Do you want to be part of an interdisciplinary team that investigates technologies that can be used for creating innovative Health and AgriFood sensor and digital solutions? Then you have a part to play as a Project Leader. This is your opportunity to create new technologies with our scientific teams!

Your goal will be to investigate technologies that can be used for creating innovative agrifood and health solutions, including new biosensors for end-users in healthcare (patients and health professionals) and agribusiness. Next to being a co-worker in our OnePlanet research team, you will be the expert lead to link Radboud University, in particular researchers from the Faculty of Science, to the OnePlanet team and vice versa. You are keen to spot new possibilities for co-development within the chosen roadmaps. Part of your time you will be involved in research on performing experimental trials with partners to investigate new compounds or analytics for sensing technologies in different projects. You will work in multidisciplinary teams of organic chemists, physical and analytical scientists, biochemical scientists and engineers, electronic engineers, and data scientists.

Your responsibilities may include (I) collaborating with internal and external stakeholders such as biophysical, medical and analytical industrial partners, (II) identifying the state of the art, gaps and possible solutions to develop new technologies and IP for OnePlanet in collaboration with interdisciplinary teams, (III) providing expertise support and playing a strategic role in initiating new research topics and opportunities for the OnePlanet roadmap, (IV) initiating use cases for funded project proposals (which will be followed up by 'funded business developers' within the OnePlanet team and Radboud University), (V) supervising experiments on new sensing applications to discover which technologies can be applied and verifying if the chosen concept works, (VI) contributing to testing methods, evaluation and analytics on the performance of sensors and algorithms, (VII) planning and dividing activities and adjusting them according to progress and priorities together with the project teams, and (VIII) communicating your work, both achievements and challenges to the team on a regular basis, taking on broad feedback and providing feedback to others, and providing input for system improvements and the processes employed.

If possible, you will publish selected OnePlanet research in scientific articles and conferences.

• You hold a PhD with preferably 2+ years of experience or an MSc degree with 5+ years of experience in Bio-Organic, Bio-Physical, or Analytical Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, or a similar field.
• You have relevant work experience with applied research in sensing or measuring, for example with biomarker detection and identification or cell structure measurement.
• You have a hands-on attitude, which means you take initiative, think proactively, are flexible, and enjoy solving problems.
• You are a quick learner who is interested in acquiring new skills and competences.
• Your communication skills in English (written and spoken) are excellent. Dutch is highly preferred for setting up experimental studies and reporting to local stakeholders.

The following skills and competences are a plus:

• Experience with system development, including experimental design and data collection/integration in life sciences (such as wearables, sensing, medical equipment, biology, nutrition).
• Project management skills and experience with external communications.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity in an uncertain research process. You see changes as an opportunity to learn and grow and adapt the research course considering boundary conditions and resources at hand.
• Interest in a broad range of health- or sensing-related topics such as nutrition, bio-chemical sensing, life-science analytics and biology.

Fixed-term contract: The contract is for a period of 1 year, with the possibility of extension after a positive evaluation.

• It concerns an employment for 0.8 - 1.0 FTE.
• The gross monthly salary amounts to a minimum of €4,814 and a maximum of €6,181 based on a 38-hour working week, depending on previous education and number of years of relevant work experience (salary scale 12).
• You will receive 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• The contract is for a period of 1 year, with the possibility of extension after a positive evaluation.
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services. Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment and help your family settle in Nijmegen.
• Working for us means getting extra days off. In case of full-time employment, you can choose between 30 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the legally allotted 20.

Work and science require good employment practices. This is reflected in Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions. You can make arrangements for the best possible work-life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself, for example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports subscription. And of course, we offer a good pension plan. You are given plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.

We offer a challenging and international environment at the forefront of technology, in an international network of renowned industrial customers and world leading university research centres. This is your opportunity to create new technologies together with our scientific teams and bring them to the market of OnePlanet customers. In this way we will achieve an impact on tomorrow's society.

OnePlanet Research Center is a new multidisciplinary collaboration between three renowned and globally respected research institutes: Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Radboud University, and the Radboud university medical center, and Imec. You will be part of a team of world changers, disruptive innovators and practical thinkers. By joining the OnePlanet team, your ideas will have impact on people's future lives.

You will be employed by Radboud University and be part of the Institute for Molecules and Materials at the Faculty of Science. The Faculty of Science is a complete, student-oriented science faculty where research and teaching are closely intertwined. The faculty aims to be an academic community with an international character where employees from different backgrounds combine their talents with the goal of being a leading science faculty in Europe.


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