Research Specialist Technician Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Research Facility (MSKBRF), Cardiff School of Engineering The Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Research Facility has been awarded EPSRC funding for an exciting research project, Multi-platform pipeline for engineering human shoulder joint function (ENGIN Shoulder). This project will develop new methods to understand how the human shoulder works in health, instability and joint replacement. Based at Cardiff University and aligned with a major collaboration involving Imperial College London and international partners, the project sits within a world-leading research environment spanning medical imaging, computational modelling and experimental biomechanics. Shoulder pain and dysfunction are highly prevalent and place a substantial burden on patients and healthcare services. Despite increasing use of surgical interventions, including shoulder arthroplasty, outcomes remain variable and difficult to predict. Compared with the hip and knee, the shoulder presents a particularly challenging biomechanical problem because function depends on complex interactions between bone geometry, soft tissues and muscle coordination. The EPSRC ENGIN Shoulder project addresses this challenge through a unique multi-platform pipeline spanning in-vivo dynamic biplane X-ray imaging, musculoskeletal modelling and robot-driven cadaveric testing. At Cardiff University, the post will be based within the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Research Facility (MSKBRF), which houses the UK’s only dynamic biplane X-ray facility integrated with motion capture and electromyography, alongside access to advanced imaging and established musculoskeletal biomechanics expertise. The successful applicant will work as part of a highly interdisciplinary team spanning engineering, clinical orthopaedics, imaging and computational biomechanics, with opportunities to engage with collaborators across the UK and internationally. In this role, you will provide specialist technical and research support for the in-vivo shoulder biomechanics work at Cardiff. This will include preparing and supporting data collection sessions using dynamic biplane X-ray, motion capture and EMG, assisting with imaging and image analysis workflows, processing and organising experimental datasets, maintaining specialist laboratory equipment and contributing to the development of improved technical procedures and analysis pipelines. The role will support healthy volunteer and patient studies and contribute to the wider project aim of establishing validated, AI-enabled approaches to analyse shoulder joint motion. Your main duties would include: Supporting shoulder biomechanics data collection using dynamic biplane X-ray, motion capture and EMG. Preparing laboratories, equipment and software for healthy volunteer and patient research sessions. Processing, organising and managing imaging and experimental datasets. Assisting with image registration and data analysis workflows for quantifying shoulder joint motion. Maintaining and troubleshooting specialist biomechanics research equipment. Helping develop and improve technical protocols, procedures and documentation. Supporting the wider research team in the delivery of the ENGIN shoulder project This post is full time (35 hours per week) from the 1st August 2026 and is fixed term until 31st July 2029. Salary: £33,951 - £36,636 per annum (Grade 5). It is not expected that an appointment be made above Point 25 of the grade 5 scale, £33,951 per annum. Job ref: 21658BR For informal enquiries about the post please contact Professor Cathy Holt, Dr David Williams, and Ms Jenny Williams Holt@cardiff.ac.uk, WilliamsD37@cardiff.ac.uk, and WilliamsJ154@cardiff.ac.uk For further details about working at Cardiff School of Engineering please contact Enginadmin@cardiff.ac.uk Date advert posted: Thursday, 14 May 2026 Closing date: Friday, 29 May 2026 This post has previously been advertised to employees of Cardiff University only. We now invite external applications. The School of Engineering holds an Athena SWAN Bronze Award that recognises good employment practice and a commitment to develop the careers of women working in science. Cardiff University is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. For this vacancy we actively encourage women to apply. We will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share opportunities. Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: Responsible research assessment - Research - Cardiff University Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.