Strathclyde Chancellor’s Fellow in Sensor Driven Manufacturing (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer)

Who we are

Great minds. Innovative solutions.

We are the University of Strathclyde. Our vision is innovative and groundbreaking, placing us amongst the world’s leading international technological universities. We are vibrant, dynamic and passionate about solving the challenges facing society and industry through our cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research, education and knowledge-exchange with global partners.

We are seeking to appoint extraordinary early career academics who complement our strategic themes.

For more information visit the Strathclyde Global Talent Programme Website: www.strath.ac.uk/workwithus/strathclydeglobaltalentprogramme or email globaltalent@strath.ac.uk

Our department

The Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering hosts the world leading Sensor Enabled Automation Robotics & Control Hub (http://search.eee.strath.ac.uk) pioneering ultrasonic in-process inspection during welding, metal additive and composite manufacturing. The opportunity exists to explore multi-sensor data-driven process control and deliver a transformative step-change to guarantee defect-free manufacture. 

Candidates with strong research vision and expertise in key areas such as process sensing (ultrasonic, electromagnetic, optical), data processing and interpretation (conventional, machine learning/AI) and importantly real-time control architectures, alongside manufacturing process knowledge (welding, AM) are sought to drive this activity forward within a large industrially focussed research group with state-of-the-art equipment.  

This could be a joint appointment with Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering or Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering.

The opportunity

We would love to hear from you if you have a PhD and postdoctoral research experience; an emerging publication history in high quality academic journals; and research interests which align with this area of strategic priority – particularly if you already hold an external fellowship that can be transferred to us.

The University of Strathclyde is a socially progressive institution that strives to ensure equality of opportunity and celebrates the diversity of its student and staff community.  Strathclyde is people-oriented and collaborative, offering a supportive and flexible working culture with a deep commitment to our equality, diversity and inclusion charters, initiatives, groups and networks.

We strongly encourage applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnicity, women, LGBT+, and disabled candidates and candidates from lower socio-economic groups and care-experienced backgrounds.

You’ll be rewarded with:

• Growth of your research portfolio
• Reduced teaching load and limited administrative duties over the initial years of your Fellowship
• Support through our academic career development framework to gain feedback on your performance, meet y our training needs and enhance your effectiveness – allowing you to be ready for promotion within 5-years of your appointment
• Mentoring, to help you establish a balance of research, teaching, knowledge exchange and citizenship responsibilities while enhancing your leadership qualities to support your long-term career.

* Your Fellowship will normally be at lecturer level (exceptionally, at senior lecturer (Grade 9) (£56,048 - £63,059) where you have a strong track record in research leadership) for 5 years, with the expectation that you’ll meet our promotion criteria within that period and be transferred to senior lecturer (or, where you’ve been appointed as a senior lecturer, Reader) level.

For further details and to apply to be a ‘Strathclyder’ in Electronic and Electrical Engineering), impress us with your research plan here.

Closing date: Wednesday 12 April 2023

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