RIKEN Institute in Japan invites application for vacant Postdoc, Research Positions, a large scientific research institute, the main site at Wakō, Saitama Prefecture, just outside Tokyo, Japan.
| Laboratory | Position | Deadline | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics Ultrafast Coherent Soft X-ray Photonics Research Team | Seeking a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (25-835)NEW | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science HPC- and AI-driven Drug Development Platform Division, Molecular Design Computational Intelligence Unit | Seeking a Research Scientist (Indefinite-term) (25-974)NEW | Sep 9, 2025 | Yokohama |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Processor Research Team | Seeking a Research Scientist (Indefinite-term) (25-973)NEW | Sep 9, 2025 | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project High-dimensional Causal Analysis Team | Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (25-982) | Open until filled | Tokyo |
| RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research Human Biomimetic System RIKEN Hakubi Research Team, Laboratory for Human Biomimetic System (scheduled to be launched on April 1, 2026) | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (25-966) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Nuclear Chemistry Group | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Scientist, or Technical Staff I (25-919) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Field Theory Research Team | Seeking a Senior Research Scientist, a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (25-926) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research Human Biomimetic System RIKEN Hakubi Research Team, Laboratory for Human Biomimetic System (scheduled to be launched on April 1, 2026) | Seeking a Research Scientist, Postdoctoral Researcher (25-860) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research Laboratory for Human Biomimetic System (to be established on April 1, 2026) | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (25-859) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research Laboratory for Gametogenesis | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (25-803) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| Laboratory | Position | Deadline | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Reproductive System RIKEN ECL Research Team | Seeking a few Research Scientists, Postdoctoral Researchers (25-730) | Open until filled | Yokohama |
| RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Chemical Biology and Biosynthesis Research Team | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (25-746) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Emergent Functional Polymers Research Team | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher or a Research Scientist (25-702) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science RIKEN-Cambridge Joint Crop Symbiosis Research Team | Seeking a Deputy Team Director (25-652) | Open until filled | Yokohama |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Field Theory Research Team | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (25-680) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Quantum Electron Device Research Team | Seeking a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (25-698) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science AI for Science Platform Division, Life and Medical Science Application Interface Platform Development Unit | Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (25-654) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences, Division of Fundamental Mathematical Science Mathematical Genomics RIKEN ECL Research Unit | Seeking a few Postdoctoral Researchers (25-695) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Emergent Phenomena Measurement Research Team | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (25-631) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN BioResource Research Center Transcriptome-Epigenome Research Team | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher or Research & Development Scientist (25-524) | Aug. 18, 2025 | Tsukuba |
RIKEN Center for Brain Science Laboratory for Neural Computation and Adaptation | Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher Position (25-597) | Open until filled | Wako |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences | [Female only] Seeking a few Senior Research Scientists, Research Scientists, Postdoctoral Researchers, or Research Associates (25-508) | Open until filled | Wako Tokyo Yokohama Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project Explainable AI Team | Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (25-530) | Open until filled | Tokyo |
| RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Mathematical Social Science Team, Division of Applied Mathematical Science | Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (W25015) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Nuclear Many-body Theory Laboratory | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher or Research Scientist (W25030) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Materials Characterization Support Team | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (W25031) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Brain Science Laboratory for Circuit and Behavioral Physiology | Seeking a Research Associate (W25026) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Quantum Computer System Design Research Team | Seeking a few Senior Scientists, Research Scientists, Postdoctoral Researchers or Research Associates (W25345) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Brain Science Brain Image Analysis Unit | Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher Position (W24352) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Optical Quantum Control Research Team | Seeking a few Senior Research Scientists, Research Scientists, Postdoctoral Researchers or Research Associates (W24344) | Open until filled | Wako |
RIKEN Center for Computational Science, AI for Science Platform Division, AI for Science Foundation Model Research Team | Seeking Senior Scientist, Seeking Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (K24106) | Open until filled | Tokyo |
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| RIKEN Center for Brain Science Laboratory for Motor Circuit Plasticity | Seeking Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (W24340) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Division of Applied Mathematical Science, Quantum Mathematical Science Team | Seeking Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Scientist or Senior Research Scientist (W24328) | Open until filled | Wako Tokyo Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project Robot learning team | Seeking Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (W24316) | Open until filled | Tokyo |
| RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute (New name from April 1, 2025) Biophenomena Engineering RIKEN ECL Research Team | Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (W24327) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research Human Biomimetic System RIKEN Hakubi Research Team | Seeking a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (K24101) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research Laboratory for multimodal AI framework | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (K24105) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research Laboratory for multimodal AI framework | Seeking a Technical Staff II (K24097) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Biomacromolecules Research Team | Seeking a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (W24272) | Open until filled | Wako Other |
| RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Quantum Functional System Research Group | Seeking Postdoctoral Researchers (W24265) | Open until filled | Wako |
Information R&D and Strategy Headquarters Infrastructure Research and Development Division, Advanced Networking Technology Unit | Seeking a few Senior Scientists, Research Scientists, Postdoctoral Researchers, Research Associates, Senior Technical Scientists, Technical Scientists, or Technical Staffs I (W24225) | Open until filled | Wako |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIKEN SPring-8 Center Innovative Synchrotron Radiation Facility Division, Laser-Driven Electron-Acceleration Technoligy Group, Basic Laser Development Team | Seeking a Research Scientist and Research Associate (C22-0101) | Open until filled | Harima |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Hybrid Quantum Circuits Research Team | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (W24240) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Hybrid Quantum Circuits Research Team | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (W24239) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Computational Materials Science Research Team | Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (K24077) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research Laboratory for multimodal AI framework | Seeking Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (K24068) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Superconducting Quantum Electronics Research Team | Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (W24219) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science High Performance Big Data Research Team | Seeking a Senior Scientist, Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (K24074) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Quantum Many-Body Dynamics Research Team | Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (W24216) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Processor Research Team | Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (K24072) | Open until filled | Kobe |
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research Laboratory for Vascular Morphogenesis | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher or Research Associate (K24066) | Open until filled | Kobe |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Processor Research Team | Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (K24071) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science AI for Science Platform Division, Advanced AI Device Development Unit | Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (K24073) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Electronic States Spectroscopy Research Team | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher or a Research Scientist (W24222) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Supercomputing Performance Research Team | Seeking a Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (K24069) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science High Performance Artificial Intelligence Systems Research Team | Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (K24067) | Open until filled | Tokyo Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Computational Molecular Science Research Team | Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (K24044) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science AI for Science Platform Division, Material Science Application Interface Platform Development Unit | Seeking Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (K24045) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| Laboratory for Chromosome Segregation | Seeking a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (K24055) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Research Instruments Group | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (W24187) | Open until filled | Wako |
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research Laboratory for Epithelial Morphogenesis | Seeking Research Scientists, Postdoctoral Researchers or Research Associates (K24056) | Open until filled | Kobe |
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| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Quantum Information Physics Theory Research Team | Seeking Postdoctoral Researchers and Research Scientists (W24177) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project Adaptive Bayesian Intelligence Team | Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (W24162) | Open until filled | Tokyo |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Learning Optimization Platform Development Unit | Seeking a few Senior Scientists, Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (K24040) | Open until filled | Tokyo |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Nanophotonic Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics Research Team | Seeking a few Senior Scientists, Research Scientists, Postdoctoral Researchers or Research Associates (W24140) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Nuclear Chemistry Group | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher or Contract Researcher (W24141) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Plant Lipid Research Team | Seeking Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (Y24036) | Open until filled | Yokohama |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing | [Female only] Seeking a few Senior Scientists, Research Scientists, Postdoctoral Researchers or Research Associates (W24119) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences Epigenome Dynamics RIKEN ECL Research Team | Seeking Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (Y24032) | Open until filled | Yokohama |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Optical Quantum Computing Research Team | Seeking a few Postdoctoral Researchers (W24089) | Open until filled | Wako |
RIKEN Center for Computational Science Large-Scale Parallel Numerical Computing Technology Research Team | Seeking a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (K24023) | Open until filled | Kobe |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Data Management Platform Development Unit | Seeking Senior Scientist, Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher (K24020) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Superconducting Quantum Simulation Research Team | Seeking a few Postdoctoral Researchers (W24048) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Quantum-HPC Hybrid Software Environment Unit | Seeking a few Senior Scientists or Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (K24014) | Open until filled | Wako Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Quantum Computing Simulation Unit | Seeking a few Senior Scientists or Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (K24007) | Open until filled | Wako Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Semiconductor Quantum Information Device Research Team | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (W24031) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Quantum Computing Simulation Unit | Seeking a Technical Scientist (K24006) | Open until filled | Wako Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Quantum Computer Architecture Research Team | Seeking a few Senior Scientists, Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (W24026) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Computational Structural Biology Research Team | Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (K24003) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Computational Materials Science Research Team | Seeking a few Senior Scientists, Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (R-CCS2333) | Open until filled | Wako Kobe |
RIKEN SPring-8 Center Accelerator Hardware Development Group | Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (C23-0801) | Open until filled | Harima |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences Laboratory for Retrotransposon Dynamics | Seeking Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researcheres (IMS209-2302) | Open until filled | Yokohama |
| RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Quantum Computational Science Research Team | Seeking a Research Scientist or a Postdoctoral Researcher (W23212) | Open until filled | Wako |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Computational Materials Science Research Team | Seeking Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (R-CCS2314) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN Center for Computational Science Field Theory Research Team | Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (R-CCS2315) | Open until filled | Kobe |
| RIKEN SPring-8 Center Theory Team | Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (C22-0103) | Open until filled | Harima |
| RIKEN SPring-8 Center Imaging Development Team | Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (C22-0102) | Open until filled | Harima |
| RIKEN SPring-8 Center Beamline Development Team | Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (C22-1201) | Open until filled | Harima |
| RIKEN SPring-8 Center Biostructural Mechanism Group | Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (C21-0301) | Open until filled | Harima |
| RIKEN SPring-8 Center Forensic Science Group | Seeking a few Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher position (C21-0205) | Open until filled | Harima |
RIKEN SPring-8 Center Materials Dynamics Group | Seeking a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher position (C21-0203) | Open until filled | Harima |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIKEN SPring-8 Center SR Imaging Instrumentation Team | Seeking a Research Scientist position (C21-0204) | Open until filled | Harima |
| RIKEN SPring-8 Center Advanced Detector Development Team | Seeking a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher position (C21-0202) | Open until filled | Harima |
