Assistant or Associate Professor (Measurement or Precision Engineering) (107710-1224)

Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

About the Role  

For informal enquiries, please contact Prof. John Murphy (Head of Department) at john.d.murphy@warwick.ac.uk.

The School of Engineering is seeking to recruit a talented and enthusiastic Assistant Professor or Associate Professor on the traditional research and teaching pathway. We are looking for someone who can help us strengthen and broaden our research activities, while also contributing to our core teaching aims.

The research area for this appointment is Measurement or Precision Engineering. We hope to appoint someone with an experimental primary focus, although it is recognised that the appointee may also use simulation to support their own experimental work. Those with backgrounds in precision engineering, metrology, solid mechanics (including micro/nanomechanics), quantum techniques, measurement, instrumentation, and non-destructive testing are particularly encouraged to apply.

An applicant’s research is expected to make contributions of a fundamental nature whilst also addressing a practical focus to an industrial or application sector which may be interdisciplinary. We are not seeking applicants whose main focus is fluids, thermal energy, energy storage (including batteries) or process engineering on this occasion. The appointee will complement existing activity in the School or establish new activity.

Consideration will be given to alignment with existing research facilities in the School and University, including those in the University’s Research Technology Platforms.

Candidates will be expected to teach to the highest quality in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes offered by the School of Engineering.

We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.  

About You

You will have a PhD in a relevant discipline. For an Assistant Professor appointment, you must be able to demonstrate the capability to establish an independent research activity which has the ambition and potential to become internationally leading.

If appointed as an Assistant Professor, you will be appointed for a probationary period (usually five years) during which there is a reduced teaching and administration load to enable you to establish your research group. Successful completion of probation will coincide with promotion to a permanent Associate Professor position.

For an Associate Professor appointment, you will have already established a high-quality independent research activity and have been awarded substantial research funding from external sources, while having experience in successful delivery of teaching activities. At either level, you will initiate, develop and deliver high quality research, publish top-tier journal papers and demonstrate the potential for impact from your research. You will also engage with higher education pedagogy and be willing to develop novel teaching methods, embracing changes in teaching technology and expectations.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

CLOSING DATE: Monday 27 January 2025 at 11.55 pm

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