Research Fellow (110539-0326)

University of Warwick - School of Engineering

Location: Coventry, University of Warwick

Salary: £35,608 to £46,049 per annum

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On: 1st April 2026

Closes: 28th April 2026

Job Ref: (110539-0326)

Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

Duration: Fixed-term contract ending no later than 31st March 2028

Informal Queries: For informal queries, please contact Marina Antoniou (Associate Professor – Reader) at Marina.antoniou@warwick.ac.uk

Flexible Working: We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis (e.g. job share), despite the position being advertised as full-time.

This is a full time, fixed term post ending no later than 31st March 2028.

The School of Engineering is seeking a Research Fellow to assist the Principal Investigator (Dr Marina Antoniou) and the project collaborators in the successful execution of the project. The aim of the project is the device design and fabrication for SiC superjunction structures and devices.

You will play a major leading role in this project, and in the many other projects of the group, particularly developing semiconductor fabrication techniques, TCAD based device design and modelling. You will help to manage the activities at Warwick, working as part of a small team including three academics specialising in material growth, SiC device design and fabrication whilst mentoring a new PhD student on this same project. You will also be responsible for communicating with and managing work from the project partners, who are CNR Italy, MQSemi Switzerland, University of Nottingham, University of Naples, University of Kyoto and Hitachi Energy all leaders in their own specialist fields.

The main objective of the project is to demonstrate cost effective, breakthrough concepts of power semiconductor devices enabled by the development of a novel platform technology of high energy efficiency SiC-MOSFETs. The SJ layers will help to increase the devices channel densities (decreasing the cell size). Moreover, the attempt to combine the SJ and the innovative source side design concepts, makes this project highly ambitious on its objectives with the expected result being a radical device platform for 3.3kV and above rated devices. You will design experiments and perform them using laboratories and TCAD servers in Warwick and elsewhere.

You will be expected to write up research for publication. You will be expected to deal with any management/ administration problems that may arise.

This post is based at the University of Warwick. The successful candidate will be required to make occasional trips to collaborators/ specialist research facilities, so the willingness to travel occasionally is required. There will be opportunities for presenting work at international conferences.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description as a PDF below.

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PhD Status: If you are near submission of your PhD, or have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made at Research Assistant level, at the highest spinal point of pay grade 5 (£34,610 per annum). Upon receipt of evidence confirming the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow, at the lowest spinal point of grade 6 (£35,608 per annum).

CLOSING DEADLINE: Tuesday 28th April 2026 at 11.55pm (UK Time)

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the 'Apply' button.