Senior Research Fellow - School of Engineering Grade 9

Senior Research Fellow - School of Engineering - 106606 - Grade 9 Job Description

School of Engineering

Location:

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £58,225 to £67,468 with potential progression once in post to £87,974. As this vacancy has limited funding the maximum salary that can be offered is Grade 9, salary £58,225.

Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to May 2028. Closing date: 1st January 2026.

To create and disseminate knowledge through initiating, leading and conducting original research and through publication as appropriate to the disciplinary area. Specifically, the post will support the new EPSRC Manufacturing Research Hub in Robotics, Automation & Smart Machine Enabled Sustainable Circular Manufacturing & Materials (RESCu-M2) led by the University of Birmingham with partners from Loughborough, Sheffield, Strathclyde, Brighton, and Leeds Universities plus the Manufacturing Technology Centre.

The vision of this hub is to pursue an integrated, holistic approach toward creating a new manufacturing ecosystem for circular resource use of high value products through advances in robotics, AI and intelligent automation, empowering the UK to be a world leader in circular manufacturing.

Contributing at a senior level on a sustained basis to the whole range of research and administration.

Research is likely to involve an established national and developing international reputation through significant original research work and a clear record of impact, and/or designing and developing innovative underpinning technologies.

Management and administration is likely to include Departmental/School leadership and management activity with University-wide involvement, and may include sustained high value impact knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement, and similar activities that are of manifest benefit to the College and University.

Pursue sustained research activity through original research and scholarship, including other research-related contributions through conference papers and presentations and/or consultancy projects and advice. Where appropriate for the discipline this may include some but not all of the responsibilities listed below.

• Make a major contribution to the management of research activities
• Lead successful funding bids which develop and sustain research support for the specialist area (in disciplines where this is possible)
• Publish leading research that results in a sustained, highly respected reputation of international quality in the subject area and/or designing and developing innovative underpinning technologies
• Provide expert advice internally and externally
• Provide leadership of research that contributes to the progression of the discipline (in disciplines where this is possible)
• Referee and peer review articles for peer reviewed academic journals and grant applications by research councils and/or other major funding bodies
• Project manage research activities, and/or supervising other research staff
• Develop novel methodologies and techniques appropriate to the type of research being pursued
• Supervise and examine PhD students, both within the institution and externally

Lead sustained high value impact activity in knowledge transfer and enterprise (including business engagement, public engagement) that is of manifest benefit to the College and University and: (a) makes a significant contribution to policy development at national and international level; and/or (b) involves development of industrial links and comparable networks and initiatives.

In addition, research responsibilities will include some but not all the indicative responsibilities from grade 8 listed below.

Duties specific to the RESCu-M2 Hub will include:

• Working within the RESCu-M2 research grant to achieve the project deliverables, specifically in the creation of systems and approaches for Collaborative Dis(Re) assembly, Hybrid Re-manufacturing and Autonomous Material Separation and Recovery.
• Work with other researchers and project partners to deliver the overall project objectives.
• Provide…