Opto-Mechanical Research Engineer

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This is an exciting new role that will give the post holder the opportunity to design and build a range of opto-mechanical lens assemblies for novel sensor-systems research within the emerging field of Advanced Additive Manufacturing (also known as 3D printing). You will help us to increase our ability to build novel instruments and push the boundaries of what can be sensed and measured optically. This will give you valuable experience in a wide variety of opto-mechanical and opto-electronic engineering. The post holder will be a creative individual who works well with others and will ideally be an engineering enthusiast; in addition to taking a professional approach to their work. It is essential that applicants have some experience designing and optimising optical systems using Zemax (or similar ray tracing CAD) and experience producing professional engineering drawings using 3D CAD (e.g. Solid Works or Inventor), with a relevant engineering PhD (or equivalent experience).

Working as part of a team, with electronic engineers and material scientists, the post holder will push the boundaries of optical sensing in order to validate theoretical models, implement novel in-process metrology and enable our AM builds to improve in quality and repeatability through new scientific insights. The role will involve working closely with interdisciplinary research teams and industry partners in two newly established EPSRC Future Manufacturing Hubs: MAPP, the EPSRC Future Manufacturing Hub in Manufacture using Advanced Powder Process hosted at Sheffield, and the EPSRC Advanced Metrology Hub hosted at the University of Huddersfield. MAPP’s vision is to deliver the promise of powder-based manufacturing processes to provide low energy, low cost and low waste high value manufacturing routes and products to secure UK manufacturing productivity and growth. MAPP brings together leading research teams from the Universities of Leeds, Manchester and Oxford, and Imperial College London, together with an initial group of 17 industry partners and 6 of the UK’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVMC) centres. For further information about MAPP please visit www.mapp.ac.uk

The Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department is respected internationally for its many important contributions in the field of electronic and electrical engineering (www.shef.ac.uk/eee). We currently have 41 academic staff, including 19 Professors, and a student community of approximately 600 comprising undergraduate, postgraduate taught and research students. Our teaching is underpinned by research at the leading edge, with world-class laboratories available to undergraduates and postgraduates. The Department is organised into three research areas: Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Communications, and Electrical Machines and Drives. Further details on each of the research areas can be accessed via the above Departmental web link. The Department has been awarded an Athena Swan Bronze Award, for its support of representation of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics. The post holder will be a member of the Semiconductor Materials and Devices (SMD) Research Group which has 16 academic staff (including 10 Professors) and a large number of Research Fellows and research students. The Group has strong international links, close collaboration with industry and a commitment to translation of research into applications and impact. It has a broad range of research interests and is internationally leading in epitaxy and device development.  

The ideal candidate will have previous experience of optical and mechanical CAD design and be looking to develop into a confident, first class designer of opto-mechanical systems. 

This post is fixed-term for 12 months.