engineering research scientist jobs in Sheffield

You will be responsible for developing a range of exciting and innovative R&D projects.

You will be an essential member of the R&D team, delivering cutting-edge engineering projects, pioneering industry-leading technology, and working in an agile engineering team requiring a multiskilled approach whilst ensuring compliance with customer, industry, and regulatory requirements.

You will help shape how devices are assessed and qualified for use in space, drawing on existing data, modelling, and targeted testing where appropriate. - This role suits a physicist or engineer with research experience and strong technical writing skills, who wants to move into applied space work.

Job Description Job Title: Senior Data Scientist Pay of up to £75,493, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. A degree or higher in STEM ( Science, Technology, engineering, or mathematics) is essential for this role, and evidence of qualification will be requested. DWP. Digital with Purpose. Are you ready to take on a...

You will join a dedicated and collaborative team at the centre of one of DWP's highest priority initiatives: the Health Transformation Programme. This position places you at the forefront of redesigning key health related services, working with some of the largest and most complex datasets available in the UK to generate high quality insights that improve outcomes for thousands of people.

You will work on modernizing authentication and login experiences across multiple consumer applications, helping drive growth through high-quality user experience, experimentation, and data-driven decision making. This is a collaborative role, working closely with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional partners in a fast-paced environment.

Data Scientist - £70k | Remote / Hybrid | FinTech / Payments We're working with an established FinTech / Payments business that has been helping customers manage and move money globally for many years. The company builds technology-led products that support low-cost, multi-currency payments and money management, operating across several regulated markets. They're now investing further in their...

You will design and build the systems that identify the signals that matter most for visibility, the retrieval and embedding architecture that feeds the models, the ranking and scoring framework that prioritises actions and the evaluation layer that measures how different LLMs behave across queries, surfaces and contexts.

A recruitment agency seeks a talented Research Scientist to join its biotechnology team in South Yorkshire. The successful candidate will develop and optimize scalable microbial processes, applying advanced molecular biology techniques. They will also support the scale-up of processes for industrial implementation. The role requires a strong background in microbiology or chemical engineering,...

You will have built an optimization model using MILPs, heuristics, decomposition, or other methods (big focus on linear optimization, not so much on non-linear). In terms of skills you should have strong working experience with optimization solvers (e.g. Gurobi, Cplex, FICO Xpress optimization or other).

Contract MLOps Engineer | MLflow | Databricks | Production ML Duration: Initially 3 months Day rate: £500 - £550, Inside IR35 Workplace: Remote, with occasional travel to client-site Inara are supporting a consultancy-led team delivering production-grade machine learning platforms for a range of end clients, and they're looking for a senior, hands-on Contract MLOps Engineer to help take ML...

Machine Learning Engineer - Contract (Financial Services, Outside IR35) Duration: 6 months Rate: £650 - £750 per day IR35: Outside Location: UK / Remote We're seeking an experienced Machine Learning Engineer to support a Financial Services organisation on an initial 6-month contract, working on production-grade ML systems that operate in regulated, high-volume environments. This role is...

You will design and deliver intelligent agentic workflows, leveraging frontier LLMs. Working with their data scientists and backend engineers, you'll be responsible for making unstructured legal data usable, scalable, and impactful. This is not a prototyping role — you'll ship well-engineered, production-ready systems that directly impact customers.

About Us: We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We’re driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people. How We Work: At Proofpoint, you’ll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to...

A leading research institution in Sheffield is seeking a Process Engineer to enhance micro- and nano-fabrication processes for cutting-edge semiconductor research. The ideal candidate will develop techniques, maintain SOPs, and engage with diverse users while ensuring optimal equipment performance. With a salary ranging from £38,784 to £47,389, and growth potential, this role is ideal for...

Machine Learning Engineer Fully Remote - UK based Up to £90,000 + Benefits About the Role We are working with a fully remote gaming and entertainment business that is scaling its data and machine-learning capabilities. With strong backing for data-driven decision-making, they are now looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to help operationalise, maintain, and optimise their ML systems across...

Overview At Element Digital Engineering, we don't just solve problems, we engineer smart, practical solutions that shape industries. As part of the global Element Materials Technology group, we combine advanced simulation and consultancy with world-class testing, inspection, and certification expertise. From nuclear and aerospace to energy and defence, our work spans sectors and scales. One day...

Reports to: Technology Director / Executive Sponsor Location: Remote with occasional travel to London (2 times a month) Contract: Full-time, permanent Base Salary: £70,000 – £80,000 location and experience dependent + 10% company bonus scheme and sales commission scheme Why This Role Exists Serve Legal is entering a new chapter: evolving beyond compliance auditing into AI enabled,...

You will work on real production problems rather than research-only work, owning models from first iteration through to live deployment.

You will collaborate closely with other data scientists, data engineers, and DevOps, with the freedom to shape how GenAI and ML are used across the platform.

Research Scientist – Biotech | Yorkshire | £ Competitive (AE886317) Do you thrive on solving complex scientific challenges? Are you excited by the opportunity to scale innovative biotechnology processes? A dynamic and forward‐thinking organization is seeking a talented Research Scientist to join its growing biotechnology team. In this exciting role, you will support the development and scale‐up...

You will be responsible for developing a range of exciting and innovative R&D projects.

You will be an essential member of the R&D team, delivering cutting-edge engineering projects, pioneering industry-leading technology, and working in an agile engineering team requiring a multiskilled approach whilst ensuring compliance with customer, industry, and regulatory requirements.