Research Fellow (Learning and Autonomous Skills & Human-AI Collaboration for Advanced Manufactu

Job Description Position Details

School of Computer Science

Location:

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,636 to £46,049 with potential progression once in post to £48,822

Grade: 7

Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to October 2029

Closing date: 3rd September 2026

Co-AIMS is a £13.7 million national research hub funded by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC). It unites seven universities and High Value Manufacturing Catapult centres with over 50 partners from industry, innovation, and government to position the UK as a world leader in AI-powered sustainable manufacturing. Combining pioneering research with industry-led flagships, the hub’s vision is to deliver robust, trustworthy AI systems that boost productivity, resilience, and environmental performance.

The hub-and-spoke model connects universities as research “spokes” to address real-world challenges across priority sectors. This is a timely, transformative initiative: leveraging cutting-edge AI to reduce waste and emissions while empowering workers and businesses to adapt sustainably in the face of global disruptions. Co-AIMS offers a unique opportunity to drive UK leadership in human-centred, ethical AI for manufacturing.

Co-AIMS is looking to recruit one Postdoctoral Research Fellow who will play a critical role in one of the priority research areas, namely, Learning Autonomous

Skills:

Adaptive Skill Learning and Human-AI Collaboration for Advanced Manufacturing Ecosystems.

We are seeking a highly motivated researcher with strong technical background in robotics, machine learning and computer vision. The successful candidate will actively participate in the Co-AIMS mission to drive impactful research in the context of research priority area of Adaptive Skill Learning and Human-AI Collaboration for Advanced Manufacturing Ecosystems, by

• Conducting high-quality research,
• Collaborating with project partners and developing new project proposals centred on human-AI collaboration,
• Engaging with stakeholders across the hub’s academia and industry and beyond,
• Developing recommendations to help the shaping of research priorities, both internally and to funders, through co-authoring and co-editing research vision and policy documents,
• Contributing to licensing or spin out deals with demonstrated commercial success (such as revenues, asset or company sales, IP generated) and/or public understanding of the discipline.

The responsibilities may include some but not all of the responsibilities outlined below.

• Develop research objectives and proposals for own or joint research, in alignment of Co-AIMS objectives
• Contribute to writing bids for research funding
• Analyse and interpret data/experiments
• Apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding
• Disseminate research findings for publication, research seminars etc
• Supervise students on research related work and provide guidance to PhD students where appropriate to the discipline
• Contribute to developing new models, techniques and methods
• Undertake management/administration arising from research
• Contribute to Departmental/School research-related activities and research-related administration
• Contribute to enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader
• Collect research data; this may be through a variety of research methods, such as scientific experimentation, literature reviews, and research interviews
• Present research outputs, including drafting academic publications or parts thereof, for example at seminars and as posters
• Provide guidance, as required, to support staff and any students who may be assisting with the research
• Deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines
• Promotes equality and values diversity acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture.

• Successful candidate will hold a bachelor and/or master degree in computer science, physics, engineering or related field, a…