Location
Euro House, Stirling, Scotland

Hours
Full Time - 37.5 hours per week, onsite

Salary
£44,500 - £53,150 per year

About the Role
Integrated Graphene (iGii) is seeking a Senior Development Scientist with deep expertise in electrochemical environmental and heavy metal sensing to join our rapidly expanding R&D department. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a high-growth, fast-paced, and collaborative environment, engaging with leading customers and conducting research at the forefront of science and technology. In this role, you will own defined technical work packages and sensor development streams, guiding projects from feasibility and proof-of-concept through validation, scale-up readiness, and transfer into product development.

You will set experimental strategy, make evidence-based technical decisions, and influence project direction, timelines, and priorities aligned with the company’s innovation roadmap and commercial goals. As a senior scientist, you will lead by example through significant hands-on lab work, shaping the direction of biosensor development while remaining deeply engaged in experimental design and execution.

The role focuses on developing real-world viable solutions using established industry methods and materials. You will collaborate with R&D and Engineering teams to define sensor performance requirements, develop novel methodologies, optimise processes, and conduct rigorous performance assessment and benchmarking. Key tasks include designing and executing verification and validation experiments, preparing buffer solutions, running accumulation and stripping experiments, detecting environmental and heavy metal ions using Gii electrodes, evaluating matrix and interference effects, and preparing high-quality technical documentation.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including private medical insurance, group life insurance, income protection, mental wellbeing resources, training and development opportunities, flexible scheduling around core hours (09:30am - 16:00pm), and a supportive, social, and collaborative company culture. Visa sponsorship and relocation support are available.

Join us to work with a diverse, international team on impactful challenges, contribute to a mission-driven company, and grow your career in a high-growth environment with smart, curious, and action-oriented colleagues.

Experience
- Proven hands-on experience with electrochemical environmental and heavy metal detection.
- Significant contribution to R&D projects involving electrochemical sensor development using low analyte concentrations.
- Development of sensors and nanotechnology for environmental and heavy metal detection.
- Innovation and problem-solving in experimental design and execution.
- Experience developing electrochemical sensing technologies from early feasibility to robust performance in real-world conditions.
- Knowledge of voltammetric techniques such as ASV, SWV, DPV, CV, LSV.
- Experience defining and assessing analytical performance criteria including limit of detection, quantification, sensitivity, selectivity, linear range, calibration, repeatability, reproducibility, stability, interference, and matrix effects.
- Track record of translating research into commercially viable products meeting commercial and regulatory requirements.
- Experience translating design inputs and performance requirements into practical experimental plans supporting product verification, validation, and commercialisation.
- Strong ability to design, execute, and interpret complex experiments with rigor and methodical approach.
- Expertise in design of experiments, statistical analysis, quantitative data interpretation, uncertainty assessment, and traceability of experimental decisions.
- Solid understanding of GLP, standard laboratory techniques, and regulatory environments.
- Experience working within quality-managed environments such as ISO 9001, including documentation, change control, risk assessment, auditable records, and health, safety, and environmental compliance.
- Proven ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams and contribute to internal reviews and external collaborations.
- Commitment to continuous learning, professional development, and scientific curiosity.

About You
- Subject matter expert with hands-on experience in electrochemical environmental and heavy metal detection.
- Collaborative mindset developed in an industrial setting.
- Ability to lead by example through hands-on lab work.
- Strong communication skills to present technical recommendations to project leads and senior stakeholders.
- Experience coaching junior scientists, reviewing experimental plans and data, setting laboratory best practices, and contributing to capability-building.
- Demonstrated leadership in project management and mentoring within an industrial environment.

Qualifications
- Advanced education such as a PhD or specialist Masters in a relevant field, and/or equivalent relevant industry experience.
- Additional desirable experience includes:
- Prior experience in electroplating or electrodeposition.
- Familiarity with scaling up processes from laboratory to pilot scale.
- Experience assessing sensor performance in complex real-world matrices (water, wastewater, soil extracts, industrial effluents).
- Experience benchmarking sensor performance against reference methods such as ICP-MS, ICP-OES, or AAS.
- Awareness of intellectual property generation and protection processes.