Senior Research Fellow

Salary: As this vacancy has limited funding the maximum salary that can be offered is Grade 9, salary £58,225.

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to May 2028

Background

To create and disseminate knowledge through initiating, leading and conducting original research and through publication as appropriate to the disciplinary area. Specifically, the post will support the new EPSRC Manufacturing Research Hub in Robotics, Automation & Smart Machine Enabled Sustainable Circular Manufacturing & Materials (RESCu-M2) led by the University of Birmingham with partners from Loughborough, Sheffield, Strathclyde, Brighton, and Leeds Universities plus the Manufacturing Technology Centre. The vision of this hub is to pursue an integrated, holistic approach toward creating a new manufacturing ecosystem for circular resource use of high value products through advances in robotics, AI and intelligent automation, empowering the UK to be a world leader in circular manufacturing.

Main Duties

• Working within the RESCu-M² research grant to achieve the project deliverables, specifically in the creation of systems and approaches for Collaborative Dis(Re)assembly, Hybrid Re-manufacturing and Autonomous Material Separation and Recovery.
• Work with other researchers and project partners to deliver the overall project objectives.
• Provide specialist expertise in the area of robotics, automation, AI and intelligent automation.
• Publish the outputs of the research work in relevant high impact academic journals and in relevant trade publications.
• Assist with and lead dissemination of the research outputs both to academia and industry.

Person Specification

Research requirements

An excellent national reputation and a developing international profile through original research work and a clear record of impact. Evidence of success under the following headings, as appropriate to the discipline:

• High level peer esteem as evidenced by
  • Excellent reputation in the UK and often internationally, reflected in sustained high quality output, level of innovation, impact on subject and recognition.
  • An excellent and sustained record of peer reviewed research publications.
• Successful and sustained supervision of doctoral students to completion.
• Substantial and sustained research income generation, e.g. through research grants, contracts, research consultancy or other external funding.
• Sustained high value impact knowledge transfer and enterprise that is of manifest benefit to the College and University.

Management and administration-related requirements

Demonstrated significant achievement in management and administration-related activities, which may include leadership of activities/initiatives. Evidence of success under the following headings.

• Successful and sustained performance in significant administrative/managerial role (s) (e.g. exams officer).
• Significant and sustained high quality innovative contributions to the management/administration of the Department/School/College or University.
• Successful and sustained contribution to the corporate life of the School/College/University, displaying willingness to contribute actively to committees, collaborative teaching and administrative tasks.
• Actively promotes equality and diversity to internal and external stakeholders.
• Able to use data to identify equality and diversity issues. 
• Experience of developing interventions to address equality and diversity issues.

Informal enquiries can be made to Prof. Samia Nefti-Meziani, email: s.nefti-meziani@bham.ac.uk 

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