Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation Junior Officer (Patent Management), Faculty of Engineering: Imperial College London

Job summary

Would you like to be part of a successful team turning Imperial’s research into inventions that tackle real-world problems? Join us and contribute to generating major impact across one of the World’s leading universities.

Are you a highly motivated individual with a passion for research and technology? Do you have a background in science and/or engineering? Would you like to be introduced to technology commercialisation and develop your career in technology transfer? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you, join us in supporting Imperial’s research and technology commercialisation activities.

Based in our Faculty of Engineering, you will be supporting the Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation (IPC) team, working with influencing world-leading academics to assess incoming invention disclosures from Engineering Departments, assisting with the monitoring, management and coordination of the patent portfolios of the Faculty of Engineering.

You will gain experience of technology commercialisation and support the team on a broad range of projects. The main aim of our team is to maximise the impact of Imperial’s  academic discoveries by stimulating, identifying, managing, and progressing opportunities to develop research and technologies through collaboration and commercialisation.

Imperial is a leader in industry-university collaborations and technology commercialisation and you will be an integral member of Imperial’s Enterprise Division, working with leading global companies and our world class researchers to develop research and technologies through collaboration and commercialisation.

Imperial recognises and rewards collaboration and innovation. We take pride in bringing tangible benefits to society by making an impact in industry and encourage academics and research staff to work across departments, fields, and institutional boundaries to tackle industry challenges and translate their research into inventions.

intellectual property, and ultimately into partnership and licensing deals or startup businesses.

We bring businesses, researchers and students together in a flourishing entrepreneurial ecosystem, which you can be part of. Join us.

Duties and responsibilities

As a service provider to the Faculty of Engineering, the successful candidates will work alongside experienced professionals on the following activities:

Assistance in the assessment of invention disclosures, management of new patent filings, such as routine correspondence and administrative work, liaising with academics and patent attorneys.

Management of upcoming patent deadlines in relation to patent prosecution and maintenance, supporting IPC Execs by liaising with academics and patent attorneys and working closely with our Patent and Licence Management (PALM) central team.

Management of routine patent correspondence such as notifications, filing receipts, search reports etc. to be circulated to academics.

Assistance with review of patent cases ahead of key decision points such as PCT and National phase, assessing IP strength from search reports and feedback from inventors.

Essential requirements

We are looking for applicants with passion for understanding the industry-academia collaborations and commercialisation. To be successful in this role you will have a background in physics, chemistry, computer sciences or engineering, preferably evidenced by a MSc or PhD. An understanding of the academic environment, and in particular technology commercialisation, preferably gained through previous experience of working within HEI or industry is highly desirable.

Strong delivery focus, excellent communication and administration skills coupled with a keen interest in technology transfer are also essential.

This career opportunity will maximise to the full your experience and interest in roles such as Technology Transfer Officer, Translation Officer, Research Assistant, Commercialisation Officer/Manager, Research and Business Partnerships Officer within the technology, pharmaceutical, chemicals, higher education, government sectors or similar.

Further information

Please apply with an application form via the online system. CVs without a completed application form will not be considered.

For further information, contact Eunice Anderson, IPC Coordinator at eunice.anderson@imperial.ac.uk