Career Opportunities at Queen's

AMIC - a £100M investment through the Belfast Region City Deal - is a collaborative, innovative powerhouse of advanced manufacturing set to elevate our region globally. We are supporting economic growth and prosperity for Northern Ireland by creating high quality jobs and increasing inward investment through high value manufacturing innovation clusters and we are driving industrial transformation, paving the way for future technologies and competing globally with a more sustainable focus.

Our experienced team of staff has core capabilities in digitalising manufacturing, smart design, sustainable polymers & composites and nanotech & photonics. We’re excited to be expanding the team throughout 2025/26.

We are currently seeking engineers who want to innovate and apply their knowledge to the challenges of industry and society to support Digital Manufacturing within AMIC’s advanced manufacturing activities. You will apply your specialist knowledge and experience of methods and processes, to generate innovative research outputs which have a direct economic and technical benefit to companies and sectors. You will work collaboratively with your team, industry, technology providers, national technology centres and academia to deliver key projects focused on advanced manufacturing.

About the person:

To be considered for interview, applicants must demonstrate that they have the following:

• Undergraduate degree, or equivalent, in related engineering discipline with significant relevant experience in a manufacturing-related environment including the application of Discrete Event Simulation (DES) factory simulation technologies. Recent relevant experience to include:
• The application of Digital Manufacturing simulation technology for production management and factory planning.
• Using Digital Manufacturing technology in Advanced Manufacturing.
• Working within multifaceted environments delivering to deadlines and within budget.
• Applying research/industrial tools and techniques resulting in high quality projects and technical reports.
•  Demonstrable evidence of complex problem-solving skills obtained / relevant for industrial manufacturing problems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to communicate complex technical information.
• The post holder will be expected to visit collaborative partners, as and when required, therefore candidates are expected to have a current driving license and access to a car, or have access to transport that enables them to fulfil the requirements of the role.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.

Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

What we offer:

Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-and-benefits/.

Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit www.qub.ac.uk/diversity.

If you are an international applicant and don't already hold a visa that permits you to take up the role you are applying for, please use the information provided on our website to self-assess whether the University is likely to be able to support a visa application - http://go.qub.ac.uk/internationalstaffsupport.

Candidate Information