Thermodynamic and Fluid Mechanics Specialist

2 months ago

Bognor Regis, United Kingdom University of Sussex Full time

Hours: 1FTE / 37.5 hours

Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need).

Location: Dulas Ltd, based at Polestar Cooling Ltd, Bognor Regis, United Kingdom

Relocation allowance available for remote candidates

Contract: Fixed term for 18 months

Applications must be received by midnight of the closing date.

Expected Interview date: 17 September

Expected start date: As soon as possible

With global interest in vaccines and vaccine distribution never greater, the University of Sussex and Dulas Ltd are looking to recruit a highly motivated and skilled graduate within the area of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics as part of a government funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership.

The position will be based Polestar Cooling Ltd in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, the manufacturing facility for Dulas’ line of WHO accredited solar vaccine storage equipment as well as other medical and scientific refrigerators.

Working with experts from the university and within the company, you will lead on the development and delivery of 3 key objectives, ensuring that you embed innovative thermodynamic analysis and modelling capabilities within the engineering team at Polestar

  • A solution for excess humidity in solar powered vaccine refrigerators, an industry wide challenge essential to maintaining Dulas Ltd's core market and mission to "address humanitarian need". Six months of research activity has already been conducted and a potential solution has been identified, which will require development, testing and refinement. 
  • A review and development of the current energy storage technology (phase change material – PCM) to develop options for an environmentally sustainable, cost-effective inbuilt energy storage, facilitating expansion of Dulas Ltd's product range and honoring its commitment to reduce the environmental impact of its products and services
  • A digital model informed by both previous phases providing a long-term legacy for this KTP, delivering a powerful tool to accelerate product development by allowing accurate simulation when key parameters of the refrigerator are adjusted, thus reducing physical prototyping, improving product efficiency and sustainability.

As a KTP Associate you will

  • receive extensive practical and formal training, with a Personal Development Budget of £3,000,
  • gain marketable skills
  • broaden knowledge and expertise within an industrially relevant project, and
  • be supported by both industrial and academic mentors
  • produce joint academic publications

Following the successful completion of the objectives of the KTP, Dulas & Polestar Cooling are extremely keen to develop the role into a permanent research and development position, ensuring you play a pivotal role within the business, driving research and development activities, enhancing product reliability and sustainability, and embracing the latest technologies and advancements

Please contact Esra Sorguven at e.sorguven@sussex.ac.uk for informal enquiries.

The University is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and applications are particularly welcomed from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics (STEMM) at Sussex.

For full details and how to apply please click the 'Apply' button, above.

£37,099 to £44,263 per annum, pro rata if part time

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