Research Scientist - Mechanics of the living - Permanent position

JOB ENVIRONMENT:

Mines Saint-Etienne (MSE), one of the graduate schools of Institut Mines Télécom, the #1 group of graduate schools of engineering and management in France under the supervision of the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Digital Technology, is assigned missions of education, research and innovation, transfer to industry and scientific, technological and industrial culture.

MSE consists of 2,400 graduate and postgraduate students, 400 staff, a consolidated budget of €46M, three sites on the Saint-Etienne campus (Auvergne Rhone-Alpes region, Lyon Saint-Etienne metropolitan area), a campus in Gardanne (SUD region, Aix Marseille metropolitan area), a site in Lyon within the digital campus of Auvergne Rhone-Alpes Region, six research units, five teaching and research centres and one of the leading French science community centres (La Rotonde €1M budget and +40,000 visitors per year). The Times Higher Education World University Ranking ranked us for 2022 in the 251-300 range for Engineering and Technology. Our work environment is characterised by high Faculty-to-Student, Staff-to-Faculty and PhD-to-Faculty ratios, as well as comprehensive state-of-the-art experimental and computational facilities for research, teaching and transfer to industry.

Website: https://www.mines-stetienne.fr/

The CIS brings together 70 people, including 18 professors in engineering industrial/computing, biomechanics and healthcare engineering. Since its creation in 2004, the CIS has been representative of the ability of Mines Saint-Etienne to acquire leadership on innovative themes such as biomechanics, biomaterials, aerosol toxicity or AI-based healthcare production. SAINBIOSE (INSERM UMR 1059) brings together researchers from the CIS (biomechanics, biomaterials and bioengineering), the faculty of Medicine from Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne University Hospital, Inserm and the French Blood Establishment. The global scientific objective of SAINBIOSE is a better understanding and of biostress in osteoarticular (LBTO team) and cardiovascular pathology (DVH team).

Website: https://sainbiose-lab.fr/

The Soft tissue biomechanics (STBio) group gathers together 7 faculty, 2 engineers, 10 post-docs and 15 PhD students of CIS to carry out advanced research in mechanics of the living, experimental and computational, which goes from modelling the mechanical behaviour of tissues to clinical and industrial applications, especially with the textile industry. Our research aims to establish multiscale digital twins of ageing or disease effects on cardiovascular or osteoarticular mechanobiology and to simulate and screen effective treatments (ex. of funding: ERC, EIC, ANR, BPI, industrial contracts).

JOB DESCRIPTION:

We open a research scientist permanent position to join the STBio group. The work will be carried out at Mines Saint-Etienne, within the SAINBIOSE research unit (Inserm U1059). It is based at the Centre Ingénierie et Santé (Hospital campus at the North of Saint-Etienne).

The first mission of the research scientist will be to manage the experimental platforms of STBio (lab manager) related to instrumentation and mechanical measurements. As lab manager, the research scientist will establish procedures and train incoming PhD students and postdocs. The research scientist will be in charge of safety measures and will have to interact regularly with other platforms of SAINBIOSE in cellular and molecular biology. The research scientist will also bring support for teaching activities requiring practical work in the labs from the students.
The second mission of the research scientist will be to conduct research in applied biomechanics and mechanobiology on projects funded either by research grants or by companies in the domain of medical devices, biotech or pharmacy.

The position is based on the Saint-Étienne campus.

PROFIL SOUGHT:

The candidate should hold a PhD degree in solid mechanics or biomechanics and should satisfy the following criteria:Capacity to successfully integrate a team/group within an international research environment,

• Recognized skills in instrumentation, experimental mechanics, tissue and/or cell manipulation, with preference for candidates experienced in full-field measurements
• Strong interest for technology transfer and applied research
• Knowledge of lab environment in bioengineering and/or biology
• Good writing skills (technical reports, scientific publications)
• Expertise in coding (Matlab, Python, Julia) and finite-element modelling will be appreciated.

WHY JOIN US:

Institut Mines-Telecom is characterised by:

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• A scientific environment of excellence
• A group with entities throughout France

Mines Saint-Etienne is distinguished by:

• A privileged working environment with a high student supervision rate and a high environment rate (support and back-up functions)
• First-rate experimental and digital resources
• Significant contract research activity (€11m/year in Research and Innovation contracts), mainly with industrial partners
• 25% international students, Member of the T.I.M.E. network and the EULIST European University
• A centre for scientific, technical and industrial culture - La Rotonde - which is unique in France, and which has a major impact on society (> 50,000 visitors per year)
• Pleasant workplace, easily accessible by public transport and close to motorways
• Public transport costs reimbursed up to 75% (subject to conditions)
• Sustainable mobility package
• Staff committee that subsidises sports, leisure, cultural and social events and activities
• The possibility of partial remote working
• 49 days annual leave

Recruitment conditions:

• · Permanent position
• · Desired start date: 01/09/2025
• · Remuneration will be set according to the candidate's profile, based on the rules defined by the Institut Mines Télécom's management framework
• · Full time
• · Position based in Saint-Étienne
• · For internal use:
• Ø Category [II] - Job [R] - Ingénieur de recherche et développement according to the Management Framework

The position is open to all, with accommodation available on request for candidates with disabilities.

The job is open to civil servants and/or the general public.

All applications may be subject to an administrative enquiry.

How to apply:

Applications (CV, covering letter, letter of recommendation if applicable) must be submitted on the RECRUITEE platform no later than 30 april 2025.

https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/o/research-scientist-mechanics-of-the-living-permanent-position

As part of its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, École des Mines de Saint Etienne is an employer that is committed to fair treatment of all applicants.

For further information:

For further information about the position, please contact:

Stéphane AVRIL – Head of STBio

Tel : 04 77 42 01 88

For all administrative information, please contact:

Milica PETKOVIC– HR Administrator

Email: milica.petkovic@emse.fr
Tel: + 33 (0)4 77 42 02 08

Useful links:

https://www.mines-stetienne.fr/

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