Research Assistant/Associate in Photonic

Salary:

Reserach Assistant £32,546 - £33,482 per annum

Research Associate £35,116 - £45,413 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: 09 April 2025

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Emerging Technology and Materials research group within the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics. You will carry out research as part of a team of researchers working on an EPSRC funded research project that is exploring perovskites for photonics applications. The project will be led by Professor Noel Healy at Newcastle University, working to optimise the optical properties of the proposed perovskites and on their deployment as core materials for next-generation semiconductor optical fibre devices.

Perovskites have superlative optoelectronic and nonlinear optical properties and their integration with the fibre platform will enable new and highly efficient devices for quantum optics, quantum communications and telecommunications.

This is a fixed term, full time (37 hours) opportunity and is tenable for 36 months from start date, or until the official project end date expected to be 30 April 2028, whichever is soonest.

For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Noel Healy at noel.healy@ncl.ac.uk

For further information about the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics please click here. 

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

To Apply

Please complete an online application and upload a CV and cover letter of application which outlines specific examples of how you can evidence the knowledge, skills and experience of the person specification below.

The Person (Essential)

Knowledge, Skills and Experience 

• Expert at undertaking original experimental research in photonics and/or photonic materials development.
• Skilled at building and working with free space optical measurement set-ups and/or materials growth set-ups.
• Strong skills for instrumental control and automated data acquisition.
• Track record of photonics device and/or materials characterisation.
• Effective project and time management skills.
• Good demonstratable understanding of relevant Health & Safety issues.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to present to internal and external stakeholders.  

Attributes and Behaviour

• Self-motivated, enthusiastic and have an open-minded attitude.
• Comfortable working both individually and as part of a team.
• A demonstrated commitment to ensuring our institutional strategy for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) is embedded in all our research group activities, with a commitment to ensuring dignity and respect in the workplace to the highest standard to all colleagues and students.
• Excellent interpersonal and project management skills, with an ability to think strategically, adopt an active approach to problem solving and prioritising workload in response to deadlines.

Qualifications
Essential for Research Associate

• PhD awarded in relevant discipline: e.g. Photonics, Materials, Semiconductor Technology.

Essential for Research Assistant

• Nearing completion of PhD in relevant discipline: e.g. Photonics, Materials, Semiconductor Technology.

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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 silver  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: 27964