The Role

The Technology and Strategy Analyst will report to the HCN Technical Lead and the Head of Strategy & Commercial to support the delivery of the Phase 1 objectives listed above.

This role will involve developing an understanding of the liquid hydrogen aerospace sector landscape to create thought leadership publications and develop the HCN’s strategy. This will involve significant external engagement interfacing with a wide range of organisations including research organisations, product developers, and regulators/ governments. The role will involve undertaking strategic research and analysing information from a variety of different sources. This is a key role to ensure the HCN is strongly positioned externally as leaders in the field.

This will be carried out through the following objectives:

·       Developing awareness of the key organisations and advances in field of liquid hydrogen aerospace. Understanding the international landscape, covering commercial and governmental strategy alongside technological developments across both academia and industry.

·       Shaping the external comms around technology and strategy based the key findings from the HCN’s mapping and research activities, to position the HCN as thought leaders in this area.

Responsibilities will include:  

·       Reviewing the current LH2 aviation landscape and staying at the cutting edge in the areas below through literature reviews, attendance at events and communicating with the network.

o   Commercial strategy & industrial activity.

o   Governmental policy.

o   Academic literature.

·       Keeping up to date with relevant events internationally.

·       Drafting thought leadership publications across both short form blog posts and long form reports aimed a variety of audiences.

·       Creating and maintaining a database of key research groups, companies, and events relevant to the HCN’s objectives.

·       Overseeing development of content for HCN’s website, external portal, publications, and reports.

·       Using knowledge acquired to steer other HCN activities.

·       Supporting the technical lead with representation in Global cryogenics including; International engagement across research, international visits, conferences.