Research Fellow in Soft Magnetic Surgical Robots

University of Leeds

Do you want to make a difference in patients’ quality of life by creating innovative robots that are able to treat incurable diseases? Are you excited about contributing to scientific research in surgical robotics? Are you able to think outside the box to find innovative solutions to life-threatening diseases? Do you want to join a world-leading team of roboticists, manufacturing engineers, and clinicians?

We are looking for a proactive individual to join our Science and Technology Of Robotics in Medicine (STORM) Lab (www.stormlabuk.com), bringing their excitement for scientific research in surgical robotics with them.

At the STORM Lab, we strive to improve the quality of life for people undergoing soft-tissue surgery and flexible endoscopy by creating miniature and non-invasive robots. We are designing and creating soft and compliant robotic devices that can be used within the human body to detect and cure diseases in a non-invasive way.

This vacancy is created by a grant awarded to the STORM Lab by ARIA, which aims to define a new generation of growing robots that can be guided within the human body by magnetic fields and deploy neural electrodes inside the brain via minimally invasive access. The candidate will join a multi-disciplinary research team aiming at exploring innovative processes to manufacture intelligent soft magnetic robots, modelling their behaviour under an external controllable magnetic field and filed gradient, and testing them in realistic anatomical models.

We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact: Professor Pietro Valdastri, PhD, Chair in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Tel: +44 (0)113 343 3706, Email: P.Valdastri@leeds.ac.uk

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information, please visit the Government’s Skilled Worker visa page.

For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information, please visit the Government’s page, Apply for the Global Talent visa.