Technical Specialist - Aerospace and Materials Science

Corehr; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS Pension

Job summary

Sheffield Hallam University is seeking a Technical Specialist to support aerospace and materials science in undergraduate engineering laboratories. Based within the Computing, Engineering, Technology and Analysis team you will assist staff and students and maintain laboratory equipment to enable teaching and project activities.

The role requires an HND or above in a relevant subject and experience with wind tunnels and material testing, including tensile strength and hardness measurement.

Qualifications

• Educated to HND or above in a relevant subject.
• Experience with wind tunnels and material testing.
• Strong teamwork, organisation and IT skills.
• Willing to adapt and learn new skills.

Responsibilities

• Support aerospace and materials science laboratories for undergraduate engineering teaching and project work.
• Assist staff and students with lab activities and equipment.
• Maintain and calibrate wind tunnels and laboratory apparatus.
• Prepare and test materials, including tensile strength and hardness measurements.
• Contribute to lab safety, organisation and accessibility of facilities.

Skills

Wind tunnel operation

Material testing

Vickers hardness testing

Metal sample prep & polishing

Teamwork & communication

Education

HND or above in a relevant subject

Tools

Wind tunnel equipment

Job description

Technical Specialist - Aerospace and Materials Science

Technical Operations & Resource Services

Other

Grade 6, £32,080 to £38,784 depending on experience

Sheffield Hallam University Technical Operations Resources and Services (TORS) are excited to welcome a new Technical Specialist supporting aerospace and material science in our undergraduate engineering laboratories.

Based within the smaller Computing, Engineering, Technology and Analysis team you will be responsible for supporting staff and students along with laboratory equipment to facilitate taught activities and project work within labs that supports aerospace and material science.

You will be educated to HND or above (or have equivalent level of experience) in a relevant subject and have previous experience in working with wind tunnels and material preparation and testing. You should also be a team worker, well-organised and possess good communication and IT skills.

In the aerospace area you would be supporting the use of a subsonic wind tunnel and smaller ones specifically modelling airflow over a wing surface. In the material support area, you would be using equipment to determine the tensile strength, tensile impact strength of engineering materials, along with their Vickers hardness. In addition, having knowledge of the effect of heat treatment on alloys would be advantageous along with experience preparing and polishing metal samples for optical microscope investigations.

It is expected that you will provide expertise to other technical teams within TORS and support other laboratories associated with the Engineering area from time to time. Some flexibility towards working hours is also required. You do not need to be an expert across all our aerospace and materials activities; however, you do need a can-do attitude, be adaptable, flexible and enjoy learning new skills.

If you are passionate about teamwork and working in a multidisciplinary team, customer service, facilitation of learning and have the experiences we are looking for we look forward to your application.

You will be contractually enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) – one of the largest and most generous defined benefit pension schemes in the country.

For this job we particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority applicants who are underrepresented in this area/ this type of job at Sheffield Hallam.

Right to work

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