Research Assistant in App Development

Salary: £33,951 to £34,610 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 12 June 2026

The Role

This is a full-time, 1-year fixed term Research Assistant position at the Translational and Clinical Research Institute at the Faculty of Medical Science and provides an exciting opportunity for an early career scientist who is interested in developing Apps using wearable technology and novel machine learning techniques for tracking and managing fatigue in long term conditions. You will join an interdisciplinary group (DIAN Research Group) who has an established international reputation in mobility analysis, digital health outcomes and wearable technology advanced analytics. You will work as part of the Digital healthcare Applications for Translational Advancement Team: DATA-Team) supporting the Newcastle NIHR BRC Industry Project “Digital Technologies for Managing Chronic Fatigue: Wearable Devices and Smartphone App” led by Dr Silvia Del Din. The project is funded though the Newcastle NIHR BRC.

The role involves collaborating with an industry partner developing ECG-capable wearable devices to integrate high-quality, ECG-derived HRV into the FatigueSense mobile App. FatigueSense is an AI-enabled platform that predicts and helps users manage fatigue using wearable and self-reported data.

We are particularly keen to hear from candidates with a strong interest in digital health, wearable technologies and AI-driven healthcare applications. We are looking for individuals with experience in App development (and familiarity with the FatigueSense App), PPIE, signal processing and the analysis of wearable sensor data, alongside strong programming skills in Matlab, Python, R or similar languages. Experience in machine learning, digital health technologies and collaborative interdisciplinary research environments would be highly advantageous. We value candidates who are proactive, detail-oriented and able to communicate complex ideas effectively to a range of audiences, with a commitment to collaborative working, innovation and continued professional development.

At Newcastle University, we follow the Researcher Development Concordat: Researcher Development | Our Research | Newcastle University. We enable all colleagues to fulfil their research potential regardless of career stage. This commitment secures our thriving research culture and vibrant research environment. Our offer to each individual and their researcher development includes mentoring, annual research planning discussions, pooled research funding to support career development and research activities, peer review support for the development of research and innovation funding applications.

We are committed to making the process accessible to everyone and can provide additional support to adjustments to meet your needs.

Please upload your CV and a cover letter with information about how they meet the essential criteria.

As part of our commitment to career development for research colleagues, the University has developed 3 levels of Research Innovation Role Profiles.pdf.  These profiles set out firstly the generic competencies and responsibilities expected of role holders at each level and, secondly, the general qualifications and experiences needed for entry at a particular level.

For informal enquiries please contact for the post is Dr Silvia Del Din (silvia.del-din@newcastle.ac.uk).

Find out more about the Faculty of Medical Sciences here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/

Find out more about our Research Institutes: Translational and Clinical Research Institute: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/research/institutes/translational/

Key Accountabilities
•    Collect, analyse and interpret research data and draw conclusions on the outcomes
•    Co-ordinate own work with that of others, use problem solving to affect the achievement of research objectives and contribute to the planning of the project(s)
•    Present information on research progress and outcomes to a Principal Investigator or groups overseeing the research project
•    Write up results from own research activity and provide input into the research project's dissemination, in whatever form (report, papers, chapters, books)
•    Use research resources (including, where required, Laboratories, workshops and specialist equipment) as appropriate

The Person

Knowledge, Skills and Experience
•    Experience of the area of research, specifically of development of digital health Applications and machine Learning techniques applied for fatigue quantification
•    Expertise working with wearable technology data and analysis, machine Learning/ Al techniques
•    Experience with signal processing and Application (App) development (especially as applied to fatigue estimation, e.g., FatigueSense)
•    Very good knowledge of and experience using Matlab or equivalent programming Languages (e.g. R, Python)
•    Experience with PPIE activities
•    Attention to detail and ability to work at high Levels of accuracy
•    Ability to present complex information effectively to a range of audiences
•    Proven ability to analyse data and write-up results
•    Experience of working collaboratively with colleagues
•    Excellent IT skills in all major office applications
•    The ability to use personal initiative and creativity to solve research problems

Attributes and Behaviour
•    Commitment to working positively as a member of a multi-skilled research team
•    Ability to negotiate and prioritise multiple, competing responsibilities and to work to deadlines
•    Commitment to continued professional development
•    Understanding of good practice in equality, inclusion and diversity

Qualifications

•    Honours degree in in Biomedical Engineering or related field

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We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society.  We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a Gold Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.  We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.  We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe. 

Requisition ID: 29413