Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Robotics & AI (Teaching & Research)

About the Role

The School of Engineering & Materials Science (SEMS) is home to The Centre for Advanced Robotics @ Queen Mary (ARQ). ARQ staff apply their robotics expertise to a wide range of research problems and applications, including soft robotics, cognitive robotics, haptics and tactile sensing, grasping and manipulation, robot learning, digital twins, human-robot interaction and drones, aligning to our three core research centres: ‘Sustainable Engineering, ‘Intelligent Transport’ and ‘Bioengineering’. Staff also support our delivery of engineering and robotics undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of study. In REF2021, SEMS was ranked 7th overall and 2nd for the quality of our research outputs. 

We are looking for world-leading researchers in any robotic area able to complement and expand our robotics research and teaching and strengthen the integration of robotics activity across SEMS. This encompasses the design of robot mechanisms, control, perception, and autonomy, sensors and actuators, machine learning, and other topics related to real-world applications of robotic systems, but we are particularly interested in candidates whose research aligns with artificial intelligence approaches. 

About You

Applicants should have a proven track record of research achievement demonstrated through refereed journal publications, and at a minimum outstanding potential for research income generation, with a proven track record expected for a role at senior lecturer level. 

A commitment to high-quality student education is also essential, to develop, support and deliver on campus our taught programmes, particularly in the robotics area.

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as women, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic groups as these groups are underrepresented at this level at Queen Mary. 

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

This post is within the School of Engineering and Materials Science, a large School with over 100 academics. There are around 1700 undergraduate and taught postgraduate students and over 150 PhD students within our London operation, supported by an administrative and technical staff of around 45.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Closing Date: 30/04/2025, 23:55