CONGA Research Fellow

School of Applied Sciences

£30,091 to 33,539 per annum (Fixed term until 31^st January 2015)

Cranfield University’s Product and Service Innovation has an international reputation for its expertise in cost engineering, knowledge management and product development. We are a well-established research group involved in national and international research and consulting projects. The centre is pioneering the research and development work in UK and Europe of the adoption and the applications of lean thinking into product design and development

Cranfield University is a partner within a consortium of several British industries that have been awarded two years funding from the TSB of a project entitled “Configuration Optimisation of Next Generation Aircraft (CONGA)”. 

This is an exciting new position to support the continued growth of Cranfield’s research portfolio in product design and development. The CONGA project is addressing the need of British aerospace industries to create a step change in product performance and cost to meet the changing needs of the Customers, the Environment and the Manufacturers. To meet that challenge there is a need to develop a true multi-disciplinary set-based design capability that can deploy new technologies on novel configurations more quickly and with greater confidence.

You are going to lead the major research task of developing a methods and tools that enables the establishment of a knowledge-based environment for Collaborative Set-Based Design (SBD). Develop the concept of the Knowledge-shelf that enables capture, representation, structure, retrieval and dynamic re-use of relevant knowledge through the SBD.  You are also expected to contribute to the development of set-based design and KM theme at the Product and Service Innovation Centre, manage relationships with industry, develop further interests in these areas, and to work with the CONGA partners.

You should have a PhD or the equivalent in professional qualifications and experience. You must be knowledgeable with the following topic; knowledge management, knowledge life cycle, software development, lean product development process, set-based design, set-based concurrent engineering, product development tools and methods. It is essential to have a level of experiences working with industry especially within their product development processes and KM. In addition, a First or Second Class UK Honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline is required. You will require organisation, analytical, communication (oral and written), technical paper and article writing, and client handling skills.

For informal discussion about the post, please contact:

Dr Ahmed Al-Ashaab, Email: a.al-ashaab@cranfield.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1234 750111 Ext 5622.

Apply online now at www.cranfield.ac.uk/hr or contact us for further details on E: hr@cranfield.ac.uk  or T: +44 (0)1234 750111 ext 2347. For any enquiries, please quote reference number 1401.

Closing date for receipt of applications:  21^st May 2013