Application Scientist in Materials Characterisation

Do you have a background in Materials Characterisation? Are you able to develop and support the interactions between Materials Research Facilities and Industry? Do you want to further your career in one of the UK’s leading research-intensive Universities? Do you want to work with the Henry Royce Institute? 

A variety of multiuser Materials Characterisation Facilities have been established in the Bragg Centre for Materials Research at the University of Leeds. These allow researchers from across the University, the UK academic community and also external industry partners to have access to materials characterisation data and interpretation. 

As an Application Scientist in Materials Analysis, you will apply specialist technical expertise to react quickly and flexibly to support complex materials projects from Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and larger industry, and will work in partnership with the Royce Institute. Projects will be primarily based on short-term innovation and consultancy work, including materials characterisation, materials development and problem solving. However, when required, they should be able to contribute to the delivery of more complex multidisciplinary projects. You will also provide specialist research support and advice in materials characterisation, and manage consultancy work with industrial partners. 

You will work across the Bragg Centre analytical facilities, including the Royce Versatile Soft X-ray Facilities (VSXF e.g. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)) for Surface Chemical Analysis, X-ray Diffraction (XRD), X-ray Fluorescence (XRF), Small/Wide angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS) and X-ray microcomputed tomography (XmCT), the Leeds Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy (LEMAS) Centre (Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy, and Focused Ion Beam Microscopy), and the Scanning Probe Microscopy (AFM/STM) Facilities. As appropriate, you will also access Royce facilities at other partner institutions, and National Facilities (SuperSTEM Daresbury, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, National Centre for Crystallography, X-ray Tomography, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, XPS etc.).

We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact: 

Professor Rik Drummond-Brydson via email at R.M.Drummond-brydson@leeds.ac.uk

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information, please visit: www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/global-talent.

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