KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• Proven track record in designing CAD/CAM workflows or toolpaths for extrusion-based additive manufacturing
• Hands-on experience characterising performance of printed parts (mechanical, thermal, electrical or geometric testing)
• Programming skills, ideally in python; experience with Git and comfortable using AI/LLMs for code support
• Experience with challenging feedstocks (e.g. composites, hydrogels) and/or multi-material MEAM processes
• Demonstrable ability to modify or build custom hardware or motion control systems
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with willingness to travel within Europe
• PhD (or near completion) in a relevant engineering or materials discipline, or equivalent industrial experience

WHY SHOULD YOU APPLY?

With a huge amount of variety in the role, there is an opportunity for you to develop and continually grow.
If this role sounds of interest, we’d love to hear from you.
Informal enquiries should be directed to Andy Gleadall via email to a.gleadall@lboro.ac.uk
For more information refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

• Day-to-day development and extension of our open-source FullControl CAD/CAM platform, using Git for collaborative software and data-processing pipelines
• Programming in Python—and leveraging AI/LLMs—to automate toolpath generation, code editing and data analysis
• Hands-on modification or construction of MEAM hardware (printheads, motion systems) to handle challenging materials like composites and hydrogels
• Implementing multi-material or multi-process sequences (e.g. printing + inspection loops) and embedding optimisation routines into the workflow
• Travelling to partner meetings across Europe to align on materials, methods and clinical requirement