Senior Technical Officer

Applications are invited for an appointment as Senior Technical Officer at University of Galway.

Suitably qualified candidates are invited to apply for a full-time specific purpose position as a Senior Technical Officer with the NCLA laser group in Physics at the University of Galway, Ireland. The successful candidate will provide technical support for the implementation of a new undergraduate maker-space, funded under the Irish government’s HCI Pillar 3 project, called Designing Futures.  The position will also provide hands-on research support in two key areas. The first area is in 3D selective metallisation underway in partnership with the Centre for Wireless Innovation at Queens University Belfast, funded by the European Space Agency. The second is in the area of two photon polymerisation used in the pilot manufacture of conductive tissue scaffolds for cardiology in partnership with the SFI funded CÚRAM Centre for Medical Devices in Galway and the CELL-MET and WWIEM centres at Boston University and Queens University Belfast, respectively.

For informal enquiries, please contact Prof. Gerard O’Connor, Personal Professor, at the School of Natural Sciences, Email gerard.oconnor@universityofgalway.ie  +353 (0)91 492513

Additional information on is available on the following web-pages:

• Human Capital Initiative project Designing Futures
• CÚRAM -SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices
• Centre for Wireless Innovation (CWI) at Queens University Belfast
• CELL-MET at Boston University
• Wolfson Wellcome Institute for Experimental Medicine (WWIEM) at Queens University Belfast.
• The NCLA laser laboratory

Information on the University's Strategic Plan is available at:  Strategy - University of Galway 

Salary:  

€54,693 to €65,762 p.a (applicable to new entrants effective from January, 2011) 

(This appointment will be made on the Senior Technical Officer scale in line with current Government pay policy) 

Closing date for receipt of applications is 17:00 (Irish Time) on Wednesday 15^th February 2023.  It will not be possible to consider applications received after the closing date. 

Garda vetting may apply.  

Appointments will be conditional on work authorisation validation.  

Further details are available at www.dbei.ie 

For more information and Application Form please see website: 

Jobs - University of Galway Applications should be submitted online. 

Please note that appointment to posts advertised will be dependent upon University approval, together with the terms of the Employment Control Framework for the higher education sector. 

University of Galway is an equal opportunities employer. 

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