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The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland is a team of world-leading academic researchers, industry experts, and business professionals working together to transform manufacturing in Scotland by working with companies of all sizes from across the manufacturing world.

We’re always looking for the best and brightest talent to join us in breaking down barriers to help manufacturers achieve their full potential.

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Salary Range: £47,389 - £58,225

FTE: 1 (35 hours/week)

Term: Open Contract

Closing date: 05/04/2026

The University of Strathclyde has a long history of working with industry to deliver strong business growth from access to
research and innovation expertise. The latest major initiative continuing to deliver on this track record is through the
National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS).
As a magnet for innovation in advanced manufacturing, the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) group of
specialist R&D centres, supports manufacturing, engineering and associated tech businesses of all sizes, to thrive
domestically and internationally through accelerating productivity, embracing new digital technologies and achieving net-
zero targets.
We turn smart ideas into reality and deliver ground-breaking research.
Coming from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, our passionate team works alongside industry, academia, and the public
sector to solve problems, train the workforce of the future and generate the creative ideas that will transform
manufacturing.
Ultimately, we are growing the economy, developing a vibrant and skilled talent pool and helping create prosperous,
sustainable communities.
As a member of the NMIS CTO group the Senior Analyst will support the development and delivery of NMIS’s
programmes ensuring that NMIS remains at the forefront on manufacturing innovation nationally and internationally
through leading the market and technology analysis supporting the strategic outlook. They will oversee the coordination
of the analysis activity required to deliver input for the sector and technology strategies working collaboratively with the
sector and technology champions, providing support to the vision, leadership and drive to ensure NMIS delivers
transformational capabilities to Scottish Technology Landscape in line with Industry needs, working with the wider HVM
Catapult network to deliver similar improvement across the UK. The NMIS senior analyst will support the CTO and
Deputy CTO to embed processes and promote a culture that will deliver a well-informed and bold research strategy
while celebrating the NMIS technical community.
This role is a fantastic opportunity for a senior analyst to support acceleration of digital manufacturing innovation and
industrial application across a wide range of manufacturing technologies, many of which are currently failing to change at a
pace that will allow them to remain globally competitive or even survive.
This role will require candidates who have the right blend of technical understanding, strategic vision, people skills and
business acumen to deliver programme commitments and achieve the impact expected from our government, academic
and industrial stakeholders.

Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Coreen McCubbin, Chief Technology Officer(coreen.mccubbin@strath.ac.uk)

Formal interviews for this post will be held on a date to be confirmed.

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Senior Technologist (Forging)( 801187)

FTE: 1 35 HRS

Salary: £47389 - £58225

Contract: Fixed Term (24 months)

Closing Date: 10/04/26

The University of Strathclyde has a long history of working with industry to deliver strong business growth from access to research and innovation expertise. The latest major initiative continuing to deliver on this track record is through the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS).

As a magnet for innovation in advanced manufacturing, the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) group of specialist R&D centres, supports manufacturing, engineering and associated tech businesses of all sizes, to thrive domestically and internationally through accelerating productivity, embracing new digital technologies and achieving net-zero targets. We turn smart ideas into reality and deliver ground-breaking research. Coming from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, our passionate team works alongside industry, academia, and the public sector to solve problems, train the workforce of the future and generate the creative ideas that will transform manufacturing. Ultimately, we are growing the economy, developing a vibrant and skilled talent pool and helping create prosperous, sustainable communities.

The Opportunity The AFRC is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and experienced Senior Technologist – Forging Technologies. This role will lead and deliver high-value research and knowledge exchange programmes, focused on the industrial application of advanced forging technologies. Working across AFRC and NMIS initiatives, you will play a key role in translating research into impact through process innovation, tooling design, materials development, and digital manufacturing. You will lead technical work packages, and work closely with AFRC’s industrial partners to deliver applied solutions. You will also develop and lead your own programme of knowledge exchange, applying for and managing externally funded projects and contributing to strategic capability development.

To be considered for this position, you will hold a good honours degree and a PhD (or equivalent professional experience) in a relevant discipline such as Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or Manufacturing Engineering. You will have a proven track record in applied research and/or industrial delivery in forging or forming technologies and a strong interest in knowledge exchange.

The successful candidate must be eligible and willing to undergo UK security clearance in order to work on sensitive or restricted projects.

 

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