Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Mammo Screen)

Turning Passion into Purpose. Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PDRF) in Electronic Engineering and Signal Processing with a particular emphasis on hardware and software optimisation for non-ionizing medical devices. This full-time 18-monts post is part of a 48-month prestigious EU project granted in the context of HORIZON-MISS-2021-CANCER-02-01 "Develop new methods and technologies for cancer screening and early detection". The project titled “MammoScreen: Innovative and safe microwave-based imaging technology to make breast cancer screening more accurate, inclusive, and female-friendly” will be carried out within an international, multidisciplinary consortium, which comprises LSBU plus: a Research Foundation (Toscana Life Sciences, Italy), two SMEs (UBT srl, Italy and ELAROS, UK), one public Health Institution (Castilla - La Mancha Healthcare Services, Spain), and a patient association (EVITA, Portugal), and one Italian University (IMT Lucca).

The successful applicant will join a team of different skill sets (radiofrequency engineers, microwave imaging experts, AI and data processing experts, mechatronics, radiologists, medical doctors, patients’ association representatives) to refine and optimize a novel microwave imaging device for breast screening, supporting clinicians to differentiate between breasts with and without lesions (highlighting suspicious malignancy), using microwave imaging data.

The successful applicant will be responsible for a number of work packages, including but not limited to refinement of microwave imaging device hardware, optimisation of the transmitter/receiver chain, integration of optical cameras and sensors; microwave imaging algorithms optimisation; data-processing; development of models and related firmware for trial execution; gathering of user requirements and presenting results to industrial, research stakeholders and non-experts.

Benefits and How to Apply:
As a leading Higher Education Institution LSBU offers staff a highly competitive benefits package including holiday entitlement starting at 26.5 days per annum, professional development opportunities and flexible working. Full details on the range of benefits we offer can be found here.

The person specification for this role alongside applicant guidance on what to submit within your application can be found within the candidate pack (available on the university's website, accessed by the 'Apply' button). Applications must be submitted via the "Apply Online" button.

For an informal conversation ahead of applying please feel free to contact the hiring manager for this position, Professor Mohammad Ghavami (ghavamim@lsbu.ac.uk) the academic PI of the award.

The closing date for applications is 11:59pm on 6^th May 2024.

Interview/assessment - week commencing 13^th May 2024.

We are happy to talk flexible working and reasonable adjustments and aim to make our recruitment and selection process accessible to all, please contact us to discuss any support you need. The diversity of LSBU’s staff and students is a source of our strength and the richness of ideas and perspectives that this diversity brings makes LSBU a unique place to work.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship under the UKVI Skilled Worker route, more details on this can be found within the candidate pack.

If you have any questions related to your application or queries related to reasonable adjustments, please email the recruitment team hrdsr@lsbu.ac.uk.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early, should we receive sufficient applications.

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