Careers

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.

Find out more about vacancies at the University of Strathclyde

Salary range: £58,596 - £65,814 per annum 

FTE: 1.0

Term: Open-ended

Closing Date: 18 February 2025

Location: NMIS, Renfrew

The University of Strathclyde is a leading international technological institution and 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 Portfolio Manager will support development and delivery of NMIS’s research programmes ensuring that NMIS remains at the forefront on manufacturing innovation nationally and internationally through leading the HVMC interface and NMIS overarching roadmaps. They will oversee the coordination of HVMC strategic projects and budgets aligned to the NMIS strategy and industry collaborative research, providing the vision, leadership and drive to ensure NMIS delivers transformational capabilities to Scottish Industry, working with the wider HVM Catapult network to deliver similar improvement across the UK. The NMIS portfolio manager will support embedding processes and promote a culture that will deliver a well-informed and bold research strategy.

This role is a fantastic opportunity for a strong portfolio leader to significantly accelerate digital manufacturing innovation and industrial application across a wide range of manufacturing sectors, 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 leadership, technical understanding, people skills and business acumen to deliver programme commitments and achieve the impact expected from our government, academic and industrial stakeholders.

For informal enquiries, please contact Coreen McCubbin, Chief Technology Officer - coreen.mccubbin@strath.ac.uk

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Salary range: £46, 485 - £56, 921 per annum 

FTE: 

Term: Open-ended

Closing Date: 18 February 2025

Location: NMIS, Renfrew

The Centre and Industrial Engagement Manager will manage the overall day-to-day running of the ReMake Value Retention Centre (RVRC), a major investment towards accelerating UK’s green economy agenda led by the University of Strathclyde in collaboration with the Universities of Exeter and Sheffield.

The “ReMake” Value Retention Centre (RVRC) will take a transdisciplinary, systems-level approach focussing on high-integrity sectors. It will:

• Address “ReMake” (remanufacture, refurbishment, repair, reformatting, reuse) technical challenges via innovation in circular design, remanufacturing and inspection.
• Enable increased ReMake adoption, with traceability, standards and policy.
• Embed culture change via an understanding of risk and uncertainty and new Remake business models.
• Address significant skills challenges by developing the future ReMake workforce, from apprentices to executives, across the supply chain.
• Leverage existing ecosystems and build new ones to accelerate commercialisation and investment in ReMake high-integrity applications.

You will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of this cross-institutional strategic Centre including project and financial management, working closely with the Centre Director and Project Co-leads to support and shape delivery of the Centre and identify new opportunities. You will oversee the Centre’s extensive programme of external engagement with industry, government, policy organisations and academia, facilitating an ongoing dialogue with project partners around their technical and business challenges and identifying opportunities for knowledge exchange and translation of the Centre’s research. The position requires excellent project and relationship management experience and offers extensive industry-facing networking opportunities, and an opportunity to support an ambitious and transformative programme of cross-disciplinary research and commercialisation activities contributing to the development of the circular economy.

For informal enquiries, please contact Andreas Reimer, Senior ReMake Theme Lead - andreas.reimer@strath.ac.uk
 
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Salary range: £46485 - £56921 per annum 

FTE: 1

Term: Open-ended

Closing Date: 18 February 2025

Location: NMIS, Renfrew 

The University of Strathclyde is a leading international technological institution and 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).

The NMIS Digital Factory’s Design Engineering Team is seeking to appoint an experienced and enthusiastic Product & System Development Theme Lead/KE Fellow, to lead and manage delivery of high value research and knowledge exchange programmes, the improvement of applied product and systems engineering with respect to the development of manufactured goods, through applied experimental research activity, and introduce the outcomes into manufacturing environments. This will involve the candidate anticipating the direction of design and manufacturing capability to develop a credible technical roadmap and research strategy and deliver industrial research projects.

The Product & System Development Theme Lead will also lead, manage and develop the Product & System Development Theme’s team with the aim of building a world-leading community of product and systems development experts in Strathclyde. The post holder will be expected to work between NMIS and its industrial partners and there will be a strong emphasis on knowledge exchange and process improvement.  

To achieve the above the Product & System Development Theme Lead will require significant research and/or industrial experience in at least two of the following technical areas:

  • Knowledge and experience of an industrial design and manufacturing environment including the various kinds of manufacturing equipment and technologies common across industry
  • Good understanding of the engineering design process including gated design reviews to diligently de-risk component, product and system designs.
  • A broad knowledge of verification and validation activities to mature the technology readiness of product and system designs.
  • Knowledge of digital tools available to support component, product and system designs including CAD, PDM, PLM, FEA etc.
  • Good understanding of how design data is used in R&D, product development and through the life of a product or system.
  • Good understanding of mechanical design and optimisation of components to withstand identified loads and stresses.  

An awareness of more than one area of NMIS design engineering capability is desirable for the role.

The post holder will require the knowledge, skills and experience normally associated with a first degree and PhD for example in mechanical/materials engineering or design engineering. We are also interested in candidates with equivalent industrial experience. The post holder will have an established track record in leading the delivery of engineering solutions in an industrial context, as well as experience of taking a leading role in research and development of manufacturing processes. The post holder will have the ability to work autonomously, to plan and prioritise their own workload with minimal inputs from higher management, and deal with complex problems presented to them by colleagues.

The post holder will also need experience of project planning and delivery, as well as excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to interact with a range of stakeholders from industry and academia. The post holder will be required to make a significant contribution to the administrative activities of NMIS including membership/chair of relevant committees. As part of the role involves managing staff members within the theme, the post holder will have the ability to line manage and lead a team, including undertaking capability development, recruitment activities, allocating work, managing outputs and performance management.

For informal enquiries, please contact Graeme McLaughlin (Team Lead: Design Engineering) - graeme.t.mclaughlin@strath.ac.uk

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Salary range: £36,924 - £45,163 per annum

FTE: 

Term: Fixed (24 months)

Closing Date: 28 February 2025

Location: NMIS, Renfrew 

The University of Strathclyde is a leading international technological institution and 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.
In the age of the fourth industrial revolution, manufacturing organisations (large and small) are actively seeking to understand how they can transform their business through digital technologies. However, as manufacturing processes and systems can be unique to the product that is being produced, challenges still exist and solutions need to be found. To support industry in addressing these challenges, NMIS are looking to appoint a Digital Manufacturing Engineer specialising in connectivity solutions to understand and develop solutions that can provide data acquisition and networking solutions of manufacturing processes.

The Digital Manufacturing Engineer will require knowledge and technical expertise in the following areas;

• Knowledge and experience with manufacturing systems engineering.
• Data acquisition from a variety of sources including machine programming logic controllers (PLC’S), sensors, embedded sensors and edge devices.
• Knowledge and working understanding of networking and integration of data acquisition solutions for manufacturing facilities both wired and wireless i.e 5G / 4G / LoRaWAN, NB-IoT etc.
• Analytical skills in manufacturing data sources for manufacturing and operations management.
• Creation of dashboards and other visualization toolsets for visualization of manufacturing datasets.
• Cyber-Security processes, best practice and implementation.

The Digital Manufacturing Engineer will be expected to work between NMIS, University of Strathclyde and Industry partners to develop strong knowledge exchange activities including collaborative research and development. The Digital Manufacturing Engineer will require the knowledge, skills and experience normally associated with a first degree and/or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical and/or Mechanical Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering. The Digital Manufacturing Engineer will support research and development programmes on intelligent manufacturing, smart factory systems, digital transformation of industrial enterprises, and will be involved in academic research into one or more of these processes. The postholder shall have knowledge and experience in the following technology areas; Industrial Programming Logic Controllers (PLC’s), Communication and Data Exchange Protocols (OPC-UA, Modbus, etc.), Sensor Technologies, Data Storage, Systems Integration, Network Infrastructure and Cyber-Security.

For informal enquiries, please contact John Reilly, Connectivity Theme Lead - John.Reilly@strath.ac.uk
 
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Salary range: £36,924 - £45,163 per annum 

FTE: 

Term: Open-ended

Closing Date: 05 March 2025

Location: NMIS, Renfrew

The University of Strathclyde is a leading international technological institution and 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.

NMIS is seeking to appoint a R&D Engineer specialising on software development to be part of key digital initiatives including data visualisations, Extended Reality (XR) and Industrial Internet of things (IIoT). This role involves designing and implementing software solutions that enhance interactive digital experiences, streamline IoT connectivity, and create dynamic digital twins for manufacturing processes.

As an R&D Engineer within the Knowledge Exchange job category, as part of a wider knowledge exchange / research group or programme you will develop knowledge exchange objectives and proposals for your own or joint knowledge exchange activities and play a lead role in relation to a specific project/s or part of a broader project, with guidance from senior colleagues as required. You will conduct individual and/or collaborative knowledge exchange activities, including determining appropriate methods and contributing to the development of new knowledge exchange methods, continually reflecting on practice/methodology to enhance delivery to partners.

To be considered for the role, you will require the knowledge, skills and experience normally associated with a relevant PhD or you will be educated to Degree level in an appropriate discipline (computer science) with relevant experience in a similar role or you will have significant experience in a similar role. As a pivotal member of the Digital Team, you will contribute significantly to research programs that could range from developing interactive digital twins in XR or integration of IIoT data streams within industrial enterprises. Furthermore, active participation in academic research pertaining to one or more of these realms will be integral to the role's responsibilities.

Whilst not essential for the role, applications are welcomed from candidates with: membership/working towards membership of a relevant Chartered/professional body (including the Higher Education Academy).

For informal enquiries, please contact Syed Awais Hassan Munawar, Visualisation Theme Lead - syed.munawar@strath.ac.uk
 
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