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£27,578 - £35,938 per annum, depending on skills and experience, salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance

Applications are invited for the above post at The University of Nottingham, based at the University Park Campus. The University of Nottingham is nationally and internationally renowned for its teaching and research excellence. We rank highly in the latest international league tables together with our overseas campuses in China and Malaysia this makes us as a truly global and world-class institution.

The EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Additive Manufacturing will be led from the University of Nottingham from July 1, 2012, with Loughborough University as a partner. It has been establishedto enable industry to access and influence research in the Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing field with particular reference to multi-material and multi-functional components. The Centre engages academics from across the UK with a broad range of industrial partners to deliver on an industrially prioritised research agenda. At any one time the Centre has multiple ongoing research activities across a number of different UK institutions, which are undertaken collaboratively and which employ contract research staff and research students.

Being able to process and react polymeric materials in situ will open up new fields of materials and structures for Additive Manufacturing. Early work successfully allowed the co-production of nylon in a copolymerisation system that facilitated jetting. We will build on this success to develop a system that will allow the jetting of complex structures and medical systems using biodegradable and drug-laden polymers. Examples include structures such as stents and scaffolds that often require post-surgical drug placement near to the site of the wound or device and the combination of reactive polymers with conductive pathways for embedded componentry. Manufacture with AM, particularly jetting, will allow the optimal design of the device for both mechanical support, for drug delivery and conduction. The aim of this project is to be able to process multicomponent materials with in situ reactions including polymerisation or bulk functionalization.

Candidates must hold a good honours degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, or other relevant engineering or science subject, and a PhD or equivalent in Engineering, Physical Sciences or equivalent experience. Experience and knowledge that the successful candidate will include:

• Extensive knowledge of materials testing methods and techniques, including processing and analysis.
• Excellent data analysis and communication skills. 
• Ability to synthesise complex technical data into reports and papers, synthesise industrial needs and academic outputs into research activities, produce written and verbal reports and to work on own initiative but also as a team player. 
• Significant experience within a research or development environment and ink jet printing as a method for producing two or three dimensional structures. 
• Experience of presenting work at international conferences and to industry. 
• Working knowledge of piezo and or thermal printing techniques.

This full-time post is available immediately and will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of 2 years.

Please direct informal enquiries to the EPSRC Centre Director, Prof Richard Hague, via the EPSRC Centre Coordinator (Martin Baumers) by e-mail to martin.baumers@nottingham.ac.uk or phone +44 (0)115 9513877. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

For more details and/or to apply on-line please access: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Jobs/CurrentVacancies/ref/ENG08180.   If you are unable to apply on-line please contact the Human Resources Department, tel: 0115 846 6172. 

Please quote ref. ENG08180. 

Closing date: 15 June 2012.

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Campus/location: Other

Duration of post: Fixed term

Fixed term period (yrs/mths): 12 months

Post is open to: External and internal candidates

Closing date: 6 June 2012

Job overview:

An opportunity exists for a qualified mechanical engineer to work on the development of the "Auger Torque" planetary drive gearboxes, in particular the design and development of a new capacity range from 50 to 150 KNm planetary gearboxes to be incorporated into the company's new product range.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience of planetary gearbox design, and the manufacturing and testing of drive system components. A knowledge of CAD and FE analysis is necessary to support the design task. The company uses Solid Works and Gear Trax in its design works, but if necessary training on these packages will be given as appropriate.

The salary for this key post will be commensurate with experience.

The preliminary year of the employment is supported by the Department of Design, Engineering & Mathematics at the University of the West of England, and is part funded by the Technology Strategy board via the Knowledge Transfer Partnership.  Excellent permanent career prospects would be offered by Auger Torque Europe Ltd at the end of the successful preliminary year.

Auger Torque Europe Ltd, based near Cheltenham, England, (www.augertorque.com) is a market leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of earth augers and trenching attachments which are used on excavators, backhoes and truck crane machinery. With factories in China, Australia and Europe, this customer focussed company has created a new standard in the international auger attachment market, with 70% of revenue being generated from international sales. It is committed to giving a high standard of quality and service and values the commitment of its dedicated and valued employees to achieve this.

Key selection criteria:

Salary band: Salary according to experience.

Full time/part time: Full time