Research Associate in Mechanical Engineering Design/Development/Numerical Simulation (2 Posts)

The Marine Energy Engineering Centre of Excellence (MEECE) at the Cardiff School of Engineering is seeking an enthusiastic Research Associate to conduct research within field of marine energy and to support engagement with Welsh Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs), exploring with them the opportunity to carry out research and deliver innovation projects on their behalf.

MEECE is a multi-million-pound collaboration between ORE Catapult and Welsh universities, funded by the Welsh European Funding Office and by Swansea Bay Region City Deal. The Centre delivers research, development and demonstration activities to support innovation and accelerating the commercialisation of the wave, tidal and offshore wind sectors in Wales by reducing cost of energy. 

Successful candidates will benefit from an opportunity to work within a large multi-disciplinary team across different universities and close collaboration with the Centre’s industrial partners. This post is fulltime and is available immediately until the end of May 2023. Ability to travel within the UK is essential.

The two positions are full time 35 hours per week, available immediately and are fixed term until the end of May 2023.

Salary: £34,304 - £40,927 per annum (Grade 6)

Job ref: 14134BR

For informal enquiries about the post please contact Allan Mason-Jones ([email protected])

For further details about working at Cardiff School of Engineering please contact Karen Baldwin [email protected]

Closing date: Friday, 27 May 2022

The School of Engineering holds an Athena SWAN Bronze Award that recognises good employment practice and a commitment to develop the careers of women working in science. Cardiff University is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. For this vacancy we actively encourage women to apply. We will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share opportunities. 

Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.

“Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/our-research-environment/integrity-and-ethics/responsible-research-assessment”