• Do you get energy from helping researchers to develop successful project grants?
• Do you wish to be challenged by understanding the dynamic National and European funding landscapes, and by matching it to the research interest of our researchers?
• Do you enjoy preparing, managing and organizing meetings and events?
• Do you have the ambition in helping us to advance the state of the art in science and technology within an academic working environment at the heart of the Brainport region?

Then we have the job for you!

As project Development Officer, you are the expert on acquiring research funding and developing new research projects in collaboration with (international) researchers, clinics and (medtech) industry. You specifically focus on supporting researchers with the conversion of their research ideas into research projects in close collaboration with industry, i.e. you will act as the linking pin between scientists and representatives of the medical industry. In close collaboration with your colleagues in the dynamic C3Te team, you also prepare, manage and organize meetings and events aimed at stimulating new connections, new funding opportunities and valorization of knowledge within the healthcare domain. Your expertise enables you to match funding opportunities with the innovative ideas generated by the researchers within C3Te. Together, new research ideas will be explored, and you will support them in clearly articulating problems, approaches, solutions and their impact on project proposals or business contracts. You take away the researchers' worries concerning the administrative parts of projects during project development and project startup, and (where needed) support by performing project management.

The successful candidate has a PhD or Master's degree in the field of electrical engineering, physics or equivalent, with affinity for the medtech domain, experience in medtech industry and knowledge of medtech research.

The successful candidate has most of the following skills:

• Familiar with acquiring (inter)national research funding and developing new projects and know the rules and regulations imposed by the various funding organizations.
• Expertise in setting up quality research and innovation projects in collaboration with medical industry.
• Experience with structuring and substantiating research ideas into high quality project proposals.
• Team player with experience in cooperation with researchers, support staff, or equivalent.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English, with command over Dutch language for communicating with clinical staff.
• Goal-oriented, proactive, organized, hands-on, reliable and considered as a recognized sparring partner. You are flexible and can work under deadline pressure.
• Aware of how science works (preferably at PhD level in a technical discipline) and knows what drives researchers.

We offer a challenging job in the dynamic, ambitious but informal Center for Care & Cure Technology (C3Te) at a stimulating and internationally renowned research institute. The salary depends on your experience and is in accordance with the collective labor agreement. We offer you:

• A monthly salary of minimum € 3.345,- to maximum € 6.148,- for full-time employment, depending on your knowledge and experience (scale 10-11), collective labor agreement for Dutch Universities).
• In addition to vacation pay, a structural end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.
• A favorable arrangement for more holidays or a sabbatical.
• A selection model for additional fringe benefits.
• Working hours in consultation for an optimal work-life balance.
• Scope for your talent with advancement prospects and excellent development opportunities such as mentoring, workshops and coaching.
• Partially paid parental leave and reimbursement for commuting expenses, working from home and the internet.
• A generous employer contribution to the favorable ABP pension plan.
• Upon starting, we initially offer a one-year contract, with the prospect of indefinite employment thereafter.

Information

For more information about the project and any informal enquiries, please contact dr. Noortje Bax, phone 040-247 5706 or 06-8117117, e-mail: n.a.m.bax@tue.nl or prof.dr.ir. M. Paulides, phone 040-2476176 or email: m.m.paulides@tue.nl.

Questions about the terms and employment can be obtained via f.r.d.groot@tue.nl, HR advisor, Floor de Groot.

More information about Center for Care & Cure Technology can be found https://www.tue.nl/c3te

Application

If you are interested in working in an exciting, dynamic, high-tech environment, where you contribute to the creation of the society of the future, then please use 'apply now' button and send an extensive curriculum vittae and a motivated letter of application. The selection of the applicants will take place immediately; the final closing date of the vacancy is 1 December 2024.