JOBS · UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD / KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER PARTNERSHIP LISTING
£37,000-£42,000 salary
Deadline: 2026-10-31
Heywood, £37,000-£42,000, 36-month project, closing 31 October 2026. The listing says sponsorship is available; verify directly with the university and partner before applying.
The project is to build tools that read engineering drawings and specifications and turn them into bills of materials and costed quotations. It combines computer vision, language processing and large language models in a 36-month Knowledge Transfer Partnership with R&B Switchgear.
The listing gives a £37,000-£42,000 salary and says visa sponsorship is available. The stated deadline is 31 October 2026. Treat the deadline and sponsorship as listing-level claims until confirmed on the University of Salford vacancy page and by HR.
A KTP Associate works between a business and university, so the role is applied engineering with academic support rather than a standard university research post. Relevant experience includes data engineering, software development and deploying AI; tailor evidence to document understanding, extraction and evaluation.
At £37,000 the salary may be below the standard Skilled Worker threshold, although eligibility depends on occupation code, going rate and any applicable discounts. Ask HR to confirm the proposed occupation code, salary basis and sponsorship before spending heavily on an application. Heywood is near Manchester, so relocation/commuting needs a real cost calculation.