Plasma Researcher

Join HiiROC and help shape the future of clean Hydrogen!
📍 Location: Hedon Road, Hull (HU9 5QN)
🕒 Full Time Onsite | Permanent | Monday – Friday
💷 Competitive Salary (dependent on qualifications and experience)
About HiiROC
HiiROC is a pioneering British clean hydrogen company with a mission to accelerate the journey to Net Zero.
Our breakthrough proprietary technology, Thermal Plasma Electrolysis (TPE), is transforming the hydrogen industry by producing affordable, clean hydrogen with zero CO₂ emissions while using only a fraction of the electricity required by conventional water electrolysis. Through our innovative approach, we are making clean hydrogen commercially viable today—without waiting for new renewable infrastructure, pipelines, or storage solutions.
Founded in 2019, HiiROC has rapidly become one of the UK's most exciting climate technology businesses. With development facilities in Hull, commercial operations in the South East, and research capabilities across Europe, we're scaling our technology through real-world projects and partnerships across the hydrogen value chain.
At HiiROC, we're not just imagining a cleaner future—we're building it.
What We Offer
At HiiROC, we recognise that our people are crucial to our success.
Our benefits package includes:
* Competitive salary based on skills and experience
* Enhanced holiday entitlement
* Enhanced family-friendly policies
* Share option scheme
* Enhanced pension contributions
* Career development and learning opportunities
* The opportunity to work on breakthrough technology that can genuinely change the energy landscape
* A supportive, ambitious and highly collaborative team culture
The Opportunity
We're looking for a talented and inquisitive Plasma Researcher to join our growing Research & Development team in Hull.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a scientist, physicist or engineer who is passionate about solving complex technical challenges and wants to work on genuinely world-changing technology.
Working alongside our Mechanical, Electrical and Test Engineering teams, you will conduct fundamental research, analyse data from our development systems, and help shape the next generation of hydrogen production and carbon management technologies. You'll be part of a collaborative, fast-paced environment where your work will directly influence product development and commercial deployment.
What You'll Be Doing
* Research, summarise and disseminate information from peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of research topics.
* Analyse data produced from our development systems and relate findings to known phenomena.
* Working closely with the R&D Mechanical, data analysis, Electrical and Test Engineers to evaluate data and solve technical challenges.
* Develop test regimes to further understanding of the research and data produced.
* Comply with HiiROC and plant Health, Safety, Environmental, Quality (HSEQ) procedures.
* Appreciation for critical key project milestones, schedule, and prioritisation.
* Drive the product commercialisation activities, FAT and R&D testing program
* Sharing technical knowledge across our UK and Bulgarian research teams.
* Producing clear reports, recommendations and technical documentation.
* Ensuring all activities are conducted in accordance with HSE and quality requirements.
We're Interested in People Who Have
Essential
* MEng degree in Physics, Engineering, or a related scientific discipline, plus relevant industry experience.
* Experience working in a laboratory, test, research or operational environment.
* Knowledge or prior experience working with plasma technologies.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work autonomously. Showing good work ethics, a proactive approach and be motivated by a challenge.
* Experience using Microsoft tools/equivalent, MATLAB, Python, or similar data analysis tools.
* Ability to work independently while also contributing effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
* Excellent communication skills and the ability to present complex technical information clearly, with status, actions, recommendations, and other technical information with clarity and precision.
* Strong report writing and data management capabilities.
* Experience working with general objectives regarding projects and team goals; applying judgment in selecting procedures and techniques that should be applied. Works collaboratively in a team environment.
* Build and maintain collaborative relationships with internal and external customers, stakeholders.
* Maintain consistent engineering practices, standards, and documentation procedures and reporting systems.
* Takes appropriate steps to protect and safeguard HiiROC intellectual property.
Desirable
PhD in Physics, Engineering or a related discipline with 2 years + experience researching and analysing complex systems involving physics and chemistry.
Knowledge of hydrogen technologies, high-voltage systems, pressure vessels, filtration systems, or carbon capture technologies.
Splunk or similar data analysis platform experience.
Researching and understanding complex systems involving physics and chemistry.
Explaining complex systems and findings to technical leads.
Additional language skills, particularly Bulgarian and/or Russian.
What Kind of Person Will Thrive at HiiROC?
You'll be:
✔ Naturally curious and driven to understand how things work
✔ Energised by solving difficult technical problems
✔ Proactive, self-motivated and eager to learn
✔ Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-growing technology business
✔ Passionate about clean technology and making a positive environmental impact
✔ A collaborative team player who enjoys sharing knowledge and ideas
Ready to Make an Impact?
If you're excited by cutting-edge science, advanced engineering, and the opportunity to accelerate the transition to clean hydrogen, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help us build the future of hydrogen.
HiiROC is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
Role details and requirements based on the Plasma Researcher Job Description provided by HiiROC.
HiiROC is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all age groups and backgrounds however, you most have the right to live and work in the UK already in place to apply/be eligible for this role