Team |
Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (26-628) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics Extreme Photonics Research Team |
Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-619) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute Biophenomena Engineering RIKEN ECL Research Team |
Seeking a few Technical Staffs I or II (26-596) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Ion Beam Breeding Group |
Seeking a Research Scientist or Senior Research Scientist (26-547) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project Explainable AI Team |
Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-548) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project Robot learning team |
Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-595) | Open until filled |
|---|---|---|
| RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences, Division of Applied Mathematical Science, AI as Science Team |
Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (26-428) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Discrete Event Simulation Research Team |
Seeking a few Research Scientists, Postdoctoral Researchers, or Research Associates (26-443) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Computational Structural Biology Research Team |
Seeking a few Research Scientists (26-437) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research Laboratory for Physical Biology |
Seeking a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher or Research Associate (26-374) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project Computational Social Choice Team |
Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-422) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project AI security and privacy Team |
Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-372) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project Imperfect Information Learning Team |
Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-367) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project Geoinformatics Team |
Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-370) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project High-Dimensional Structure Theory Team |
Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-369) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Brain Science Laboratory for Motor Circuit Plasticity |
Seeking a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (26-308) | Open until filled |
|---|---|---|
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics Terahertz and Infrared Quantum Photonics Research Team |
Seeking a Research Scientist, Postdoctoral Researcher, Technical Staff I, or Technical Staff II (25-3510) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Analytical Quantum Complexity RIKEN Hakubi Research Team |
Seeking a few Postdoctoral Researchers (26-218) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Quantum Materials Innovation Research Team |
Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher or a Research Scientist (26-239) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project Geoinformatics Team |
Seeking a Technical Scientist (26-166) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Brain Science Laboratory for Brain Resilience |
Seeking Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (26-201) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Brain Science Laboratory for Brain Resilience |
Seeking a Technical Staff I (26-177) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences | [Female only] Seeking a few Senior Research Scientists, Research Scientists, Postdoctoral Researchers (26-7) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Optical Quantum Computing Research Team |
Seeking a few Postdoctoral Researchers or Research Associates (26-15) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Nanophotonic Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics Research Team |
Seeking a few Senior Research Scientists, Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (25-3711) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Accelerator Group |
Seeking Postdoctoral Researcher, Research & Development Scientist or Technical Staff I (25-3343) | Open until filled |
|---|---|---|
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Complex Phenomena Unified Simulation Research Team |
Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (25-3344) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Brain Science Cognitive Somnology RIKEN Hakubi Research Team |
Seeking a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (25-3338) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project Adaptive Bayesian Intelligence Team |
Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (25-3065) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Quantum Many-Body Dynamics Research Team |
Seeking a few Senior Scientists, Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (25-3204) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Brain Science Laboratory for Neural Computation and Adaptation |
Seeking Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (25-3067) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute Biophenomena Engineering RIKEN ECL Research Team |
Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (25-2982) | Open until filled |
| Information R&D and Strategy Headquarters Infrastructure Research and Development Division, Advanced Networking Technology Unit |
Seeking a few Senior Research Scientists, Research Scientists, Postdoctoral Researchers, Research Associates, Senior Technical Scientists, Technical Scientists, or Technical Staffs I (25-2771) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Topological Phenomena Theory Research Team |
Seeking a few Postdoctoral Researchers (25-2768) | Open until filled |
| TRIP Headquarters, Advanced Semiconductor Science Program (ASSP), Processor Design Platform Team |
Seeking Postdoctoral Researcher or Research Scientist (25-2703) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Next-Generation HPC Infrastructure Development Division, Advanced HPC Technologies Development Unit |
Seeking a few Senior Technical Scientists or Technical Scientists (25-2515) | Open until filled |
|---|---|---|
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science High Performance Big Data Research Team |
Seeking a few Senior Research Scientists, Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (25-2457) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Processor Research Team |
Seeking a few Senior Research Scientists, Research Scientists, Postdoctoral Researchers, or Research Associates (25-2431) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Cross-Divisional Materials Research Program, Strong Correlation Quantum Phase RIKEN ECL Research Unit |
Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher or Research Scientist (25-2419) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Quantum Information Physics Theory Research Team |
Seeking a few Technical Staff I or Technical Staff II (25-2374) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Discrete Event Simulation Research Team |
Seeking a Research Scientist, a Postdoctoral Researcher or a Research Associate (25-2245) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Next-Generation HPC Infrastructure Development Division, Next-Generation HPC Infrastructure System Development Unit |
Seeking a few Senior Technical Scientists or Technical Scientists (25-2253) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Floating-Electron-Based Quantum Information RIKEN Hakubi Research Team |
Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (25-2155) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Electronic States Microscopy Research Team |
Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher or Research Scientist (25-2242) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Emergent Molecular Function Research Group |
Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (25-2241) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Cold-Atom Quantum System Research Team |
Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (25-2243) | Open until filled |
|---|---|---|
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Cold-Atom Quantum System Research Team |
Seeking a few Senior Technical Staff or Technical Staff I (25-2238) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project Information Statistical Mechanics and Dynamics Team |
Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (25-2014) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Optical Quantum Control Research Team |
Seeking a few Research Scientists and Postdoctoral Researchers (25-1940) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Molecular Bioregulation Research Team |
Seeking Research Scientist or Postdoctoral researcher (25-1971) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Brain Science Brain Intelligence Theory Unit |
Seeking a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (25-1803) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences Laboratory for AI-driven Experimental Medicine |
Seeking a Senior Research Scientist, Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (25-1550) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences Laboratory for Transcriptional Regulation |
Seeking a Research Scientist, Postdoctoral Researcher or Research Associate (25-1577) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Next-Generation HPC Infrastructure Development Division, Next-Generation HPC Infrastructure System Development Unit |
Seeking a few Senior Research Scientists, Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (25-1425) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Quantum Computational Science Research Team |
Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (25-1438) | Open until filled |
| RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Division of Applied Mathematical Science, Quantum Mathematical Science Team |
Seeking a few Postdoctoral Researchers, Research Scientists or Senior Research Scientists (25-1262) | Open until filled |
|---|---|---|
| RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Nuclear Chemistry Group |
Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Scientist or Senior Research Scientist (25-1253) | Open until filled |