Research Associate

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University of Sheffield

Job description:

We have an exciting opportunity in the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering for someone with practical experience in fabrication and characterisation of avalanche photodiodes to join our research project on III-V infrared avalanche photodiodes. You will work in a research team with world-leading reputations in infrared avalanche photodiodes. We have pioneered several avalanche materials to improve performance of avalanche photodiodes, some of which have been successfully commercialised.

You will possess a PhD degree in infrared avalanche photodiodes based on III-V semiconductor materials (or have equivalent experience). You will work closely with other team members of the same project, sharing tasks of device fabrication, characterisation and data analyses of infrared avalanche diodes based on III-V semiconductor materials.

In addition to carrying out the research required by the project, the role will involve preparation of technical reports for the consortium or funder, documents/presentations/demonstrations for wider disseminations and training PhD students in the research group on device fabrication and characterisation.

The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) belongs to the prestigious Faculty of Engineering. We are one of the largest academic communities of engineers in the UK, ranked joint 1st for Research Environment in the last Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021)! Our specific field (EEE) is also ranked very highly, which is a marker of our excellence and ambition (QS 2024: 11th in UK, The Guardian 2024: 3rd, The Times Higher 2024: 7th in the UK).

We are home to several national institutes and centres, for example:

• The National Epitaxy Facility,
• The National 6G Radio Systems Facility,
• Rolls-Royce Control, Monitoring and Systems Engineering University Technology Centre.

We strive to conduct fundamental research and innovation to address global challenges, as well as support the education of the next generation of engineers.

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable and inclusive place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a generous annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pension scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

Find out more at www.sheffield.ac.uk/benefits and join us to become part of something special.