CORPORATE SALES – HIGH TECH SOFTWARE / SERVICES

£45-60k OTE plus non-contrib pension + health/gym + share options + benefits

Territory: UK, Europe, North America; High tech and/or complex engineering enterprises
Located: Cambridge, UK

Join a leader in its field, a rapidly growing high tech software company that is poised to go to the next level. With a unique product offering, financial opportunities are significant as our commission scheme is open-ended, uncapped and targets are achievable. A Cambridge University spin-off, we are the leader in the growing materials information technology market, working with organizations like NASA, Rolls-Royce, GE, Honeywell, and Renault Formula One. We help companies to use scientific and engineering data about materials in product development, design, manufacturing, and in making strategic business decisions. We are looking for candidates with the vision, energy and ambition to help grow use of our proven enterprise software system, working with existing and new clients. Being part of such growth at this exciting stage will offer career development, as well as financial and other rewards.

The role includes new business sales – researching and profiling potential customers, engaging companies at or above Director (UK) or VP (USA) level, applying a consultative approach to match Granta solutions to customer needs, and securing profitable sales. It also requires account development – working at all levels in customer organisations to ensure customer satisfaction and expand use.

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Closing date: May 31

EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER

£30-40k (base + commission) + non-contrib pension + health/gym + share options

Territory: Universities and colleges in North America and UK
Location: Cambridge, UK

An opportunity to apply your engineering/materials knowledge and to develop a business career with a rapidly growing, established Cambridge University spin-off. At Granta, we are the materials information technology experts. A spin-off from Cambridge University, we work with leading high tech and engineering organizations such as NASA, Rolls-Royce, GE, and Honeywell and support teaching at over 600 universities worldwide. CES EduPack is a unique educational product – a set of teaching resources, based around a powerful software package, that support university-level teaching of materials across a broad range of subjects. Correctly approached, senior academics love what we do. It makes their teaching life easier, saves time, connects topics curriculum-wide, and engages students with the subject.

You could be part of the team that grows use of CES EduPack to even more universities and extends into more subject areas. Using the telephone, doing remote demonstrations over the web to intrigued senior academics, your first job is to show how their goals can be more easily met with EduPack, and to get them to use the product. Then, you must work collaboratively with customers to help them succeed and to identify and involve colleagues who can extend use of EduPack. You will apply and develop skills not just in “selling”, but in business strategy, communication with senior contacts, and long-term project work. There will be excellent opportunities for career advancement as the company grows.

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Closing date: May 31

MATERIALS INFORMATION CONSULTANT

£22-32k (depending on experience) + health/gym + pension + share options.

The ideal job for a scientist or engineer, especially one with materials experience, wanting to work in at the forefront of IT for scientific and engineering applications.  You will be engaged on projects for leading customers in many industries - from aerospace to electronics to automotive to medical devices.

The role:

• Work closely with our customers to design and implement GRANTA MI materials data management systems
• Develop and design a range of reference databases for educational and industrial uses
• Play a pivotal role in developing new initiatives for materials strategy
• Travel for on-site consultancy, implementation, and training, notably in North America, Europe, or Japan

The ideal candidate:

• Bachelors or higher degree in mechanical engineering, materials science or metallurgy; or possibly physics or chemistry, or similar
• Good computer and database skills; VBA and SQL experience will be valuable; advanced Excel skills.
• Enjoys working with customers
• Working experience in one of our key focus areas: materials in aerospace, defense and energy industries; medical materials; materials strategy in any industry

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

£23-35k (depending on experience) + health/gym + pension + share options.

This is an outstanding opportunity to play a central role in the development of an integrated portfolio of products, within a successful specialist software company.

Granta develops software system related to materials science and engineering – for industries that include aerospace & defense, medical devices, consumer equipment, and education – and for tasks that include material property data management for jet engines, material selection for life-enhancing medical technology, cost-reduction across global corporations, and, increasingly, eco-design for energy and CO2 reduction.

The role:
You will become part of our software engineering team, which is small enough that your contribution will be important and noticed.  You will work on our web-based software engineering projects. These include high-end, server-based, Microsoft .Net applications, for corporate intranets and the Web; and advanced searching, document indexing and data management technologies.

The ideal candidate:
Depending on your level of experience, you could enter this position at a junior or senior level. We are looking for a long-term team member who will share our passion to see the company fulfil its enormous potential.

You should have experience with (or an interest in learning) some of the following:

• Developing client-server .Net applications
• Object-oriented programming preferably in C# but experience of C++ or Java will be considered
• Various .Net components, including ASP.net
• Relational databases and SQL in particular SQL Server

You should also:

• Have an honours degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent experience
• Be self-motivated, technically accomplished, a team-worker, and have a customer-focus

Please contact if you have relevant skills and experience.

Technical Internship

£ negotiable depending upon experience.

A 6 to 12 month technical internship opportunity. The intern must speak fluent (preferably native-language) German, Italian, Spanish, or French.

The internship will suit a bright science or engineering student or graduate looking for work and an educational experience in an English-speaking environment. They will be applying computers and databases to materials engineering – so good computer skills and an interest in materials are important. Computer skills could include experience with applications such as Excel and Access, or with programming environments such as Visual Basic. The work will also involve contact with our customers at a technical level, and so communication skills are important. 

There are no current vacancies in this area.