Applications are invited for a Temporary 2 Year post of a UCD Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 or 2 within UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

The I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre was established by Science Foundation Ireland in late 2017, with a mission to shape the future of manufacturing through high-impact research into the application of digital technologies to materials processing.

The Centre is applying developments in digital technologies to materials processing in order to improve understanding, modelling and control of the manufacturing process, thus increasing the competitiveness of Irish industry. I-Form brings together expertise in materials science, engineering, data analytics and cognitive computing.

One of our key materials processing demonstrators is the area of Additive Manufacturing or 3D printing, which has the potential to disrupt traditional manufacturing and create new and individualised in areas such as medical devices, aerospace and pharmaceuticals. I-Form operates in close collaboration with a network of companies, as well as leading manufacturing research centres from around the globe and over the course of its first phase will recruit a multi-disciplinary team of over 100 PhD and Post-Doctoral researchers. The Centre is hosted in University College Dublin with partners and researchers based in Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin, Maynooth University, NUI Galway, IT Sligo and Waterford IT. This is an advanced research focused role, building on your prior experience as a post-doctoral fellow, where you will conduct a specified programme of research supported by research training under the supervision and direction of a Principal Investigator.

The primary purpose of the role is to develop new or advanced research skills and competences, on the processes of publication in peer-reviewed academic publications and scholarly dissemination, the development of funding proposals, and the supervision and mentorship of graduate students along with the opportunity to develop your skills in research led teaching. The overall objective of this project is to develop a biofidelic experimental and numerical model of the skin for subcutaneous drug delivery device optimization.

This will involve in vivo analysis / characterisation of subcutaneous tissue at common drug delivery sites, development and validation of benchtop synthetic tissue models and development and validation of computational models of the skin for drug delivery.

PD1 Salary Scale: €38,631 - €44,658 per annum PD2 Fixed salary: €45,942 per annum

Appointment on the above range will be dependent upon qualifications and experience.

Closing date: 17:00hrs (local Irish time) on 1st October 2021

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 17:00hrs (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications. UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.

Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the Work at UCD website: https://www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/.