Location: | Bristol |
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Salary: | £43,482 to £50,253 Grade J, per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Permanent |
Placed On: | 9th October 2025 |
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Closes: | 30th October 2025 |
Job Ref: | ACAD108308 |
The role
The purpose of the role is to support the PI (Dr Rainer Groh) in the delivery of an ambitious research programme funded through a UK Research & Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship. By combining state-of-the-art computational design and automated manufacturing, the goal is to create free-form shell structures comprising recycled, short-fibre composites that rival the load-carrying capacity of virgin, continuous fibre composites. A unique feature of the role will be close collaboration with two spin-out companies from the University of Bristol.
The role holder will be an experienced researchers and specialist in the areas of composite materials, structural mechanics, optimisation and finite element analysis. Apart from computational expertise, the role holder will also be comfortable in manufacturing and conducting experimental tests on prototypes. Previous experience with tow-steered composites and/or short-fibre composites is desirable but not essential. A unique feature of the project is a detailed consideration of the interaction between structural form and manufacturing quality in designing the most high-performing composite structure.
The role holder is expected to contribute their own ideas and/or enhancement of methodologies to guarantee the successful delivery of the larger research project. The outcomes of the research are to be communicated by the role holder in premier journals and conferences in the field of composite materials, structural mechanics and engineering science.
In addition to the research, the role holder may, where practical, contribute to teaching, through co-supervision of PhD students and teaching support of the PI’s final-year unit Mechanics of Lightweight and Composite Structures. In addition to academic and pastoral support within the School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering, training in effective communication, leadership and entrepreneurship will be available through a bespoke training programme of the PI’s Future Leadership Fellowship, in order to prepare the role holder to take on more responsibilities in the future.
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Additional information
For informal queries please contact: Rainer Groh (rainer.groh@bristol.ac.uk)
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Contract type: Open ended with fixed funding until 30/11/2029
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