RESEARCH OFFICER

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Home The University Job Opportunities and Working At Swansea Current Vacancies Research Officer Back to list Research Officer Related pages Current Vacancies Benefits & Rewards Equality Diversity & Inclusion Information for Applicants Information for New Staff Performance Enabling UK Visas & Immigration Apply Now Job Number SU01291 Contract Type Fixed Term Salary ?39,355 to ?45,413 per annum Working Pattern Full Time Faculty/Directorate Faculty of Science and Engineering Location Bay Campus, Swansea Closing Date 1 Dec 2025 Interview Date 10 Dec 2025 Informal Enquiries Oubay Hassan [email protected] Ruben Sevilla [email protected] About The University Swansea University is a research-led university that has been making a difference since 1920. The University community thrives on exploration and discovery and offers the right balance of excellent teaching and research, matched by an enviable quality of life. Our stunning waterfront campuses and multicultural community make us a desirable workplace for colleagues from around the world. Our reward and benefits, and ways of working enable those who join us to have enriching careers, matched by an excellent work-life balance. About The Role Contract: Fixed term until 31/12/2027 We are recruiting a Research Officer to help deliver the EPSRC programme grant REMODEL , advancing parallel mesh generation and geometry representation for industrially relevant, high-fidelity simulations at Exascale . Based at Swansea University , you will play a central part in a multi-institution effort that blends algorithmic innovation with robust, production-quality research software. You will lead the design , implementation and validation of unstructured parallel meshing methods, adding h/p adaptivity and geometry-conforming capabilities. This will include developing parallel mesh adaptivity algorithms for heterogeneous CPU/GPU architectures , with a strong emphasis on performance profiling and optimisation. You will manage defined tasks and milestones and collaborate closely with colleagues across the consortium to align interfaces and ensure interoperability. It is expected that successful applicant will be actively producing peer-reviewed publications of their developed techniques. At Swansea, you?ll join a technically driven, publication-active team known for computational modelling and meshing research, with a strong culture of code quality, open and reproducible practices, and mentoring. You?ll have access to modern development workflows and HPC resources, and opportunities to contribute to shared tooling used across the consortium. Applicants should demonstrate recent experience in parallel programming (MPI/OpenMP/CUDA), strong Fortran and C++ engineering, and prior exposure to mesh generation, adaptivity or computational geometry. See the job description for further details . Equality, Diversity & Inclusion The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all its practices and activities. We aim to establish an inclusive environment and welcome diverse applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation. As an inclusive and welcoming workplace, we value people for their skills regardless of their background. Applications are welcome in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English. Welsh Language Skills The Welsh language level required for this role is Level 1 - A little. The role holder will be able to pronounce Welsh words, answer the phone in Welsh (good morning/afternoon) and use very basic everyday words and phrases (thank you, please etc.). Level 1 can be reached by completing a 1 hour course. The University is a proud bilingual institution, our Welsh Language Strategy outlines our aspiration to promote the language and enable our staff to engage with the language as an additional workplace skill and as a gateway to new cultural and social opportunities. Applications are welcome in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English. Welsh speakers have the right to an interview in Welsh. Applicants for a role where Welsh skills are essential are expected to present their application in Welsh and will be interviewed in Welsh, if shortlisted. Additional Information Applications for this role will take the format of a CV submission and cover letter. Apply Now Share Share; Research Officer Share this via Or copy the link Download FSE-Candidate-Brochure-(EN).pdf Download Job description.docx Print this page Back to list Current Vacancies Benefits & Rewards Equality Diversity & Inclusion Information for Applicants Information for New Staff Performance Enabling UK Visas & Immigration