Research Assistant in Machine Learning

Please note, this post is fixed-term until 30 September 2025 and part-time at 0.5 FTE.

The University of Lincoln is seeking to appoint a part-time Research Assistant in Data Science. This post sits within the School of Agri-food Technology and Manufacturing (SAFTMan), an interdisciplinary academic unit in the university's College of Health & Science. You should hold a BSc (MSc desirable) in a related field and should be able to demonstrate an excellent track record in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning, or a related field. Specific experience in sustainable agriculture or agri-food production is preferred but not required.

You are expected to have strong mathematical and programming skills (e.g. Python) and be able to work on software projects using modern tools and environments (e.g. github, docker, Ubuntu). You will be responsible for contributing to research on the assigned project, as directed by the Principal Investigator, and in collaboration with other project team members.

For informal enquiries about the posts, please email Prof Simon Parsons at sparsons@lincoln.ac.uk.

The University of Lincoln is a leading centre in the UK for research into agri-food technology, particularly the application of AI and robotics to all areas of food production. Members of the College of Health & Science participate in many collaborative research projects, funded by the UK Research Councils, Innovate UK and Horizon 2020. The University leads the £10.9m UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN), with University of Aberdeen, University of Strathclyde and Queen’s University Belfast; and the £6.9m EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics, with the Universities of Cambridge and East Anglia. University facilities include an experimental farm and food factory, dedicated robotics research labs, and a fleet of state-of-the-art agricultural robots. The post will be based in at the University of Lincoln’s Riseholme campus, about 5 miles from the Lincoln city centre.

Further details:

• Job Description and Person Specification

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Closing Date: Thursday 08 May 2025
Interview Date: Friday 23 May 2025

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