PhD jobs in Midlothian

Grade UE07 - £41,064 - £48,822 College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine / School of Population Health Sciences / Usher Institute Full time: 35hrs per week Fixed Term: Available from 1 March 2026 – 31 August 2028 The Opportunity: We will also consider requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular (weekly) on-campus working. The Usher...

You will be working with customers, marketing, design, software and applications teams to define the next-generation solutions products for mobile, consumer and automotive electronics markets.

Directorate: School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society Grade: Grade 7 - £37,694 - £47,389 / Grade 8 - £47,389 - £58,225 Contract Type: Full Time (1FTE), Open Ended Detailed Description The School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS) is looking to recruit an Assistant Professor in Quantity Surveying to work at our Edinburgh campus. We are particularly...

You will apply, as Principal Investigator and/or Co-Investigator, to appropriate external bodies for research funding and manage grants awarded.

You will carry out Department, Faculty and/or University administrative and management functions, for example through membership of committees and engage in continuous professional development.

You will conduct both simulation and experimental research into quantum key distribution (QKD), explore the dual-use capabilities of 2D SPAD (Single-Photon Avalanche Diode) arrays, and develop novel multiplexing techniques for high-throughput secure links

You will be organised, thorough and detailed with a high level of self-motivation, strong analytical and problem solving skills. Excellent benefits are on offer plus the chance to join a well-established team with strong retention rates, working on advanced technology in one of the main semiconductor hubs of the UK.

You will play a meaningful role in developing next-generation devices and ensuring that leading consumer electronics manufacturers can easily integrate our devices into their products.

You will be able to oversee the development of a switching converter from specifications to qualified for production.

You will be at the heart of operation from inception to the launch of the product, working alongside both the technical and management teams at Warmhouse and Heriot Watt University to develop the product and shape its future.

Grade UE07: £41,064 to £48,822 per annum, pro-rata if part time College of Science and Engineering / School of Chemistry Full-time: 35 hours per week Fixed term: 20 months The School of Chemistry are looking for a PDRA starting from September 1st 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter) for 20 months. The Opportunity: The PDRA will be supervised by Prof. Guy Lloyd-Jones (GCLJ) and is based...

You will also be implementing new features, and be responsible for increasing the performance, stability, capacity and capability of the software. You'll also be collaborating with a global cross-functional team providing product engineering, verification, documentation and programme management input.

Purpose of Role The School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at Heriot-Watt University is recruiting a postdoctoral research associate in statistical machine learning for computational imaging. The position is open in the context of the 5-year research project “Learned Quantitative Stochastic Imaging”, led by Prof. Marcelo Pereyra with funding from a prestigious UKRI EPSRC Open Fellowship....

Grade UE08: £50,253 to £61,759 per annum CMVM / Institute of Genetics and Cancer Full-time: 35 hours per week Fixed-term: 36 months The Opportunity: Cancer Research UK (CRUK) have awarded funding to renew the UCL-Edinburgh CRUK Glioma Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence (CoE). The CoE brings together researchers from the University of Edinburgh and University College London to develop a deeper...

Grade UE07: £41, 064- £48,822 per annum CMVM, CGEM/IGC Fixed Term: Until 31 August 2029 Full Time: 35 hours per week The Opportunity: A Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Data Science/Molecular Epidemiology is available within the Marioni Group at the University of Edinburgh. It is part of a BBSRC-funded grant (“Methylation Ageing by Lifestyle and Tissue biosample – MALT”) into omics and...

Grade UE08: £50,253 - £61,759 College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine / School of Population Health Sciences / Usher Institute Full-time: 35 hours per week Fixed Term: 36 months, available from 1st January 2026 available until 31st December 2029 renewable up to 4 years Location: Usher Institute, Edinburgh Bioquarter This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week). We will also...

Grade AMN2: £48,288 to £71,550 per annum (will be capped at paypoint 3) CMVM / School of Regeneration and Repair / Centre for Reproductive Health Full-time: 40 hours per week Fixed term: 2 years The Opportunity: We are looking for a clinical research fellow to join our team based in sexual and reproductive health to work on mixed methods research on initiatives to eliminate cervical cancer,...

Grade UE08 (£50,253-£61,759) or UE09 (£63,606-£78,469) College of Science & Engineering, School of Physics and Astronomy Open ended contract, 35 hours per week Number of positions: 1 Applications are invited for an academic staff position at the Centre for Plasma Theory (CPT), in the University of Edinburgh School of Physics and Astronomy. This position forms part of a strategic initiative to...

Grade UE07: £41,064.00 to £48,822.00 per annum School of Engineering, College of Science & Engineering Institute/Discipline: Integrated Micro and Nano Systems Full-time 35 hours per week Fixed term until 05/01/2028 The Centre for Electronic Frontiers (CEF) at the University of Edinburgh is accepting applications for an experienced Research Associate in AI for Electronic systems modelling....

Grade UE07: £41,064 - £48,822 College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences / School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures / Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Full time- 35 hours per week, fixed term to 31st December 2027 Number of posts: 1 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, part of the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures are looking for a Caliphal Finances Research Fellow to...

Postdoctoral Research Associate Grade UE07: £41,064 to £48,822 College of Science and Engineering / School of Physics and Astronomy Full Time: 35 hours per week Fixed Term 3 years September 1, 2026 – August 31, 2029. Applications are invited for up to two Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, to work on applications of scattering amplitudes and the...

UE07: £41,064 - £48,822 per annum CMVM / SNCS/ INCR Full-time, 35 hours per week Fixed-Term: 1 year The Opportunity: A postdoctoral research fellow position is available in Dr. Kathryn Bowles’ lab at the University of Edinburgh UK DRI centre. We are looking for a researcher with computational expertise, who is interested in integrating and assessing transcriptomic (single cell/nuclei,...