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Year in Industry Placement – Advanced Research Computing (ARC) (10398)
18th May 2026
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We are offering a Year in Industry placement for a student interested in digital research infrastructure, data systems, and research‑enabling technologies. This role will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to work on real‑world projects that support researchers, improve data quality, and enhance infrastructure usability.
Potential Project Areas
- Tools to assess and improve metadata quality in line with FAIR principles.
- User‑facing dashboards to visualise infrastructure usage and system status.
- Pipelines to extract structured metadata from semi‑structured data sources using LLMs.
- Projects are flexible and will be shaped to match the successful candidate’s skills and learning objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Designing and developing software tools to support research workflows.
- Working with data, metadata, and research infrastructure systems.
- Contributing to both user‑facing and backend systems.
- Translating technical outputs into clear, user‑focused documentation.
- Collaborating with engineers, researchers, and operations teams.
- Producing clear technical and user‑facing documentation for your work.
- Delivering a presentation or demonstration of your project outcomes.
- Contributing maintainable code or outputs that can be used beyond the placement.
Placement Experience
- Hands‑on experience working with real research infrastructure systems.
- Data‑intensive and research‑driven environments.
- Experience designing software for non‑technical users.
- Insight into how infrastructure supports scientific research.
- Mentoring and support from experienced engineers.
Eligibility Criteria
- You must currently be an undergraduate student at a university in the United Kingdom, pursuing a computer science or related course.
- You must be enrolled in a degree programme that allows you to work for a Year in Industry as a placement year.
- You must have the requisite grades to meet your university Year in Industry requirement.
- You must have the legal right to work in the UK.
- International students studying full‑time in the UK at UK universities may apply, provided they can demonstrate that undertaking a ‘year in industry’ placement is a formal part of their undergraduate programme and that their student visa or pre‑settled/settled status allows them to undertake full‑time paid work for one year.
Benefits
- 25 days holidays plus bank holidays and Christmas holiday shutdown.
- Generous pension scheme (employer’s contribution currently up to 18%).
- Group Life Assurance.
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave.
- Workplace Nursery Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
- Hub building with state‑of‑the‑art laboratories.
- Hybrid and flexible working.
- Training and development opportunities for staff at all levels.
- Bus pass discount scheme and good transport links to Oxford and surrounding areas.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Access to employee discount platform (Perkbox).
- Occupational Health and wellbeing support including Employee Assistance (24/7 support and counselling).
- Health Cash Plan.
- Subsidised canteen and food outlets on campus.
- Free on‑site parking.
- Campus location in beautiful countryside with social and sports clubs open to staff.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where every applicant has an equal opportunity to showcase their talents and abilities. This includes making adjustments for candidates with specific needs.
Please note that whilst we normally welcome applications from all around the world, students studying for degrees at universities outside the UK are not eligible for this programme.
