Assistant Technical Analyst (Fixed Term)

The research-intensive Department of Engineering wish to recruit two Assistant Technical Analysts who will be based at the Whittle Laboratory in West Cambridge. The research carried out in the Department is critically dependent upon the effective delivery of IT services in order to fulfil its academic mission. These new roles have been created to closely align with the design and delivery of services to enable the Department's pursuit of it's research goals of zero-emissions research, whilst, at the same time, providing modelling, software development and technical knowledge in key areas of specialism to ensure that core infrastructure services are able to keep pace with the ever-increasing demands of a fast-moving department in a constantly innovating IT context.

To assist the Department in achieving its objectives and goals, you will have responsibility for developing and researching outputs and projects for research groups in academia and industry to support the effective delivery of research activity, while also contributing to external reports and grant proposals under the supervision of the line manager. Additionally, you will be responsible for small project budgets relating to IT, software support and travel expenses.

You will have an undergraduate degree in a related subject, or have an equivalent level of practical experience, and possess software skills in modelling specialist areas such as UI/UX, Python, MATLAB and Excel VBA. You will possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to demonstrate that you are a team player as well as having the ability to work independently. You will possess technical knowledge and experience in relevant technical and scientific fields as well as have previous analytical and data analysis experience.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 31 August 2026 in the first instance.

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The closing date for applications is Tuesday 17 March 2026. If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact the HR Office at the Department of Engineering (hr-office@eng.cam.ac.uk, (0)1223 332615).

Please quote reference NM48996 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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Key information

Department/location

Department of Engineering

Salary

£33,951-£39,906

Reference

NM48996

Category

Assistant staff

Date published

3 March 2026

Closing date

17 March 2026