Assistant Professor in Applied Electromagnetics and Antennas

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK 

Grade 8 Full time starting salary is normally in the range £45,585 to £54,395, with potential progression once in post to £61,198 

Background

This is an exciting time to be an engineer at the University of Birmingham. Following the creation of the School of Engineering in 2016, which brought together the disciplines of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electronic, Electrical & Systems Engineering, we are in Phase 2 of our renaissance. We are investing significantly in people and infrastructure – our new £65m signature building and our £28m UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN) Centre of Excellence for Digital Systems have recently opened their doors. In addition, our world-leading £26M National Buried Infrastructure Facility opened in 2020.

The School has a history of undertaking world-class research and is proud of its strong and extensive links with industry, ensuring that our innovative research is rapidly translated into practice. As part of our investment, we are now seeking to appoint a motivated and highly research active engineer in Applied Electromagnetics and Antennas to join us and help us create the future. The posts will be associated with the Communications and Electromagnetics Research Group, part of the Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, in the School of Engineering. The group has a long and distinguished history in radio and microwave science and technology including the notable contributions of multiband mobile phone antennas, microwave automotive radar sensors, metamaterials-based antennas, terrestrial and body-centric propagation models and the first high temperature superconductor antennas and filters over six decades. We are looking for expertise in the areas of Antennas, Applied Electromagnetics, Propagation, Metamaterials and Microwave Engineering and focusing on applications in future wireless communications systems, including mobile, satellite and millimetre-wave/Terahertz communications.

Role Summary 

The role holder will be based in Edgbaston. The key duties and responsibilities will include but not be limited to: giving lectures and seminars and supervising undergraduate / post-graduate students, course development and innovation, taking an active part in examinations, carrying out innovative research and writing papers on topics relevant to the specialist subject area (this will include journals, books and other material), and obtaining research grant funding.

The successful applicant will have a PhD in a relevant specialist subject area, as well as postdoctoral experience. We are looking for candidates who will actively contribute to our portfolio and community, through pursuit of research that will bring new opportunities, synergies, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The successful candidate will also have a track record in teaching at a higher education institution.

Appointments will be made at either an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level please specify which role you are applying for in the application

For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Theodoros N. Arvanitis (t.arvanitis@bham.ac.uk), Head of Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering and Professor Karl D. Dearn (k.d.dearn@bham.ac.uk), Head of School of Engineering. 

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