Full time Research Assistant at University of Warwick
Job Description
Full Job Description
Fixed Term Contract until 31 March 2024, 36.5 hours per week.
This post will support research into enabling secure Additive Manufacturing (AM) supply chains (SC), in the project ‘Responsive Additive Manufacture to Overcome Natural and Attack-based disruption (RAMONA)’ funded through the EPSRC Manufacturing the Future Theme. Responsive Manufacturing focuses specifically on AM supply chains as part of a responsive manufacturing system, to address the significant security challenges within manufacturing supply chains to ensure greater levels of supply chain resilience for both UK and global manufacturing. RAMONA has the vision of enabling an AM SC that is responsive to emergent changes within the system to maintain production in a distributed SC that is exposed to emergent changes within the system, such as an adversary infiltrating elements of the SC.
To support such rapid reconfiguration of the manufacturing system across the supply network, our vision is to create a practicable methodology for manufacturing systems that can detect a threat and reconfigure themselves rapidly in the presence of an adversary. The research underpins our vision through the development of ‘double lock’ system, of physical hash on the product and digital hash on component files secured against a distributed ledger technology, that can be scaled across and tailored to different SC configurations, allowing manufacturing to be responsive to disruption and enable greater resilience and agility in UK manufacturing SCs.
This post will focus on developing and enabling the physical hash aspect of this resilient and responsive supply chain, through process and material modifications to encode the manufactured parts with secure and covert physical hashes.
We will provide a great range of benefits which include an attractive pension scheme, 26 days holiday plus bank holidays and Christmas closure, some fantastic savings on a wide range of products and services, and excellent learning and development opportunities.
At WMG we are committed to supporting staff to achieve their potential. We currently hold the Athena SWAN Silver award, and the University of Warwick holds an Institutional Silver Award: a national initiative that recognises the advancement of gender equality, representation, progression and success for all in academia. We are supportive of staff with caring responsibilities including a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities. We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.
Interview Date: TBC
Job Description
Undertaking research in order to support the work of the department and develop and enhance its reputation, both internally and externally. Assisting the Project Leader and, where appropriate, project collaborators in the successful execution of the project.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Role Specific Responsibilities.
- Performing laboratory research to a high standard.
- Reporting the project results to the project lead and to the wider project team.
- Collaboration with the project team both within and outside of Warwick.
Research and Scholarship.
1. Undertake basic research, for example by preparing, setting up, conducting and recording the outcome of experiments and field work, developing questionnaires and conducting surveys.
2. Conduct literature and database searches.
3. Continue to update knowledge and develop skills.
4. Write up results of own research.
5. Contribute to the production of research reports and publications.
Teaching and Learning Support.
1. Assist in the supervision of student projects.
2. Give demonstrations to students.
3. Could be expected to contribute to introductory courses, for example on the use of research methods and equipment.
Administration and Other Activities.
1. Participate in department life and may be required to attend departmental meetings.
2. Ensure compliance with health and safety in all aspects of work.
3. Work within budget constraints.
Location :University of Warwick
Closing Date :21 Mar 2023
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