Research Assistant: Valve Mechanics & Simulator Design

Unist; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

RCSI - Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland seeks a Research Assistant in Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine to support an 11-month project. Reporting to Dr Claire Conway, the role focuses on valve mechanics and replacement device design.

Duties include imaging analysis of cardiac structures, biaxial tissue testing, developing a novel simulator with synthetic valves, and contributing to manuscript preparation. A Masters in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering and strong English are essential.

Qualifications

• Masters in Mechanical, Biomedical Engineering or related disciplines with electronics experience.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and a high level of English.

Responsibilities

• Imaging analysis of cardiac structures including CT and DT-MRI segmentation, reconstruction and related analysis.
• Biaxial mechanical characterisation of vascular and valvular tissue.
• Design and develop a novel simulator with synthetic atrioventricular valves and perform computational modelling (FEA).
• Fabricating and testing synthetic atrioventricular valves; analyse bench top data.
• Assist in manuscript preparation for peer‑reviewed publications.
• Provide technical leadership for bringing the simulator concept through design refinement and validation.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Electronics experience

Excellent communication skills

English proficiency

Education

Masters in Mechanical, Biomedical Engineering or related disciplines

Tools

FEA

Job description

RCSI - Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland seeks a Research Assistant in Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine to support an 11-month project. Reporting to Dr Claire Conway, the role focuses on valve mechanics and replacement device design.

Duties include imaging analysis of cardiac structures, biaxial tissue testing, developing a novel simulator with synthetic valves, and contributing to manuscript preparation. A Masters in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering and strong English are essential.