Role: Social Digital Twin - Research Manager
Domain.
Our cliemt is combining research and industrial innovation to transform businesses and society. They operate a multidisciplinary centre as part of their global R&D activity, conducting research and innovation. .
The Role:
We are looking for a Manager in our Social Digital Twin Research Group where we create new technologies for our global laboratories’ and apply these technologies to transform their customers’ businesses.
The Social Digital Twin (SDT) project develops solutions to social issues. We create integrated technologies that combine large scale data with knowledge from a variety of fields, including data science, the humanities and social sciences. We are developing systems that use real-world, real-time data to create digital twins that mirror the behavior of complex systems –cities, transport, power – and enable their management. The value of the SDT is increased by including data from diverse sources by creating a federation of digital twins following the model developed by UK’s National Digital Twin Programme (NDTP). Federation requires building distributed data sources and sharing data across industry sector using common ontologies.
We demonstrate the capabilities of the SDT in real world settings.
The group works closely with other groups in our Research’s global network of laboratories and travel may be required to foster these collaborations.
What you will do
You will manage a team of researchers while interacting with the large global Research team, all with diverse skills, developing our federation technologies with a particular focus on creating systems of federated digital twins.
You will
Lead end-to-end technical implementation of Social Digital Twin for real-world applications
Manage a team of researchers with various technical expertise
Lead use case develop and propose new research topics from interactions while solving real societal challenges
Your Experience
Demonstrate expertise in one or more of the following:
Deep technical understanding of good software design / development
Extensive experience in wide range of technologies from digital twin, AI, IoT and associated architecture
Hands on experience in end-to-end software integration
Extensive experience in leading external R&D collaboration and proof-of-concept
Experience (>3 years) in managing a research team
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A Post-Graduate qualification (preferably PhD) in a relevant field, with a strong research component
Ability to publish peer-reviewed research papers and to file patent proposals
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to propose research topics and associated plan by exploring potential future business opportunities
Our client welcomes all applicants:
We want the best people on our team, so we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. The role may demand some travel and flexibility to meet business needs, within a culture of respect for professional and private commitments. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all