Research Software Engineer

1 month ago

Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY Full time

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking to recruit an experienced Research Software Engineer with expertise in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Civic Technologies to work at Northumbria University as part of our ongoing research (UKRI Doctoral Training Centre in Citizen-Centred AI; UKRI funded Centre for Digital Citizens; and Horizon2020 funded DCitizens) in this domain.

Our research seeks to design, build, and understand demonstrators of reimagined and speculative citizen-centred data-driven technologies. We collaborate on this work with a wide range of partners, including BBC Research & Development, FutureGov, Google, Mozilla Foundation, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and many local authorities, healthcare providers, and small to medium-sized businesses and charities. There is also scope to work with other university partners, including Newcastle and Edinburgh, in the UK and with international partners, including Siegen, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, and the University of Lisbon.

We are seeking a Research Software Engineer who will take on a leading role in our research group. In addition to designing, developing, and maintaining scientific software; you will provide expert software engineering consulting services to cross-disciplinary research teams and provide mentoring and support for existing RSEs and Research Assistants. We are particularly interested in applicants with experience in novel interaction design, ubiquitous technologies (including mobile, wearable and IoT devices), and large-scale deployments of research platforms.

Working as part of a cross-disciplinary team, the appointed Research Software Engineer will be expected to contribute to a range of activities, including research software application design, development and evaluation, data analysis, research dissemination and providing technical expertise and input to research funding applications.

You will be based in the Northumbria Social Computing (NorSC) Group in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences but are expected to collaborate across disciplinary areas at the University, including with PaCT Lab in Psychology and Co-Create in Design, as well as with researchers at our partnering institutions.

The position is fixed term for 24 months.

Further information about the requirements of the role is available in the person specification.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Shaun Lawson ) and Kyle Montague )

To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply Now'. Your application should include a cover letter and a CV (including academic publications).

ABOUT US

Northumbria University is a research-intensive university that unlocks potential for all. We change lives regionally, nationally, and internationally through education and research, tackling the global challenges of our age to transform society and the economy. Find out why we were named Times Higher Education's University of the Year in 2022.

Northumbria recorded the biggest rise of any UK university for research power in the Research Excellence Framework for the second time in 2021 and is now ranked top 25 in the UK for this measure.

One of the largest universities in the UK with over 37,000 students from more than 140 countries, filled with world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and students at the heart of an outstanding experience. Discover more about us.

Northumbria University is a great place to work. We empower our exceptional people to achieve shared ambitions and promote a positive work life balance. We offer a wide range of benefits including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, a generous holiday entitlement, continued commitment to your learning and development and more.

Our Northumbria Values are guiding principles that define who we are, what we do and what is important to us. Our Values are: Academic Excellence; Innovation; Inclusivity; Collaboration; and Ambition.

Our Behaviours describe how we do things and how we work together at Northumbria, reflecting our culture and our decision-making. Our Behaviours are: We listen and learn, we support one another to success, we respect everyone and their contributions, we trust in ourselves and each other and we are bold.

Our Values and Behaviours were co-created by colleagues from a range of roles across the University, who worked collaboratively to consider what it feels like to work for Northumbria, and where we need to continue to transform together to achieve what's important to us.

Please visit Our Values and Behaviours page to find out more.

We are an on-campus organisation where colleagues work regular patterns of hours and on campus, with some flexibility on the timing of their hours and the location of their work in discussion with their manager. Our campus locations include our City and Coach Lane Campuses in Newcastle upon Tyne and our London campus.

Northumbria University is committed to creating an inclusive culture where we take pride in, and value, the diversity of our staff. We encourage and welcome applications from all members of the community. The University holds a bronze Athena Swan award in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality, we are a Disability Confident Leader, a member of the Race Equality Charter and are participating in the Stonewall Diversity Champion Programme. We also hold the HR Excellence in Research award for implementing the concordat supporting the career Development of Researchers and are members of the Euraxess initiative to deliver information and support to professional researchers. The University has implemented a range of flexible working arrangements, and we are happy to explore candidate requirements as part of the recruitment process.

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