Senior Researcher

4 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**Grade 8, salary range: £45,585 - £54,395**

**College of Science and Engineering, School of Informatics**

**Fixed-term, Full time (35 hours)**

**Available for 24 months (The duration of the position could be extended upon the successful approval of a grant extension.)**

**2 posts available**

**The Opportunity**:
The aim is to expand the research activity of our team, which has a strong tradition of high-quality research in quantum informatics within the University of Edinburgh. The Quantum Software Lab currently consists of approximately 40 members, including eight permanent staff, led by Prof. Elham Kashefi, Personal Chair in Quantum Computing, who is also working as the Chief Scientist of the National Quantum Computing Centre.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:
Essential
- PhD (or near completion) in Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field.
- Experience and evidence of effective independent research work within an interdisciplinary team. More broadly, demonstrated ability to lead, design and complete research projects, to solve problems independently and make original contributions to research.
- A track record of first-author and collaborative publication in high-quality journals or conferences, including in quantum computing literature.
- Excellence in written and oral communication, analytical, planning, and time management skills.

Desirable
- A track record of successfully managing multidisciplinary teams in the context of multi-partner projects.
- Extensive experience of working with multiple allied partners in research networks. Preferably, experience in research student supervision and grant writing.

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**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits **pension scheme **, **staff discounts, **family friendly initiatives **, flexible working and much more. Access our **staff benefits page **for further information and use our **reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work **webpages.


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