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Technical specialist in Engineered Silk Manufacturing and Optical Fibre Technologies (SS13963)
University Of Bath • Bath, Bath & N E Somerset
Salary
£47k – £47k
Posted
2 October 2026
Work mode
Part-time
Sponsor match
high
Government Authorised Exchange Temporary Worker (A rating)
Role overview
University Of Bath is hiring a Technical specialist in Engineered Silk Manufacturing and Optical Fibre Technologies (SS13963) in Bath, a part-time scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £47k – £47k. University Of Bath holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Government Authorised Exchange route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.
About the role Join the HOLLOW SILK project, an ambitious research project funded by the Advanced Research Invention Agency (ARIA) through its Universal Fabricators programme. HOLLOW SILK aims to develop a novel manufacturing platform based on engineered silk, for the production of microstructured optical fibres. By combining expertise in biomaterials, fibre manufacturing, chemistry, photonics and engineering, the project will establish innovative routes to advanced materials and structures th…
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