Cleanroom Experimental Officer

University of Leeds; Leeds; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

On-site childcare

Discounted staff membership

Professional development courses

Job summary

University of Leeds seeks an Experimental Officer to join the Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom. The role focuses on developing SOPs, training users, and maintaining advanced cleanroom equipment.

You will support processing for researchers and external clients, including SMEs, and help promote capabilities at conferences and events. The post is permanent, with probationary requirements, and flexible working arrangements may be discussed.

Qualifications

• Degree in physics, engineering or a related discipline; PhD preferred.
• Extensive, relevant industrial experience also acceptable.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proactive approach to problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) and provide user training for cleanroom processes.
• Operate and maintain a broad range of specialist cleanroom equipment.
• Support processing for Leeds researchers and external users (fee-for-service).
• Promote cleanroom capabilities at conferences, trade fairs and through outreach.
• Develop collaborations with external academics and SMEs; engage with industry partners.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Proactive approach

Education

Physics/Engineering degree

PhD preferred

Job description

Are you interested in working as a highly trained micro-fabrication specialist? Do you want to further your career in one of the UK’s largest University Cleanrooms? Are you interested in working with academics and industry?

We seek an Experimental Officer in cleanroom fabrication techniques to join our highly skilled team in the new, ~800m 2 Leeds Nanotechnology Cleanroom (www.cleanroom.leeds.ac.uk ). The position is permanent, subject to meeting probationary requirements.

You will join a team which supports in excess of £20M of semiconductor cleanroom equipment, accessed by industry and academics from across the UK and beyond. Your primary responsibilities will include developing standard operating procedures and providing user training; operating and maintaining a broad range of specialist cleanroom equipment; supporting processing for Leeds researchers; and undertaking fee-for-service processing for external users, including academics and SMEs. You will also be responsible for promoting the wider cleanroom capabilities at conferences and trade fairs, engaging with external academics and SMEs, developing new collaborations and opportunities, and undertaking outreach activities with local colleges.

You will join an active research facility that currently supports >30 internal users, >20 SMEs and >20 external academics, based both in the UK and internationally. Your comprehensive training will allow you to develop and support whole process-chains and will give you the confidence to develop new processes and fabrication techniques.

You will have either 1) a degree in physics, engineering or a related discipline with, ideally, a PhD with skills in cleanroom processing / microfabrication, or 2) extensive, relevant industrial experience. You must have excellent interpersonal skills, a proactive approach to problem solving, and be comfortable interacting day-to-day with academics of all career stages, students and commercial partners.

We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions.

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) - That’s 42 days a year!
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-~?
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.