Physicist

CDT’s exciting mission is to identify novel research opportunities which have the potential to create new business opportunities for our parent company, Sumitomo Chemical, whilst also benefiting 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 we develop our exciting research pipeline, we are looking for Physicists to work in CDT's material development,  initially within the areas of High Thermal Conductivity Materials, Materials for Nanolithography, and Barocaloric Materials. The roles focus on characterising the properties of CDT’s proprietary materials and investigating their performance in applications. You will be responsible for conducting experimental evaluations, analysing data, comparing findings with existing literature and theories, developing scientific hypotheses, and providing feedback and proposals for material development.

A degree in Physics or Electrical Engineering and a related PhD is essential to enable you to add value to our research with your experience of developing understanding of complex materials in the ICT or environment application space.  

With outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate technical concepts to all audiences, you will be self-motivated and proactive, with creative and inventive 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), 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 and home-working arrangements. Where appropriate, we will cover the costs of visa sponsorship and provide relocation support if you require this in order to work with us.

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, supported by a generous sign-on bonus to welcome you and help ease the move to CDT.

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.

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

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