Salary Range: £28,000-38,000 per annum
FTE: 37.5 hours/week
Contract Type: Fixed Term (36 months)
Closing Date: 14/09/2026
This Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) is a strategic collaboration between Shore Design Consultancy Limited (https://shore-group.com/about/), an award-winning medical device design consultancy based in Edinburgh, and the University of Strathclyde.
The project will embed advanced design-for-sustainability capability within Shore Design, enabling the development of a portfolio of sustainable medical and pharmaceutical device case studies and strengthening the company’s long-term innovation and commercial offering.
About Shore
Shore is an employee-owned medical design and development consultancy, with an excellent reputation in the market for delivering solutions across a wide range of projects, working collaboratively with multiple long-term clients.
We develop exceptional, innovative products for all aspects of the healthcare industry that have a positive impact on people’s lives, working from early-stage design through to manufacturing and supply.
Our collaborative culture is one of the key elements of our success, and we encourage knowledge sharing and communication across the company. Our office is a converted grain store in Leith, the thriving waterfront area of Edinburgh which has a mixture of creative businesses, bars, and restaurants.
The KTP Associate will play a pivotal role in delivering this ambitious programme, operating at the interface between industry and academia to drive meaningful organisational change.
The position offers the KTP Associate the following benefits:
- A structured personal and professional development programme
- Formal KTP training in project management, innovation, leadership, and commercial awareness
- Access to specialist academic expertise and research facilities at the University of Strathclyde
- A dedicated training and development budget
- Opportunities to build a strong professional profile spanning academia and industry
- Experience working within a dynamic, innovative professional environment developing cutting-edge products.
The Associate will be primarily based at Shore Design in Leith, Edinburgh, with regular visits to the University of Strathclyde campus in Glasgow.
The project is part of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme that aims to help businesses to innovate and grow by working with UK universities. Successful Knowledge Transfer Partnership projects are funded by UK Research and Innovation through Innovate UK and are part of the government’s Industrial Strategy. To find out how KTP works and the vital role you will play if you successfully secure a KTP Associate position, please visit: www.ktpws.org.uk
Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Dr Steven Birnie, (steven.birnie@strath.ac.uk).