Research Associate in Applied Superconductivity and - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

UE07 £36,333 - £43,155 Per Annum

College of Science & Engineering / School of Engineering / Institute for Energy Systems**
Full time, 35 hours per week
**Fixed Term, 24 Months

We are looking for Post-doctoral Research Associate (PDRA) with expertise in Applied Superconductivity and Electrical Machines, to become part of a team to develop a novel fully air-cored superconducting electrical machine.

The Opportunity:

Your skills and attributes for success:

PhD in Applied Superconductivity with some experience of Electrical Machines.
Experience of electromagnetic modelling of superconducting coils in COMSOL or similar.
Experience of setting up and using cryogenic equipment for testing superconducting materials and coils.
Excellent oral and written communication skills with experience of presenting at conferences, and to senior engineers industry, as well as writing technical reports and publishing papers.
The ability to be creative and flexible whilst working as part of a team as well as independently.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success.

You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits
pension scheme ,
staff discounts, family friendly initiatives
, flexible working and much more.

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for further information and use our reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our
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