Postdoctoral Research Associate

About the Role

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to help develop novel optical measurement solutions for model systems, such as Organ-on-Chip model systems, intended to replace animals in research. The candidate will be required to design and construct compact, efficient optical measurement systems that interface with existing hardware. There is a strong emphasis on final application and commercial exploitation, meaning that practical solutions need to be given due priority, but we are also keen to develop new IP and will support innovation and experimentation driven by the candidate.

About You

This job is suited to a PhD graduate with a background in optical or electronic engineering. If you are both a practical engineer, able to see work through to its completion, and an innovator who can suggest inventive solutions to applied technical problems, we want you to apply. Experience of gradient-index optics, amplifier design or product design engineering is particularly useful. If you are interested in a career in industrial R&D and startups, there is potential to take part in the spin out process.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The School of Engineering & Materials Science (SEMS) is home to a large, interdisciplinary community comprising over 100 academics and a similar number of postdoctoral research staff. The School leads the Centre for Predictive in vitro Models, a cross-university framework which unites research activity in this field, and also houses the Queen Mary-Emulate Organ-on-Chips Centre, the first facility of its kind in the UK.

The project aims to develop a commercial solution to improve data collection from Organ-on-Chip models, helping reduce animal use in research. The project is funded by a BBSRC Follow-on Fund grant, and continues earlier work funded by the BBSRC, NC3Rs and Queen Mary Innovation Ltd.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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