Research Assistant

FIXED TERM CONTRACT UNTIL THE END OF NOVEMBER 2026

CDT’s exciting mission is to identify novel research opportunities which have the potential to create new business opportunities whilst also benefiting our wider society. We are committed to sustainable and ethical business practices and are uniquely positioned to support the changes required to build a better world. We thrive on collaboration to identify creative and innovative solutions to address key global challenges in the areas of environment, ICT, healthcare and food.

Vibrant and diverse, we encourage all our employees to develop their research expertise with us, with the freedom to promote their ideas in an inclusive and supportive environment. Take a look at our website for more - www.cdtltd.co.uk

As a Research Assistant, you will support CDTs research and innovation teams to develop new materials across a range of fields within ICT, by contributing experimental scientific support and  development of formulations, device fabrication and characterisation.

With a degree in a physical science related subject, you can add value to our research with your excellent practical skills and experience gained from working in experimental research in scientific research laboratories in industry or academia.

With outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate technical concepts to all audiences, you will be self-motivated and proactive, with creative problem-solving abilities. You must understand and thrive on the demands of driven industrial research and be able to demonstrate that you work with the same drive and passion as all our teams. 

We offer a friendly and fun working environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, as we firmly believe flexibility and diversity enhances our research excellence. We offer a fantastic holiday allowance (27 days for full time employees, prorated to the term of the contract), bank holidays, an additional day off to celebrate your birthday and a day off for you to undertake voluntary work aligned with our values. In addition, we have flexi-time arrangements.

We also offer all the usual benefits you would expect, including private health and dental insurance, life assurance, income protection insurance, an Employee Assistance Programme and a pension scheme. It goes without saying that our salaries are also pretty good.

Interested? We hope so – please do send us your CV - via the ‘Apply’ button above.

Let us know if you want to see a full job description and we can send this through – drop us an email - careers@cdtltd.co.uk.

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Applications are accepted for 2 weeks from the date posted or until the position is filled.

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