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Physicist

Polytec Personnel Ltd

Godmanchester

On-site

GBP 40,000

Full time

30+ days ago

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An established industry player is seeking a skilled Physicist to drive new materials development. This role involves understanding and testing material performance, applying theoretical principles, and developing innovative hypotheses. You will collaborate with external organizations to enhance testing capabilities while ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research in material properties, including high thermal conductivity and decarbonization technologies. If you're passionate about materials science and eager to make an impact, this is the perfect role for you.

Physics or Electrical Engineering degree and relevant PhD required.
Strong understanding of material properties and development.

Developing and testing new materials, making recommendations for improvements.
Ensuring safety standards in the laboratory and conducting risk assessments.

Experimental Data Analysis

Material Properties Understanding

Hypothesis Development

Health and Safety Compliance

Physics Degree

PhD in Relevant Field

Electrical Engineering Degree

Location: Huntingdon (PE29)
Duration: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours, Monday - Friday
Salary: £40000
Job Reference: 35618

Polytec are looking for a Physicist to work on new materials development, to understand their performance through experimentation, applying theoretical principles and testing new hypotheses.

Responsibilities:

Understanding and developing new materials, testing and evaluating results, developing new hypotheses and making recommendations for improvements.
Developing processes for material deposition to enable material testing and optimising performance.
Recommending and working with external organisations to gain access to facilities, equipment and experts to supplement internal capabilities.
Working safely within the laboratory, ensuring Health and Safety standards are met, carrying out COSHH and risk assessments of processes.

Requirements:

Physics or Electrical Engineering degree and a relevant PhD.
Strong understanding of the fundamentals of theories that govern material properties and an interest in materials development, for example, high thermal conductivity materials, semiconductor patterning materials, and materials for decarbonisation of heating and cooling.
Experience in modelling materials properties, acquiring experimental data on novel materials or devices, and the development of new hypotheses for improving material properties.
Appreciation of the commercial aspects of R&D.

Please contact us as soon as possible for more details or apply below.

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