Research Associate

This post is full time, and has funding for up to 18 months, with the possibility of being extended for a further 2+ years.

The James Watt School of Engineering is looking for a Research Associate to make a leading contribution to the design of sustainable electronics hardware, at a strategic industry/academia research collaboration through the REACT Centre. You will design and build cutting-edge electronic systems that reduce the environmental footprint of electronics, from manufacturing to disposal.

Your role will be highly adaptive; you will develop a suite of electronic systems, ranging from designing low-power and low-carbon systems to designing semiconductors for sustainability. This requires candidates with a background in electronics circuit design, PCB fabrication, and microcontroller programming. These demonstrators will have strong potential for high-profile publications, commercialisation, and/or dissemination as open-source designs.

The ideal candidate might be from an academic (e.g. PhD/Postdoc in a related electronics area) or industrial (practicing hardware/embedded electronic engineer) background. The key is having good hands-on experience in electronics design and implementation, and the enthusiasm to pick up new skills.

You will have the full support of a large interdisciplinary research team with expertise in manufacturing/materials, design (specifically in sensing systems), sensors, and system integration. Additionally, you will work on short-term demonstrators developed in collaboration with our industrial partners, which provide extensive learning opportunities across the electronics industry. Working closely with the Pillar Lead (Prof Hadi Heidari) and Microelectronics Lab (meLAB), you will get the opportunity to formulate and publish your findings in impactful research publications, generate intellectual property (IP) from the research findings, and help manage and direct this project.

The University of Glasgow has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. If you require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK, you will be required to meet the eligibility requirements of the visa route to be assigned a Certificate of Sponsorship.

Please note that this post may be eligible to be sponsored under the Skilled Worker visa route if tradeable points can be used under the Skilled Worker visa rules. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

For informal enquiries or further information about the project, please contact Prof Hadi Heidari (Hadi.Heidari@Glasgow.ac.uk).

For more information on the University of Glasgow’s James Watt School of Engineering, please visit www.gla.ac.uk/schools/engineering

For more information and to apply online: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research-associate-74?source=gla.ac.uk

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