Research Fellow

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,130 to £45,413 with potential progression once in post to £48,149

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to March 2026

Background

The post holder will work closely with the School of Engineering, the School of Sport, Exercise, and Rehabilitation Sciences, and NHS partners at Birmingham Community Healthcare to develop, assess, and validate a home-based gait retraining therapy using functional electrical stimulation for patients with lower limb amputation.

Role Summary 

• Work within specified research grants and projects and contribute to writing bids
• Operate within area of specialism
• Analyse and interpret research findings and results
• Contribute to generating funding
• Contribute to licensing or spin out deals with demonstrated commercial success (such as revenues, asset or company sales, IP generated) and/or public understanding of the discipline or similar
• Work closely with academics, clinicians, and patients to deliver a home-based gait retraining therapy using functional electrical stimulation.
• Measure and analyse gait biomechanics using advanced motion capture techniques, including wearable sensors and camera-based systems, in both laboratory and real-world environments.
• Manage patient recruitment and engagement to ensure study completion, particularly for the crossover study.
• Write progress reports and prepare results for publication and dissemination via journals, presentations and the web. 

Person Specification 

• A PhD, or near to completion, (or equivalent experience) in biomechanics, kinesiology, movement science, rehabilitation engineering, biomedical engineering, physiotherapy, or a related discipline
• Experience in movement analysis, neuromusculoskeletal modelling (e.g., Opensim, MATLAB)
• First degree in area of specialism and normally, a higher degree relevant to research area or equivalent qualifications
• High level analytical capability
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly
• Fluency in relevant models, techniques or methods and ability to contribute to developing new ones
• Ability to assess resource requirements and use resources effectively 
• Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes
• Contribute to the planning and organising of the research programme and/or specific research project
• Co-ordinate own work with others to avoid conflict or duplication of effort
• Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day to day activity in own area that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly 

Informal enquires can be made to {Dr Ziyun Ding, School of Engineering, z.ding@bham.ac.uk} 

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