Digital Process Development Research Fellow

Euraxess; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Research Fellow to join a cutting-edge team focused on digital medicines manufacturing. This role offers a unique opportunity to enhance research platforms and develop training materials while collaborating with leading pharmaceutical companies. The successful candidate will contribute to innovative projects supported by significant funding, working with state-of-the-art technologies. This position promises a dynamic work environment where your contributions will directly impact the future of medicines manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Enhancing research platforms with additional IDTs.
• Developing training materials for knowledge exchange.
• Engaging with SMEs and pharmaceutical manufacturers.

Job description

Organisation/Company: UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

Research Field: Medical sciences

Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country: United Kingdom

Application Deadline: 22 May 2025 - 00:00 (UTC)

Type of Contract: Other

Job Status: Full-time

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? No

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Salary range: £46,735 - £57,422

FTE: 1.0 (35 hours/week)

Term: Fixed until 31/03/2026

Closing date: 22/05/2025

CMAC is a world-leading medicines manufacturing research centre based at the University of Strathclyde's Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC). The Centre collaborates with leading pharmaceutical companies such as AZ, Chiesi, Lilly, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, Takeda, and UCB to innovate in medicine development and manufacturing.

We support high-impact programmes including the EPSRC MediForge Industry 5.0 Manufacturing Hub, EPSRC CDT in Cyber-physical Systems for Medicines Development and Manufacturing (CEDAR), and the Made Smarter Innovation Digital Medicines Manufacturing Research Centre (DM2).

We invite applications for a Research Fellow (grade 8) to join the DM2: Digital Medicines Manufacturing Accelerator (DM2 Accelerator) team. The role involves enhancing research platforms with additional IDTs, developing training materials for knowledge exchange, and engaging with SMEs, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and international partners to translate and scale DM2 technologies.

This position offers the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art digital, analytical, and process technologies supported by the £11M UKRPIF Data Lab Award, contributing to advanced medicines manufacturing research.

The Digital Process Development Research Fellow will work under the supervision of the PI, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to accelerate the development and validation of crystallisation screening DataFactory and analytical platforms.