Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering (Vehicle Dynamics)

Full Time, Permanent - Academic

The School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics at Oxford Brookes University provides an intellectually stimulating, friendly and supportive environment in which to work and study. The School has been delivering consistent growth in student numbers over many years, attributed to a highly reputable teaching portfolio and graduate employability. Thus we are looking for inspirational and talented colleagues to join us. In addition to teaching, the successful candidates will have the opportunity to develop their research in one of the areas described below and get involved in our excellent extracurricular activities. If you are an aspiring academic in one of the above engineering disciplines, then we have an opportunity for you!

Our success and student experience have been recently enhanced by the move to the  Headington Hill campus in the heart of Oxford, featuring a new teaching building and a new industry-standard workshop.

This purpose-built workshop houses a fully equipped machine shop including 3 and 5-axis CNC machines, the Multimatic 5-post rig, Composites manufacture laboratory,Tensile testing laboratory and Fluids wing with a new wind tunnel. Furthermore, it features a new suite of two petrol/alternative fuel and two electric dynos, complemented by an adjacent High-Voltage laboratory, equipped for testing battery pouches and full battery packs.

The teaching building offers laboratories for Electronics, Robotics (XX and two ABB robots), GANT computer-integrated manufacturing demonstrator, dynamics & vibration laboratory and more. We also have a state-of-the-art virtual reality Multiview Cave, 350+ computers and a high-power computing suite to support modelling and simulation and more. Both the teaching and the workshop building also house an enviable range of recent and historic race vehicles.

The School is also the home to the most successful UK Formula Student team  Oxford Brookes Racing, who have enviable dedicated design and manufacture spaces, to design and build an advanced electric racing vehicle.

We invite you to apply if you have expertise in one of the following disciplines:

•  Vehicle Dynamics and Aerodynamics Mechanical Design (expertise in composite materials and ability to use Siemens NX, SolidWorks, LS Dyna, Ansys or similar software would be an advantage)Vehicles Dynamics  & Vibrations Engineering (preferably an experienced user of Matlab/Simulink, ADAMS, Ansys, Star CCM+, AVL, VI-grade or similar software modelling, experience in noise, vibration &harshness will be an advantage)

If you have the ambition and ability to make a difference through your teaching and research, then join our team and become part of our vibrant community of educators and researchers.

You should have:

▪ A postgraduate qualification in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline;

▪ A demonstrable track record of teaching excellence, and a proven track record in research/ scholarly activity;

▪ Excellent teamwork and communication skills.

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