57 Research Assistant jobs in the United Kingdom

Research Assistant – Central London – Diagnostics

About the Company:

We are looking for a master’s graduate with a strong academic performance in Chemistry or Physics (physical sciences) to join a diagnostics start up in central London. You will use your previously developed lab skills to impact the company and its technology.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and execute R&D projects, implementing laboratory protocols (e.g., assay development, microarray printing, surface chemistry, microfluidics, analysis).
• Manage biological and clinical samples, ensuring quality control of reagents and materials.
• Conduct data analysis, maintain accurate records, and ensure reliability of results.
• Support equipment maintenance, inventory management, and laboratory compliance.
• Present findings, contribute to team meetings, and promote the company’s reputation.
• Perform administrative tasks and attend relevant meetings.
• Comply with company policies (e.g., H&S, quality, information security, IP).
• Undertake training and development as required.
• Carry out other duties as directed by line manager.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Chemistry or Physics with a strong academic performance.
• Experience working in a biologics research laboratory from academia or industry.
• Experience conducting research.
• Experience of assays and ideally assay development.
• Experience with standard analytical techniques.
• The ability to work collaboratively and well in a team.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to prioritise and manage your workload.

Research Assistant/Scientist

Permanent

Cambridge

SRG is pleased to be partnering with an organisation involved in the development of human biomimetic platforms. As a Research Assistant/Scientist in the biology team your role will be to support projects by completing experiments and analysis to a high standard.

Note – To be successful, you must have industry experience post-degree, a strong understanding of GCP, and experience with ELISA and RT-qPCR/cell-based assays.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Cell line and primary cell culture - expanding cells and ensuring sufficient cell stocks are available
• Performing biological assays (e.g. ELISA’s)
• Completing data analysis to produce reliable and precise reports that can be provide to clients/customers and work to meet deadlines.
• Maintaining and operating standard laboratory equipment and following the company’s HSE policies and procedures to ensure the health and safety of yourself and your colleagues.

Ideal Candidate:

• BSc (or equivalent) in a Biology related discipline
• Expertise in mammalian cell cultures and ELISAs
• Experience working with the liver or liver disease would be highly beneficial
• A team player with a proactive attitude that is able to support the team and work be able to work autonomously
• A multitasker with the ability to work in a dynamic and ever-changing environment
• Preferable experience of working with advanced cell cultures (e.g. spheroids, organoids, primary cells)
• Experience working in a related laboratory role
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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As the research assistant/ electrochemist you will be in charge of making and testing batteries and lab maintenance. You should have strong lab experience and know lab-etiquette as you will be in charge of looking after the labs. Previous electrochemistry and battery assembly experience is desired but not necessary as you can gain these skills working with our senior scientists given that you have a good technical background. However, it is important to keep in mind that battery cell making requires manual dexterity, attention to detail, precision and handling small or fragile materials/parts. You should be able to troubleshoot and solve technical problems and independently manage day-to-day laboratory tasks.

Responsibilities

• General lab duties such as cleaning and drying battery cell components and upkeep of gloveboxes and lab areas.
• Electrode material inspection, qualification and coin and pouch cell assembly in glovebox.
• Battery testing using electrochemical workstations and cyclers
• Identify and troubleshoot defects or inconsistencies in the assembly process.
• Logging and reporting electrochemical data and its initial analysis with the view to making further improvements.
• Destructive part analysis on allocated cells.
• Waste management.
• COSHH and SOP management.

Qualifications

• A chemistry/materials science master’s degree OR more than >3 years of lab experience in a relevant industry (materials science, electrochemistry, engineering)
• Basic skills with MS Office/Office 365 suite of programmes
• Basic knowledge of hand tools and labware.

Salary

£25K - £40K depending on work experience and qualifications

HW Global is the executive search partner of choice for many of the world’s most recognised consumer brands, including some of the largest sector leaders in FMCG/CPG, QSR, Consumer Healthcare, Infrastructure and Retail.

We support these companies across the globe in engaging and hiring exceptional leadership talent, recruiting both executive and non-executive board members and senior leaders, across the full range of functions.

Our deep understanding of global consumer markets enables us to identify leaders who can inspire multi-cultural, multi-generational teams in a sustainable and business beneficial way, whilst embracing the increasingly influential role of digital and emerging AI technology platforms.

This is a great opportunity to join a vibrant and growing business where you can learn research and recruitment specialisms in role.

The Role:

• Conduct extensive and detailed research into clients as well as the wider consumer and associated markets, across global geographies.
• Speak on the phone with senior individuals to assess candidate criteria.
• Arrange candidate interviews whilst guiding senior individuals through the search process.
• Sourcing new candidates through networking, research, databases and core headhunting.
• Keeping up to date with the latest developments in the consumer market whilst identifying client opportunities.
• Manage all associated administration, documentation and reporting.
• Ongoing system management relating to the search.

Experience:

• Strong communication skills - both written and verbal - with the ability to confidently engage with senior-level candidates and clients.
• A commercial mindset, with a natural curiosity for how businesses are structured and how leadership talent is shaped globally.
• Highly organised with strong administrative skills – able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines across different projects.
• A collaborative approach – someone who thrives in a team setting but can also work independently with accountability.

Future progression:

This role offers a clear pathway into a Consultant position. Many of our most successful Partners and Directors began their careers in research and progressed through delivery roles into client leadership.

Benefits:

• Private healthcare via Vitality
• 25 days holiday per year
• Birthday off
• Extra day holiday for every years’ service past 3 years
• Enhanced parental leave
• Christmas closure on the business every year
• Research Bonus Scheme

We believe in providing an accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know.

4 months contract/Hybrid 3 days in office/London/Rate Paye Inside IR -53 AN HOUR

Research assistant with 2+ years of experience prototyping and testing AI agents and/or LLM models.

Responsibilities:

• Create test prompts for AI agent. Experiment with different prompt formulations to steer AI Agent towards ideal behavior.
• Implement and debug AI agent tool calls in a python / PHP SW stack.
• Assemble high quality prompts to create Meta internal benchmarks for AI agents similar to MLEBench and BFCL.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Research or prototyping experience in machine learning, deep learning, and/or natural language processing.
• Programming experience in Python and hands-on experience with AI agent frameworks such as Model Context Protocol. LangChain.
• Exposure to architectural patterns of large scale software applications.

Preferred:

• Direct experience in generative AI and LLM research.

4 months contract/Hybrid 3 days in office/London/Rate Paye Inside IR -53 AN HOUR

Research assistant with 2+ years of experience prototyping and testing AI agents and/or LLM models.

Responsibilities:

• Create test prompts for AI agent. Experiment with different prompt formulations to steer AI Agent towards ideal behavior.
• Implement and debug AI agent tool calls in a python / PHP SW stack.
• Assemble high quality prompts to create Meta internal benchmarks for AI agents similar to MLEBench and BFCL.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Research or prototyping experience in machine learning, deep learning, and/or natural language processing.
• Programming experience in Python and hands-on experience with AI agent frameworks such as Model Context Protocol. LangChain.
• Exposure to architectural patterns of large scale software applications.

Preferred:

• Direct experience in generative AI and LLM research.

• Assist in the planning and setup of agronomic field trials and experiments.
• Conduct on-site data collection, including plant growth measurements, pest and disease assessments, and soil sampling.
• Perform laboratory analysis of soil, plant, and water samples using various techniques.
• Maintain detailed and accurate records of experimental procedures, data, and observations.
• Operate and maintain field and laboratory equipment, ensuring proper calibration and functionality.
• Prepare samples for analysis and assist with data entry and management.
• Support the research team in literature reviews and experimental design discussions.
• Contribute to the preparation of research reports, presentations, and publications.
• Ensure adherence to all health and safety protocols and laboratory procedures.
• Assist with the general upkeep and organization of research facilities and field sites.

• Support senior researchers in conducting experiments and simulations for AI projects.
• Assist in the development, training, and testing of machine learning models.
• Collect, preprocess, and analyze large datasets relevant to AI research.
• Implement and adapt existing AI algorithms and frameworks.
• Contribute to the writing of research papers, reports, and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams both in-person and remotely using collaboration tools.
• Stay abreast of the latest developments and research in the field of AI and machine learning.
• Assist in the evaluation and interpretation of experimental results.
• Help maintain and organize research code repositories and datasets.
• Present findings and progress updates to the research team.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.
• Solid understanding of core machine learning concepts and algorithms.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or Java.
• Experience with AI/ML frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn.
• Familiarity with data manipulation and analysis tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• A genuine passion for AI and cutting-edge technology.