Research Associate in Data Science for Scientific Computing

UE07: £40,247.00 - £47,874.00 Per Annum.

School of Engineering / College of Science & Engineering / Institute for Data, Imaging & Communications 

Fixed-term up to 12 months.

Full Time - 35 hours per week.

The Opportunity:

This Research Associate position will contribute to the RAPID: Real-time process modelling & diagnostics within the Institute for Data, Imaging & Communications at the University of Edinburgh, which is funded by EPSRC and in collaboration with colleagues at Queen’s University Belfast and Seagate Technology.

This role is UE07 and is available on a fixed term basis for up to 12 months.

A full list of main responsibilities and the knowledge, skills and experience required for the role can be found in the full job description below.

Your skills and attributes for success: 

• A good undergraduate degree and a PhD in applied mathematics/statistics, computer science, electrical engineering or a clearly related area (Desirable).
• Experience in randomized numerical linear algebra
• Experience in solving partial differential equations using finite elements
• Experience in solving ill-posed inverse problems.

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Please apply including a cover letter and CV

As a valued member of our team you can expect: 

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality. 

Interviews will be held w/c 21st October 2024. 

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On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK. 

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