Research Associate/Fellow

As a researcher in the Centre for Responsible Electronics (REACT), the successful candidate will make a leading contribution to design of sustainable electronics at a strategic industry/academia research collaboration through the REACT Centre. We are seeking a proactive researcher to work alongside academic and industrial partners to identify, define and develop collaborative R&D opportunities in sustainable electronics and circular economy technologies. The role will focus on translating industry needs into funded research projects, demonstrators and innovation programmes.

You will design with tools such as life cycle assessment and lead activity to design and build cutting-edge electronic system and possess skills in at least one of the following emerging technologies, all of which reduce the environmental footprint of electronics including:

• Circular design of electronics
• Design for Sustainability
• Modular Design
• Improving Electronics reliability
• Life Cycle Assessment

Your role will be highly dynamic; you will work with academic and industrial partners to develop a range of demonstrators including modular or reconfigurable electronics and environmental sensors. These demonstrators will have strong potential for high-profile publications, commercialisation, and/or dissemination as open-source designs.

The ideal candidate might be from an academic (e.g. PhD/Postdoc in a related engineering/electronics/sustainable engineering area) or industrial background. The key is having good hands-on experience in sustainable design and implementation, or the enthusiasm to pick up new skills.

The postholder will have the full support of a large inter-disciplinary research team with expertise in manufacturing/materials, sensors, energy efficient design and material recovery. In addition, you will work on short-term demonstrators built with our industrial partners, which offer extensive learning opportunities across the electronics industry. You will get the opportunity to formulate and publish your findings in impactful research publications, generate intellectual property (IP) from the research findings, and help manage and direct this project.

For informal inquiries, please contact Professor Jeff Kettle (Jeff.Kettle@glasgow.ac.uk) or Dr Mahmoud Wagih (Mahmoud.Wagih@glasgow.ac.uk).

This post is full-time (35 hours per week), and has funding available for up to 18 months in the first instance, along with extensive career development opportunities.