Human-Centred Design KTP Associate

Aujla Business Systems Limited

Full time, fixed term for 30 months

Due to the funding of this post, the Associate must be in place to start work by 2^nd February 2025. Any application for visas must also be completed by this time.

Salary:  Between £33,000 and £36,000 per annum at a starting salary to be confirmed on offer of appointment. The successful applicant will also receive a £2,000 per annum training budget.

Project Title: To develop a simulator enabling commercially viable last-mile delivery in rural and semi-urban environments using autonomous Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

About the role

ABS is a Managed Services Provider specializing in IT and security solutions. Core services comprise IT management, infrastructure hardware, cybersecurity, communication systems, cloud hosting, custom application development, and connectivity services. ABS caters to both public and private sectors, with a focus on smart city infrastructure, cloud-based operations and bespoke software solutions tailored to specific business needs.

This is a 30-month Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project between Loughborough University and Aujla Business Systems Limited, funded by UKRI Innovate UK. 

About you

We are looking for a KTP Associate who will be a highly motivated, proactive and perceptive individual qualified to Master’s level in a relevant Human-Centred Design discipline.  

The Associate will be required to engage with citizens, customers and internal (ABS) stakeholders; critically evaluate their (potentially) conflicting needs for the Autonomous Infrastructure Simulator (AIS); distil these into human-centred requirements specifications; work with ABS to translate these into an initial prototype and iteratively evaluate and redesign this prototype to enable ABS to produce the final design of the AIS.

The Associate will need to adopt an agile mindset and working methods to bring together the external (citizen, customer) requirements - likely to be diverse, multi-layered, conflicting, and ambiguous - with the need for a commercially driven process, pivoting design direction as required. Training will be provided in agile methodologies.

The KTP Associate will be based primarily at Aujla Business Systems Ltd, in Farnborough, Hampshire as well as Loughborough University with the academic team. The Associate will be supervised by an academic team, led by Dr Tracy Ross and Dr Chris Parker, who are experts in human-centred design and UX design.

For more information refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

Informal enquiries

Informal enquiries should be made to Tracy Ross t.ross@lboro.ac.uk and Chris Parker c.parker@lboro.ac.uk. 

Closing date for receipt of applications: Wednesday 16^th October

Interviews will take place: During the week commencing Monday 4^th November

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