Lecturer in Communications and Signal Processing (Teaching Focus)

Department of Electronic Engineering
Lecturer in Communications and Signal Processing (Teaching Focussed)
Full-Time, Permanent

Starting Salary is £47,719 per annum inclusive of London Allowance 1*
*This is the expected starting salary for this post however appointment at a higher point may be made for candidates who demonstrate exceptional skills and experience relevant to the role.

The School of Engineering, Physical and Mathematical Sciences (EPMS) at Royal Holloway, University of London comprises the Departments of Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Information Security, Mathematics and Physics. Due to growth in our popular Electronic Engineering portfolio of MSc courses, we are now recruiting a permanent member of academic staff to support teaching and scholarship in the broad field of Mobile Optical Communications and Signal Processing. The successful candidate must hold a PhD and will be expected to contribute to the development of teaching and scholarship in two or more of the areas of Mobile Communications, Real-Time DSP, Cyber-Security, Software Engineering, Control Engineering, Electronic Circuits and/or Machine Learning. Experience in engaging with industry and contributing to outreach activities is also essential.

The appointee will be primarily focused on teaching Mobile and Optical Fibre Communications and Real-Time DSP (among others) to our UG and PGT students at our Egham campus. They may also be required to contribute to teaching in the field of Cyber-Security and Information Technology related topics to our Engineering Management students at our Central London Campus. The successful candidate will be asked to contribute to a range of departmental activities, including teaching and project supervision over a range of topics related to their specialism. The post holder will be expected to teach and supervise at undergraduate and postgraduate level with responsibility for the design, management and delivery of their teaching. They will also participate in departmental administration as requested by the Head of Department.

As one of Royal Holloway's youngest departments, Electronic Engineering is dedicated to creating a bright future for our community of electronic engineers. The products of electronic engineering are all around us in our daily lives, creating a demand for excellent engineers with a creative passion to put technology into the service of humankind. Despite being new, our reputation continues to grow with our current ranking (Complete University Guide 2023) placing the department in the top third of the sector.

Royal Holloway offers a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Training and Development opportunities
• Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
• Various schemes including Cycle to Work, Season Ticket Loans and help with the cost of Eyesight testing.
• Free parking

This is a full-time permanent (tenured) post, available from December 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter. The post will be based within the Department of Electronic Engineering, with academic support and teaching duties spread across both our main campus in Egham and our central London campus in Bloomsbury.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Dr Steve Alty, Head of Department, by email: steve.alty@rhul.ac.uk or by telephone: 01784 276256.

For queries on the application process the Human Resources Department can be contacted by email at: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk

Please quote the reference: 0923-413

Closing Date: 23:59, 12 October 2023

Interview Date: To Be Confirmed

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