Research Scientist 2 - Materials Science
Salary: £33,727 - £43,727 per annum (dependent on experience)
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Sedgefield
About the Role
CPI is looking for a Research Scientist to join their Materials Science team, supporting the delivery of customer-funded and collaborative research projects across a diverse range of technologies and applications. This position is a replacement hire within an established team and offers the opportunity to work on real-world industrial challenges across multiple sectors.
The role would suit someone with a strong materials science background, practical laboratory experience, and the ability to work across multiple projects simultaneously. You'll contribute to the development, testing and characterisation of innovative materials while working alongside scientists and engineers from a range of technical disciplines.
While we welcome applicants from a broad range of materials backgrounds, experience in materials characterisation and mechanical testing or experience in materials development or optimisation , would be particularly valuable. You'll be given the opportunity to apply your technical knowledge across sustainable materials, functional materials and coatings projects, helping to deliver solutions for customers from concept through to application.
What You'll Be Doing:
Planning and carrying out laboratory-based materials science experiments.
Supporting the delivery of customer and collaborative R&D projects across a range of application areas.
Characterising and evaluating materials using a variety of analytical and testing techniques.
Conducting data analysis and interpreting experimental results.
Producing high-quality technical reports and project documentation.
Presenting project findings to colleagues, project teams and customers.
Supporting the development and optimisation of novel materials and formulations.
Maintaining accurate experimental records and ensuring work is completed to the required quality standards.
Contributing to safety reviews, risk assessments and good laboratory practice.
Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ...
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