Research Assistant, Device Fabrication (Electro-Optical Devices)

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

DEVICE FABRICATION (ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICES)

2 YEAR FIXED TERM CONTRACT

GODMANCHESTER

CDT’s exciting mission is to do innovative research that has the potential to create new business opportunities, whilst also benefiting the wider society.  We are committed to sustainable and ethical business practices and are uniquely positioned to support the changes required to build a better world.  We thrive on collaboration to identify creative and innovative solutions to address key global challenges in the areas of environment, ICT, healthcare and food.

Vibrant and diverse, we encourage all our employees to develop their research expertise with us, with the freedom to promote their ideas in an inclusive and supportive environment.  Take a look at our website for more - www.cdtltd.co.uk

CDT currently requires a Research Assistant to contribute to our research and development activities within an ongoing project on organic photodetectors. In this role, you will be involved in the design, fabrication and characterisation of organic photodetectors (OPDs) using novel organic materials. With support from the team, you will plan and perform the investigations of new materials for OPDs, to establish structure-property correlations and to investigate the impact of the material properties on device performance. In addition, you will play a key role in discussing results and providing next-step recommendations for the project. 

You will hold a BSc in Chemistry, Material Science or Physics and have experience of working in a scientific research laboratory in a strong research and development aligned industry or organisation.   Able to demonstrate and deliver clear conclusions from the analysis of research activities, you must have strong communication skills, especially with respect to scientific/technical subject matters, and be able to clearly describe research topics, demonstrating a strong understanding of relevant theoretical backgrounds. 

You should have a calm and methodical approach to work, strong attention to detail and organisation skills. Experience with a wide range of device fabrication and metrology techniques, such as spin-coating and surface profilometry is highly desirable, as would familiarity with Python, LabView or SQL. 

With outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate technical concepts to all audiences, you will be self-motivated and proactive, with creative and inventive problem-solving abilities.  You must understand and thrive on the demands of driven industrial research and be able to demonstrate that you work with the same drive and passion as all our teams. 

We offer a friendly and fun working environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, as we firmly believe flexibility and diversity enhances our research excellence.  We offer a fantastic holiday allowance (27 days for full time employees), bank holidays, an additional day off to celebrate your birthday and a day off for you to undertake voluntary work aligned with our values.  In addition, we have flexi-time arrangements. 

We also offer all the usual benefits you would expect, including private health and dental insurance, life assurance, income protection insurance, an Employee Assistance Programme and a pension scheme.   It goes without saying that our salaries are also pretty good, supported by a generous sign-on bonus to welcome you and help ease the move to CDT.

Interested ?  We hope so – please do send us your CV - Job Openings (peoplehr.net). Let us know if you want to see a full job description and we can send this through – drop us an email - careers@cdtltd.co.uk. 

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Applications are accepted for 2 weeks from the date posted or until the position is filled.