Research Associate in Bioelectronics and Sensorised Wearables

Main duties and responsibilities

• ● Assist with relevant research as directed by the project proposal in conjunction with other project members, to achieve the milestones and deliverables established in the project plan.
• ● Optimise the manufacture of soft, multimodal sensorised gloves using textile-based additive manufacturing and printed electronics approaches.
• ● Develop and apply experimental protocols for bench characterisation of sensor performance, reproducibility, interconnect behaviour and device robustness.
• ● Analyse data from mechanical, electrical and biosignal-related measurements, maintaining detailed and accurate records of all procedures, results and data analyses.
• ● Work independently and alongside project partners, including clinicians, clinical engineering colleagues, patient contributors and commercialisation support staff, to meet the project objectives.
• ● Support user-requirements work with clinicians, trialists and PPIE contributors, including refinement of glove-based hand-function tasks and intended-use statements.
• ● Contribute to translational and commercial outputs, including a concise commercial segmentation model covering TAM, SAM and SOM, and support targeted sponsor/CRO interview activity to validate early market assumptions. Including travel to relevant events.
• ● Contribute to a concise health-economics and value case for future clinical-trial use, focused on trial efficiency, data quality, visit burden and potential procurement routes.
• ● Maintain equipment, software and supplies required for the project work.
• ● Follow mandatory Health & Safety policies and procedures, including CoSHH and standard operating procedures, using appropriate communication mechanisms.
• ● Liaise with the academic principal investigator with overall responsibility for the project, as well as other academic co-investigators and collaborators.
• Carry out strategic planning over the duration of the project in conjunction with other project members, including planning and scheduling of experimental work and resource requirements.
• ● Liaise with the academic principal investigator with overall responsibility for the project, as well as other academic co-investigators and collaborators..