Supporting Company: Choc Edge Ltd

University of Exeter and Choc Edge Ltd are seeking a top class candidate to undertake research leading to the award of an International Engineering Doctorate awarded jointly by the Universities of Warwick, Exeter and Cranfield.

As a ‘research engineer’ on our International Doctorate programme you will have unrivalled access to some of the best teaching and industrial expertise in the world, across three universities. While you will be based at University of Exeter and Choc Edge Ltd, you will also spend time at Warwick and Cranfield Universities to give you the broadest possible experience. You will emerge from the four-year programme more confident and better equipped to make a difference to your company and the global marketplace. 

This opportunity also provides a substantial tax free stipend equivalent to many graduate jobs.

Project

3D chocolate printing is an emerging and innovative technology developed at the University of Exeter and commercialised by Choc Edge Ltd. It offers new way of creating, making and distributing personalised chocolate decorations and products. More importantly, it opens up a great opportunity to digitalise the design content and integrate its manufacturing and supply chain with contemporary cloud computing platform. This represents a revolutionary approach to achieve a distributed and connected manufacturing and distribution network in an efficiency and resource-sharing fashion – representing a disruptive innovation for future manufacturing.

This project aims to investigate and implement cloud-based 3D chocolate printing and its product and service system in order to achieve a sustainable manufacturing supply chain and a scalable eco-system.  It will adopt emerging cloud-based technology to control 3D chocolate printing and manage its supply chain and distribution so that it can deliver personalised products and service. Furthermore, it will understand how to design and optimise this cloud-based product-service platform which can manage a distributed 3D chocolate printing network and make intelligent decisions on sustainable manufacturing and supply chain of personalised products. The finding from this project could provide fundamental understanding on the development of future manufacturing and supply chain system for greater flexibility, profitability and scalability.

Entry Requirements

Qualifications

Candidates should have a minimum of an upper second (2.1) honours degree (or equivalent) in either Engineering, Management, Materials, Computer science or Business Innovation

Attributes

• High levels of innovative thought and lateral thinking
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong computer skills and the ability to learn new software quickly
• Self-motivated, capable of working with minimal guidance and supervision, and within a team.
• Enthusiasm for the subject

Due to funding regulations this project is open to Home/EU students only.

The Studentship

Qualifying students an attractive enhanced stipend which could be tax and NI free depending on your personal circumstances, paid by the Centre and topped up by a contribution from Choc Edge Ltd. For 2014 this totals approximately £19,000 tax free per annum.

The funding is for four years and will also cover University tuition fees and all course fees as well as a travel allowance to attend courses.

Apply

To apply please complete our online enquiry form and upload your CV.