Lecturer in Engineering

Solent University, awarded triple TEF Gold in 2023 for our outstanding teaching, learning, and student outcomes, is seeking to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Engineering. This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a university recognised for its excellence in higher education.

We have an ambitious research and knowledge exchange enabling strategy intended to ensure that the success of our students is shaped and inspired by our research and knowledge exchange. Building on our strengthening REF submissions and our recent TEF Gold achievement, we are developing our research distinctiveness. In the next 5 years we intend to further grow our research culture by focusing on our core strengths and expertise within our research themes of environment, social issues and policy, sport and exercise science, and media and culture, and our knowledge exchange priorities of maritime, sustainable business, social justice, health and wellbeing, student entrepreneurship, and engineering.

We are looking for a candidate who shares these research and knowledge exchange ambitions and can contribute to the research culture at Solent, joining our active research community. In your role, you will be supported to be involved in research, knowledge exchange and scholarly activity.

The Department of Science and Engineering at Solent University is seeking a passionate and enthusiastic Senior Lecturer to teach and develop modules in Mechanical, Electronic, and Renewable Energy Engineering. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in maintaining and elevating our teaching quality.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering high-quality education across various engineering disciplines, including modules such as Engineering Principles, Automation & Control, Applied Mathematics, and Quality & Product Development.
• Contributing to the development and delivery of new MEng (Level 7) modules, including Advanced Automation & Control, Mechatronics, and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Supervising individual and group projects at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Providing pastoral care as a personal tutor and contributing to curriculum development across mechanical, electronic, and renewable energy engineering programmes.
• Actively participating in research, innovation, and knowledge exchange activities to ensure teaching is research-informed and promotes student employability.
• Participation in student recruitment and outreach activities.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Control Systems, or a closely related field, or PhD being desirable.
• Demonstrated expertise in automation and control systems, with a strong background in both theory and practical applications.
• Experience in quality management, product development processes, and familiarity with autonomous vehicle technologies.
• A proven track record of successful project supervision at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Strong programming skills and familiarity with industry-standard software tools for engineering design and simulation.
• Associate fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), with a higher education teaching qualification or fellowship (FHEA) being desirable.
• A commitment to innovative teaching methods and student-centred learning..

Industrial experience in automation, control systems, or related engineering fields would be advantageous, as would expertise in areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, or Internet of Things (IoT) as applied to engineering systems.

By joining Solent University, you'll be part of an institution committed to delivering outstanding teaching, learning, and student outcomes, as recognised by our triple TEF Gold award. You will have the opportunity to contribute to our continued success and help shape the next generation of engineers.

Closing date: 4 October 2024.

Solent University offers an excellent benefits package.

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