Research Officer (Fixed-Term)

University of Bath -Mechanical Engineering

Salary: Starting from £30,424, rising to £36,298 
Closing Date: Sunday 08 December 2013
Interview Date: To be confirmed 
Reference: RJ2071

We are seeking to appoint a post-doctoral Research Officer to work closely with our team on a software system to reconstruct a high-level machining process plan from CNC machining code as part of an EU funded project titled STEPMAN. This project seeks to bring the advantages of the emerging STEP-NC suite of standards to manufacturing SMEs by enabling interoperability and manufacturing capability management.

You must have experience in programming CNC machines and development of software applications to support to CAD/CAM/CNC chain. Experience in micro process planning research and proficiency in CNC machine tool (G-Code) programming and an object-oriented computer programming language are essential. Familiarity with the data models of STEP-NC (ISO14649) is desirable.

A Ph.D. in an Engineering discipline or in computer science Mathematics or Physics is essential. You should be self-motivated and possess project management and technical communication skills.

Please include a detailed CV, an abstract of your Ph.D. dissertation and a representative academic paper as part of your application. For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Aydin Nassehi by email a.nassehi@bath.ac.ukor Professor Stephen Newman, by email s.t.newman@bath.ac.uk.

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