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Combine Your Interest in Technology with a Career in Research
Imagine using your passion for technology to make a real difference in the world. In a career in research technology, you could help answer some of today’s biggest questions: How can we understand the universe? Protect our planet? Preserve our shared history?
This is ‘Tech for Good’ in action where technology drives positive change for society. By choosing a career in research technology, you could work on exciting projects around the globe:
- CERN: Analysing particle physics data to explore the mysteries of the universe.
- NASA: Designing technology for space exploration and climate monitoring.
- The British Library: Creating software to broaden access to historical collections, preserving cultural heritage and supporting diversity and inclusion.
What Will You Do?
Research technology roles give you the chance to:
- Develop tools: Build software and systems that solve real research challenges.
- Support discovery: Maintain and improve the technology researchers rely on every day.
- Manage knowledge: Organise, share, and protect critical research data.
- Collaborate & teach: Work with scientists, engineers, scholars, clinicians, and artists, helping them improve their tech skills.
- Solve problems: Tackle big challenges and push the boundaries of innovation.
Why Choose This Career?
- Be creative: Build and innovate technology to solve global challenges.
- Make an impact: Contribute to discoveries that transform society.
- Work with experts: Join diverse teams at the forefront of science, technology, and the arts.
Learn more about these roles and start your journey with the Software Sustainability Institute and the Society of Research Software Engineering
Stories from the SSI's Fellowship programme
A collection of 6 Fellows’ stories sharing how the Fellowship programme has supported both their career and advocacy for good software practices.
Vicky: Becoming a leader in research reproducibility
Theresa: Making the transition into research policy
Sophie: Becoming a domain-specific community leader
Cara: Becoming a university-wide expert in software sustainability
Frank: Becoming an expert in improving software good practices
Adrian: Advocating for software in research policy roles
The stories were developed as part of the Fellows Impact Evaluation. Pseudonyms have been used for anonymity.
Banerji A, Rashid A, Sufi S, Jay C. Evaluating the impact of the Software Sustainability Institute’s fellowship programme [Internet]. University of Manchester; 2025. Available from: DOI 10.48420/29610542
