Are you enthusiastic and curious individual who loves using technology to solve complex challenges? Are you a passionate learner who is always trying to improve?
We are looking for an exceptional, energetic, hard-working and hands-on enthusiastic Mathematical Physicist join our group of world class employees. If successful you will have the unique opportunity to work with clients from start-ups through to global market leaders. You will have a passion for technology and will use a combination of innovation, flexibility and technical excellence to meet and exceed our customers’ often demanding requirements and tight development timescales.
We are in the midst of an exciting time for the business as we seek to grow within the UK and internationally following substantial investment in new laboratories and our research centres. In growing our business we look for exceptional, hard-working and hands-on candidates who will flourish in a dynamic and stimulating environment. This role is based at our Harston (Cambridge) site.
The Opportunity
Sagentia Innovation is seeking a bright and enthusiastic Mathematical Physicist to join our Applied Science team, to advise, create and develop new technologies and support a growing number of projects focussed on sustainability.
We solve complex problems using world-class scientific skills on a range of projects which involve a combination of:
- Mathematical modelling and algorithm development
- Creative problem solving and concept generation
- Feasibility assessment informed by practical experience
The successful candidates will be expected to make a solid contribution to a group with core business in the medical, industrial, consumer and food and beverage, medical sectors.
As a Mathematical Physicist you will have the opportunity to employ and further improve your ability to abstract a physical problem into a mathematical model, solve equations (numerically and/or analytically), and to translate the theoretical results into real-world explanations and solutions. You will provide mathematical & physics support to the Applied Science group in particular and to the wider company as required. Typical projects will use a talented and collaborative cross-disciplinary team that provides insight into best practice product development in electronics design, mechanical design, and software design. You will be bringing all these disciplines together to deliver world class devices or platforms to our clients. Your work will be predominately be based at our Sagentia Innovation offices in Harston. You will enjoy a fast-paced environment in which we solve a variety of challenges from different industries.
Experience & Qualifications
We expect candidates to have a degree in Physics or Mathematics ideally along with a MSc/PhD and:
- An excellent working knowledge of Mathematics / Mathematical Physics and a proven ability to apply it to practical challenges
- Experience in developing mathematical models and using numerical simulation techniques
- Programming experience in one or more of Matlab, Python, C/C++
- Excellent analytical and communication skills with the ability to analyse a wide range of data, structure thoughts well, draw robust conclusions, and communicate conclusions in a clear concise manner
Career Development
We are committed to career development and make a focussed effort to offer bespoke training and mentoring to allow each employee to thrive within their environment and realise personal potential.
Benefits
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.
