Job Description
Please note : you MUST have experience of molecular dynamics and of molecular modelling techniques
Position : Principal Scientist, Senior Scientist, PhD, Research Chemist, Polymer Chemist
Location : Cambridgeshire
Sector : Renewable energy
Salary : £50,000-£60,000
Visa / Sponsorship assistance : Yes - we are able to offer sponsorship to high calibre, PhD qualified candidates if you have fluent English language skills written and spoken
Do you want to be a part of one of the most exciting research and development programmes in the UK, helping to devise new materials for use in renewable energy, sustainability and energy storage ? We have an opportunity for a Senior Scientist / Principal Scientist to join our team based in Cambridgeshire ; the remit for this role will be to utilise molecular modelling techniques to identify root causes of issues and to recommend corrective action.
Requirements
* You MUST have experience of molecular dynamics and of molecular modelling techniques
* A Degree level qualification is essential
* A PhD in Polymer Science, Chemical Engineering, Computational Chemistry or similar is very much preferred, and published in top ranked journals
* Knowledge of polymer membrane synthesis
* Fluent written and spoken English is essential
Knowledge and / or experience of as many of the following as possible
* molecular dynamics simulations (MD)
* density functional theory (DFT)
* Monte Carlo simulations
* coarse-grained simulations
* mesoscale simulations
* Lattice Boltzmann method
* finite element analysis
* phase field simulations
Contact Chris Carter or Melanie Glover at Nicholas Associates in Sheffield for more details.