Post-doctoral Researcher/Research Associate-Multi-scale, Process-structure-property-performance Modelling for Additive Manufacturing of Metals, School of Engineering 011326

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time, fixed term position as a Postdoctoral Researcher or Research Associate with I-Form Centre for Advanced Manufacturing in Ireland (phase 2) within Mechanical Engineering at the University of Galway, Ireland.

This position is funded by Research Ireland and is available from 1st September 2025 to contract end date of 28 February 2028.

University of Galway 

Located in the vibrant cultural city of Galway in the west of Ireland, the University of Galway has a distinguished reputation for teaching and  research excellence 

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Detailed Project Description: 

The I-Form (www.i-form.ie) mission is to shape the future of advanced manufacturing through high-impact research into the application of digital technologies to materials processing. Our research spans materials science, engineering, materials modelling, data analytics and artificial intelligence, to progress the understanding and implementation of advanced materials processing technologies. The target is to enable sustainable, fast, reduced-cost development of new products and processes by replacing time-consuming, physical experimentation with advanced, predictive modelling. Modelling and process-structure-property-performance predictions (including but not limited to microstructure, defects, residual stresses, etc.) are key in optimisation for all additive manufacturing processes, with and without post-treatments. This funding is from Phase 2 of I-Form (2023-2029).

We are seeking an excellent candidate at University of Galway to contribute to the following research activities, in collaboration with a larger Platform 2 team at Galway (including PhD students) and within I-Form, and with international collaborators including IMDEA (Madrid):

• Combined cellular automata (CA) and phase field models (PFM) for microstructure and solid-state phase transformation modelling of additive manufacturing (AM) at component level
• Combined PFM and crystal plasticity (CP) microstructure evolution modelling for AM and post-processing heat treatment

Salary:

Postdoctoral Researcher / Research Associate salary scale €46,305 - €59,063 per annum, (subject to the project’s funding limitations), and pro rata for shorter and/or part-time contracts.

The default position for all new public sector appointments is the 1st point of the salary scale. This may be reviewed, and consideration afforded to appointment at a higher point on the payscale (subject to the project’s funding limitations), where evidence of prior years’ equivalent experience is accepted in determining placement on the scale above point 1, subject to the maximum of the scale.  (Research Salary Scales - University of Galway) 

Closing date for receipt of applications is 17:00 (Irish Time) on 17th September, 2025.  It will not be possible to consider applications received after the closing date.